Engaging ESL Easter Activities for your ESL Class


Easter is a great opportunity to teach English language learners about the history and culture of the holiday. With its colorful eggs, chocolate bunnies, and creative crafts, it's a fun and engaging topic for ESL students of all ages. As an ESL teacher, you can use Easter-themed activities to introduce new vocabulary, practice speaking skills, and help your students learn more about the holiday.


Here are some ideas for teaching about Easter in the ESL classroom:

There was an old lady who swallowed a chick

This book study pack of ours is so comprehensive that you’ll think it’s Christmas, not Easter! From a KWL chart to graphic organisers, a fantastic comprehension cootie catcher and retelling headbands, your class will be in for a treat. Delving into any story requires plenty of eggciting (sorry!) activities to allow students to practise their new vocabulary. Our all-time favourite part of this pack is the retelling puppets. This will enable children to work cooperatively to explain the story in their own words. Working in pairs or small groups can help with confidence levels, too. Although those students, who are keen to, could share their work with the rest of the class.



Playdough fun

Who doesn’t love getting their hands stuck into playdough? It can be such a therapeutic activity for everyone, young and old. Our Special Days playdough fun set contains Easter-related cards showing how to model dough into holiday-themed items. Not only can students give the name of the thing they are making, but they can also practise their fine motor skills at the same time. It is also possible to incorporate other things into the discussion, such as size, colour, comparisons and much more.


Easter Egg hunt


What’s not to like about an Easter Egg hunt, right? Well, why not organise one with a difference. Using the key language that your students have been making, create a starting cloze sentence. Students should work out which word is missing and attempt to find it. Have words placed all around the space you are using for the hunt. On the back of these words, you should have the next cloze sentence. Then, they should repeat the search for the next word. The quickest team will win a prize. So much fun and relatively simple to prepare.



Speaking cards

Speaking cards are a great way to engage students in the ESL classroom. These cards are designed to help students practice their speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. They can be used in a variety of ways, from playing games to creating conversations. With speaking cards, you can help your students build confidence in their speaking ability and create an atmosphere of collaboration and exploration.




What’s in my egg?


What’s in my egg? is a fun activity that children of all ages can enjoy. Using the small vocabulary cards included in our Vocabulary Activities and Worksheets pack, print, fold and place one into each resealable plastic egg. These tend to be pretty reasonably priced, especially after Easter when they are reduced. Next, place all the eggs into a basket. You could play a game to get every student to win an egg or you could ask them to pick one out each. Once they have theirs, they should pop open and unravel the picture. While the name of the item is on there, it has no corresponding sentence. Students could write something along the lines of I found a cute, yellow chick in my egg.





Teaching about the celebration of Easter in the ESL classroom is a wonderful opportunity to create a joyful learning experience. Using a variety of strategies such as art projects, stories, discussions, music and games can help ESL students understand why Easter is celebrated and explore its meaning for different people. By engaging students in creative activities, teachers can create an inviting and positive learning environment that fosters both learning and meaningful conversation.





In conclusion, Easter can be a fun holiday to teach ESL students about. It can provide an opportunity to discuss different traditions, customs, and religions in which the holiday is celebrated. You can also incorporate language and cultural activities that teach vocabulary and differentiate between the cultures of different countries. Teaching ESL students about Easter provides an opportunity to send across a message of hope and peace that promotes inclusivity amongst all students, no matter their background or beliefs.

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