Arts and Crafts Activities for the Letter E
Mix food coloring with egg yolks and provide paint brushes and paper so the children can use the egg yolks as paints. When the egg yolk paint dries, it will be shiny.
Science Activity for the Letter E
Prepare a lesson that explains the many different animals that are born from eggs, such as different kinds of birds, reptiles, and dinosaurs. Help each child glue a large egg shape, just at the top, onto a piece of paper so that it opens like a flap. Then have each child draw one of the animals under the egg. On the outside write: Inside this egg there is a… And on the inside, label the alligator or robin or whatever picture the child drew.
Math Time for the Letter E
Make envelope puzzles. Make copies of a coloring page with an elephant or and Eskimo on it. Encourage the children to color every park of the page, since it will make their puzzle more interesting. When they are finished, cut each picture into 8-12 pieces to make a puzzle. After the children are finished playing with their puzzles, put the pieces into an envelope to take home and play with later.
Song Time for the Letter E
Sing “Do your Ears Hang Low” with the hand motions
Do your ears hang low? (Use your hands to make elephant ears that flop down)
Do they wobble to and fro? (Wave your hands back and forth)
Can you tie them in a knot? (Pretend to toe a knot)
Can you tie them in a bow? (Pretend to tie a bow)
Can you throw them over your soldier, (Throw your hands over one soldier)
like a continental soldier?(Salute)
Do your ears hang low? (Use your hands to make elephant ears that flop down)
Snack Time for the Letter E
Any type of egg will work for snacks but hard boiled and scrambled work the best for younger children. If you are making hard boiled eggs, you can let the children dye them before peeling the eggs and eating them.
Outdoor Fun with the Letter E
Show your children how to do several basic exercises. Try jumping jacks, sit ups, stretching, and toe touches.
Excellent list of words beginning with the letter E
Easter
Egg
Eggplant
Eight, eleven
Elbow
Elephant
Elevator
Empty
Emu
End
Enter
Envelope
Eskimo
Everything
Excellent
Exercise
Exit
