Overview
The children will find eggs everywhere as they practice saying the short /e/ sound in words that begin with the letter E, such as egg, everywhere, envelope, and excited.

Literacy Activities
Find eggs everywhere

• Place the E and non-E picture cards in plastic Easter eggs and hide the eggs around the room.
• Have the children find the eggs and make the eggs explode (open) to find the picture inside.
  • If the picture shows a word that starts with E, have the children put the picture in an envelope. 
  • If the picture does not show a word that starts with E, have the children discard the picture.
• Let the children put the empty eggs in the egg carton.
• Repeat the activity with word cards in the eggs instead of picture cards.
• Write the uppercase E and lowercase e on the whiteboard, then have the children write the letters E and e everywhere in the air with their finger while saying the short /e/ sound.

More Practice 
Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• Have the children identify the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words by tapping their shoulder (beginning), their elbow (middle) and their fingers (end) (e.g., get = /g/ tap shoulder, /e/ tap elbow, /t/ tap fingers). Point out that all of the words have the /e/ sound in the middle.
  • bed = b + e + d
  • let = l + e + t
  • men = m + e + n

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the uppercase letter E and lowercase letter e, then draw pictures of things they found in the exploding eggs that start with the /e/ sound.