5 brown eggs in a nest of hay,
One yellow chick popped out to play.
4 brown eggs in a nest of hay,
Another yellow chick cheep cheeped good day.
3 brown eggs in a nest of hay,
Crack went another one, hip hip hooray,
2 brown eggs in a nest of hay,
One more chick pecked his shell away.
1 brown egg in a nest of hay,
The last yellow chick popped out to say,
Happy Easter…
what you need…
- yellow paint
- black pen
- little finger tips
- paper
what to do…
- draw a couple of straight lines across the piece of paper with a ruler and pen
- find some little finger tips and pop them into the yellow paint
- print a thumb print and a finger print on top along the line
- allow he paint to dry
- then draw in the eyes and beak and legs where you think appropriate on the chick
- enjoy seeing the little chicks appear!!!
then into a little dream adventure…
- finger print flowers, by making a single finger prints along the page in different colour paints, then with a pen or crayon draw lines down for the stem
- fingerprint other animals, for example, butterflies, rabbits, sheep, caterpillar or ladybird and using your pen draw in the eyes, legs, spots etc
- fingerprint a tree
