Spring has arrived and so have all the egg-cellent crafts! Just TWO items are required for today’s craft- an egg coloring sheet and crayons! Super easy, engaging, and endless ideas for incorporating a speech and language skills. The egg coloring sheet is a free download from In the Playroom blog, where many other egg designs can be found.
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Keep scrolling for speech and language ideas and be sure to tag @owlstherapy in any creations! Happy Spring!
Language Skills
Colors can be targeted in this craft. The child can practice labeling a crayon color and then coloring a stripe on the egg. Once the stripe is colored, the child can find something around that room that matches that same color!
The stripes can be colored, cut and hidden around the room. Once the child finds a stripe, they can label where they found it. For example, after finding a piece, the child may say, “I found it under the chair!” or “The pink stripe was on the couch!”
Speech Sounds
Once the child has decorated the egg to their liking, target speech words can be written on the stripes. For example, if a child is working on “S” in speech therapy, words that have that sound can be added to the egg stripes. The child could think of words independently, look around the room to find items that have their sound in it, or pick target words from a word list and write them on the egg. Below is an example of initial “S” target words:
Spelling
The child can practice their spelling words with this craft! First, the adult can read aloud the spelling word. The child then spells the word in pencil on a selected stripe. If the spelling is correct, they can trace over the word with a marker, reinforcing the correct spelling. For extra practice, the child could then spell the word aloud back to the adult. After all that spelling work, the rest of the stripe can be decorated as a quick brain break!
Puzzles
Once an egg is decorated, the child or adult can cut the stripes out. The child can then practice putting the egg back together using problem-solving and short-term memory skills!
The cut stripes can be placed in a zip lock bag. If the stripes contain spelling or speech words on them, the child can pick a stripe out of the bag. The child will be encouraged to practice spelling or saying the word on the stripe. Then, the child can pick a new stripe from the bag. The egg will slowly be put back together!
Patterns
Pattern practice can be incorporated into this craft! Children can practice creating their own patterns, such as coloring blue-yellow-blue-yellow stripes (ABAB pattern). A child could also practice completing a pattern. For example, they are given the egg with the first few stripes colored, such as pink, orange, yellow, pink. They are then asked to complete the pattern on the rest of the stripes! Below is an example of an alternating pattern:
Following directions
This craft can be used to practice following directions with details! For example, the child could be instructed: “Color the first stripe pink”, “Color a heart on the first orange line” or “Color a purple heart on the first orange line”.
As the child successfully masters directions with 1-2 details, more information can be added to increase the complexity! For example, the child could be instructed: “Color three purple hearts on the first orange stripe”. Other shapes can be incorporated (circles, stars, etc.), letters, numbers, or even sentences! For example, the child could be instructed: “Write “It is Spring” on the first yellow stripe”. This challenges both following directions and written expression skills.
