If you need Easter activities for the classroom, you will find that you have many different activities to choose from. You may like to have children create Easter crafts, but there are also many other educational Easter activities that are suitable for the classroom. Many of these involve math, reading, and writing so learning doesn’t have to stop while the kids are having fun at Easter!

easter riddle match

Children can participate in preparing this Easter activity for the classroom. They can start by finding 10-15 Easter riddles. Once they have found the riddles, each riddle is written on a separate card and each answer is written on a separate card. These cards can be used to play a Memory style game with 2 to 4 players. The cards are spread face down on a table. Players take turns turning over two cards and reading them. If they have a matching puzzle and answer, they keep the pair and have another turn. The winner will be the player with the most pairs when all the cards have been paired.

jumble of easter eggs

This is an Easter activity for the classroom that helps kids practice math. To make this puzzle, cut out several large egg shapes. On each egg write the numbers and signs of a mathematical equation, placing them in a random order. Children have to rearrange the numbers and signs on each egg to make a true equation. You can use this to practice simple addition equations or more complex equations involving multiplication or division. If 3, 7, x, =, 9, and 2 are in an egg, they would separate to make 3 x 9 = 27.

jumble of easter prayers

To create this Easter activity for the classroom, you’ll start with some Easter phrases. The teacher can write them down or each member of the class can create a sentence. It could be a sentence about Easter eggs, the Easter Bunny, or something the children can do at Easter. To play Sentence Jumble, put the words together and then divide the letters into groups of three, four or five letters. The children have to identify what the sentence is and write it correctly. Here’s one to try.

thec hild renh unte dforth eea stereg gsth atth eeas terbu nnyh adhi dden

Easter Word Search

One of the easiest Easter activities for the classroom is an Easter Word Find puzzle. Write the words ‘Easter Bunny’ for the children to see and then challenge them to find as many words as possible that use the letters in the Easter Bunny. For example, they could have this, tree, clean, etc. The winner will be the person who finds the most words. You can also use words like ‘chocolate’ or ‘Easter eggs’ for this Easter puzzle.

easter hangman

The Hangman spelling game can also be given an Easter twist by using a bunny diagram instead of a Hangman diagram. Choose a bunny image with around 10 to 14 parts. Play the game as usual using Easter words like chocolate, candy, flowers, basket, chicks, hat, parade, decorate, April, search, Sunday, tulips, or jelly beans.

As you can see, there is a wide variety of Easter activities for the classroom that you can use to entertain and educate children this Easter. This Easter don’t limit your Easter activities to crafts and art. Instead, try some Easter word puzzles and Easter math puzzles.