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A SITE TO SEE Want to take your Easter egg hunt online? Check out www. meddybemps.com/easter, where you can hunt for the perfect Easter egg, color eggs with magic, learn about the kinds of eggs some of your favorite animals lay, and read a great story called “Frogwart and the Easter Eggs” by Jerry Jindrich.
A LITTLE TICKLE Why did the Easter egg hide? He was a little chicken! Is it true that bunnies have good eyesight? Well, you never see a bunny wearing glasses, do you? Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke? It might crack up!
Grab some crayons and follow the steps to help the Easter bunny color his eggs. 1. Find the eggs with polkadots. Use purple to color in the dots.
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2. Do you see the eggs that have stripes? Use your red crayon to fill in the stripes. 3. Can you find the eggs with stars? Color the stars green.
Which part of your chocolate bunny do you eat first? According to a survey, 76 percent of people say they eat the ears first.
4. Find the eggs with swirls. Can you make this egg orange? 5. Find the eggs that don’t have a pattern. Color them blue. When you are finished, make sure to color the Easter bunny, too!
WEEKLY WORD
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Easter — Easter is a Christian holiday that is celebrated the first Sunday after the first full moon each spring. It is a holiday that celebrates Christ’s resurrection.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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1. A young yellow bird is sometimes called this. 2. What holiday is this page all about? 3. (DOWN) My Easter _________ was filled with candy and eggs. (ACROSS) The Easter ________
hides my basket.
4. (DOWN) Summer, winter and fall are three of the seasons. What is the fourth?
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(ACROSS) Easter is always on this ANSWERS: 1. CHICK, 2. EASTER, 3. (DOWN) BASKET, (ACROSS) BUNNY, 4. (DOWN) SPRING, (ACROSS) SUNDAY
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WORD FIND Can you find these Easter words? BASKET BUNNY CANDY CHOCOLATE DYE EASTER EGGS FLOWERS MARSHMALLOW SPRING
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A SITE TO SEE Want to take your Easter egg hunt online? Check out www. meddybemps.com/easter, where you can hunt for the perfect Easter egg, color eggs with magic, learn about the kinds of eggs some of your favorite animals lay, and read a great story called “Frogwart and the Easter Eggs” by Jerry Jindrich.
A LITTLE TICKLE Why did the Easter egg hide? He was a little chicken! Is it true that bunnies have good eyesight? Well, you never see a bunny wearing glasses, do you? Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke? It might crack up!
Grab some crayons and follow the steps to help the Easter bunny color his eggs. 1. Find the eggs with polkadots. Use purple to color in the dots.
FIGURE THIS
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2. Do you see the eggs that have stripes? Use your red crayon to fill in the stripes. 3. Can you find the eggs with stars? Color the stars green.
Which part of your chocolate bunny do you eat first? According to a survey, 76 percent of people say they eat the ears first.
4. Find the eggs with swirls. Can you make this egg orange? 5. Find the eggs that don’t have a pattern. Color them blue. When you are finished, make sure to color the Easter bunny, too!
WEEKLY WORD
GHNS ILLUSTRATION
Easter — Easter is a Christian holiday that is celebrated the first Sunday after the first full moon each spring. It is a holiday that celebrates Christ’s resurrection.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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1. A young yellow bird is sometimes called this. 2. What holiday is this page all about? 3. (DOWN) My Easter _________ was filled with candy and eggs. (ACROSS) The Easter ________
hides my basket.
4. (DOWN) Summer, winter and fall are three of the seasons. What is the fourth?
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Find the answers to these six clues to complete the puzzle.
(ACROSS) Easter is always on this ANSWERS: 1. CHICK, 2. EASTER, 3. (DOWN) BASKET, (ACROSS) BUNNY, 4. (DOWN) SPRING, (ACROSS) SUNDAY
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WORD FIND Can you find these Easter words? BASKET BUNNY CANDY CHOCOLATE DYE EASTER EGGS FLOWERS MARSHMALLOW SPRING
