Below, you will find a wide range of ideas and resources to help you
when you are teaching children at Easter. If you have any relevant
resources to share, please email
them and I will add them to
this page. Thank you!
All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
Thanks to Simon Haughton for suggesting many of the links below.
- Easter Poem - A simple poem for children to read aloud during Easter performances / assemblies.
- The Easter Story - This easy method can be used to help children remember the events of Easter.
- The Easter Story - Use a popular musical DVD to teach the Easter story.
- The Events of the Easter Story - Use this effective idea to learn about the events of the Easter Story.
- Easter Story Slideshows - A cross-curricular activity, dealing with aspects of RE, Literacy, ICT and more, to develop understanding of the Easter story.
- Easter Sequencing Activity - Activity in which the children have to put the events of Easter into the correct order.
- Easter
Wordsearch
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A fun wordsearch asking children to find vocabulary
related to Easter. Contributed by Janice Jenkins. - Easter Wordsearch
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An Easter-related wordsearch for children to enjoy. Contributed
by Justin Stretch. - Easter Word Jumble -
Can your children unjumble the letters to find the Easter
words? Contributed by Justin Stretch.
- Easter
Cards and Bookmarks -
A set of Easter display cards and bookmarks. Contributed
by Ingles360.
- Paper
Mache Easter Eggs -
Create (and break open) your own Easter Eggs using this
idea. Contributed by Sophie Telfer.
- Palm
Sunday -
A PDF worksheet asking children to think about Palm
Sunday, by looking at how it is told in the Bible. Originally
created for use by Year 4 children. Contributed by Janice
Jenkins.
- Lent -
A comprehension-style activity, which asks children
to think about Lent. Contributed by Bethan Pfeiffer.
- Easter worksheet -
An instruction sheet, which can be used when following
Bethan's Church Calendar plans. Contributed by Bethan
Pfeiffer.
- Easter
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What does Easter mean to the children in your class?
Contributed by Bethan Pfeiffer. - Easter Cards - Jinky Dabon has contributed a set of Easter card templates that your children can send to their friends and family:
- Easter Card 1
- Easter Card 2
- Easter Card 3
- Easter Card 4
- Easter Card 5
- Easter Card 6
- Easter Card 7
- Easter Card 8
- Easter Egg Hunt - Sue Gurney set up an Easter Egg hunt and has provided the resources, so that you might be able to set up your own by modifying the clues as appropriate:
 Symmetrical Eggs Maths Challenge |
 Decorate an Easter Egg |
 Easter Egg Challenge |
 Easter Cutting Skills |
All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
- Easter Egg
- Design your own Easter egg with this Purple Mash activity. - Decorate an Easter Egg - Design your own Easter egg online.
- Bunny Trail Maze - Help guide the bunny through the maze while collecting as many Easter eggs as you can.
- Eggs of Destruction - Take turns trying to lob an egg over a hill at an opposing chicken!
- Easter Game - Collect the Easter eggs and avoid the baddies!
- Easter Egg Hatch - Move the Easter bunny and catch the Easter eggs.
- Hatching Chick - Put the stages in the correct order and ask pupils to explain what is happening.
- Egg Decorating Symmetry - Make a symmetrically decorated egg!
- Draw on an Egg - Draw your own patterns and designs on an egg.
- Easter Egg Swap - Make lines of 3 or more Easter eggs of the same kind with this fun game.
- Easter Egg Hunt - Find the Easter eggs and put them in the basket.
- Easter Jigsaw Puzzle - Can you put the pieces of this puzzle in the correct place?
- Easter Factory Frenzy - Help Bonny make as many Easter baskets as possible.
- FunSchool Easter Games - Lots of games to play at Easter!
- Easter Celebration in Spain - How is this similar / different to Easter celebrations where you live?
- Easter Parade in Canada - A parade taking place in Toronto.
- Corfu Easter Celebrations - How are these people joining in with Easter?
- The Easter Market, Prague - What is being sold at this Easter market?
- 18 Bunnies to find - Can you find the bunnies in this image?
- A Front Porch Easter Egg Hunt - Search for Easter Eggs in this photograph.
- Picnic Easter Egg Hunt, Colorado - Hunt for the Easter Eggs in this photo!
- Bike Park Easter Egg Hunt, Colorado - Another Easter Egg hunt photo!
- How does the Easter Bunny stay fit? Egg-xercise and hare-robics!
- Why did the Easter egg hide? He was a little chicken!
- Why was the Easter Bunny so upset? He was having a bad hare day!
- What do you get if you pour hot water down a rabbit hole? Hot cross bunnies!
- How does the Easter Bunny say Happy Easter? Hoppy Easter
- Why shouldn't you tell an Easter egg a joke? It might crack up!
- How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket? Only one because after that it's not empty any more!
- Why did the Easter Bunny cross the road? Because the chicken had his Easter eggs!
Thanks to Simon Haughton for suggesting many of the links below.
- Bible for Children - Download free Bible stories at this site.
- Easter Infant Resources - Interactive information about Easter for younger children.
- They call it Easter - Information for older pupils and teachers about Easter.
- Easter Activities for Kids - Links to lots of Easter activities for children to try.
- Easter - A selection of interactive stories, games and activities linked to Easter.
- The Easter Story Quiz - Try to put the Easter story back together in the right order.
- Easter Maths - Lots of Maths activities linked to Easter.
- Easter Resources - Easter themed resources for teachers.
