Easter Egg Math

Easter is an exciting time for the children and I like to combine an Easter egg hunt with great math activities.  To initiate and motivate the children I hide plastic Easter eggs around the classroom.  I ask the children to collect the Easter eggs and to place them in a hula hoop.  Once all the eggs have been found I divide the children into 3 groups.  The children choose 7 eggs to take to their small group.  When the children are in their small group they place all of their eggs in the hula hoop.  I then ask the children to predict which color has the most.  If some kids predict different colors I either ask them to vote on one prediction or write down the different predictions.
After a decision is made I ask a child to record the predictions, I then ask the children to choose a color to sort.  The kids collect their color and then count them. I give each child a piece of paper to tally up their egg color.  Some of the children have tallying mastered while others are still experimenting.  Once the children have tallied up their egg color I ask them to record the number on their paper. 

The next step was to record everyone's egg color in a graph. The children filled in the graph and then checked to see which color had the most or the least and they also checked to see if their prediction was correct.  Some children took it a step further and counted their eggs in total.  To complete the activity I asked if one child from each group would like to volunteer to present their findings to the class.  In all the cases the children's predictions were correct.  I have some great estimators in my classes.

Submitted by Michelle Bezubiak at St. Monica School
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