by Meredith Brustlin, CMNH Educator

Sorting:

• Place a variety of colors of plastic eggs in a container
• Place pieces of colored paper, or paper with a color drawn on them, around the container
• Invite little ones to sort them by color!
• Want an extra challenge? Try making some plastic egg patterns! 

Cause & Effect:

• Find something to make a ramp
  • I used a 3-ring binder, but you could find a piece of wood, cookie sheet, or piece of flat cardboard
• Collect a few books to add to the ramp and give it some additional height
• Find a car or two
  • I tied a tiny bunny stuffed animal to my car--this is fun, but not necessary!
• Gather a variety of different textured materials
  • Tin foil, bubble wrap, felt, sandpaper, etc. 
• Invite little ones to experiment with the ramp! 
  • Try racing the car down the ramp without any texture on it
  • Add different textures and see how the movement of the car changes
  • Add some height to the ramp and try again with the different textures
• Ask questions!
  • What is happening?
  • How does the movement of the car change?
  • Why do you think it changes?
  • What else could we add/change?

Sensory:

• Gather a bunch of plastic eggs
• Fill up the eggs with a variety of materials 
  • Unpopped popcorn, coins, buttons, paper clips, etc
  • As an extra precaution, you could put a small piece of tape to keep the eggs closed during investigation! 
• Make sure each egg has a sound match, aka two eggs of each sound
• Invite little ones to try and match the sounds!

Art:

• Find a paper towel tube
• Cut it into three pieces
  • Leave one piece a circle
  • Smoosh the other two pieces to make ovals
• Use the paper pieces to make a bunny stamp!