“EGG”-STRA SPECIAL SINGERS!
pick-a-song, singing meter, & award badge
7 pages (color/black-and-white visuals, instructions)
DESCRIPTION: Help children fill the basket: 1) Choose songs to sing a song, and 2) Choose a chick hidden in the basket to sing the song in a different way. BONUS: “Egg-stra Special Singer!” award badge.
To Make:
1. Print, color, and cut out the basket parts A and B, and two or three sets of eggs and chicks.
2. Mount the basket on a poster and laminate the entire poster.
3. Laminate the eggs and chicks.
4. Write of the back of eggs the names of songs children are familiar with and practice songs.
5. Write ways children can sing on the backs of chicks, e.g., softer, louder, sing standing up, sing with arms folded, sing with eyes closed, sing turned around, only boys sing, only girls sing, sing with arms (chicken wings) flapping.
6. Mount the eggs in the basket with tape, and hide the chick behind the eggs.
7. Make You’re an “egg”stra special singer! award badge for each deserving singer – example limit 5 per singing time (making note of those who won last time). See this badge and other Award & Badges SUPER SINGER: Awards, Badges, & Birthday Buttons.
To Use: Ask children to come up and choose an egg. Sing the song on the back of the egg chosen. If a child finds a chick behind the egg, ask children to sing the way the chick suggests, e.g., eyes closed.
MORE SONG VISUALS ON THE RESURRECTION & Easter Singing Fun Activities:
• “Did Jesus Really Live Again?”
• Egg-stra Special Singers pick-a-song, singing meter, & award badge (this page)
