Easter Eggs

We colored Easter Eggs with Gramma this morning. I never thought about all the concepts a child can learn from coloring eggs!

• Science: boiling eggs, bacterial precautions, chemical reactions, nutritional values


• Art: wax art, shrinking wraps, layering colors, color wheel, cutting out the ‘egg holders’ on the cardboard boxes


• History: why eggs (I haven’t studied this!), why color eggs?, when did the tradition start?


• Math: cost of eggs and supplies, color density in relation to time in the dye, counting as you leave the eggs in the dye


• Spelling: writing the child’s name, Happy Easter, Jesus Lives, or other phrases on the eggs


• Reading: reading the directions on the box

I'm sure there are a million more connections. My favorite part is laughing and making memories together. Oh, and waiting for the inevitable spill! My 5 year old made the first spill, but the grown-ups knocked over another cup, while we were cleaning up his mess! More on cleaning tips later...