Easter Egg-Citement
March 26, 2025
Easter Egg-Citement
Spring is in the air and Easter is on the way! Here are some fun-filled ideas to enjoy the holiday...
Instead of dying Easter eggs this year, why not try jumbo marshmallows! They are less expensive and will last longer sitting on your table. Check out this blog for directions.
While peanut butter chocolate eggs, creme eggs, and jelly beans top the list as the most popular Easter candy for Easter baskets, why not add some non-food treats as well? Hide these special activities in plastic eggs or in your child's Easter basket for a big surprise on Easter morning:
Experiences:
- 1/2 hour of extra screen time
- Movie night with mom and dad
- Going to bed an hour later
- Picking out dinner one evening
- Coupon for a trip to a special store
- Picnic lunch at a park
- Go on a bike ride
- Baking day - find a recipe and bake it
- Make your own pizza dinner
- Movie tickets to a local theater
- Glow stick bubble bath
- Build a table top garden
Indoor Fun:
- Playdoh
- Legos
- Fun Soaps
- Egg Stampers
- Puzzles
- Stickers
- Card games
- Coloring Books
- Paints
- Paint by Sticker Books
- Duplo Legos + Baseplates
- Balance Stepping Stones
- Beads
Exposing children to food through various activities like cooking, coloring and sensory play/projects enhances their understanding of food, leading to healthier eating habits. Try a sensory project, like making snacklaces!
A Fun Way to Introduce Your Child to Food!
Our Registered Dietitian (RD) has some practical tips to incorporate into mealtime for a more successful, enjoyable child-food relationship. The goals of these interaction are to create a positive relationship with food, enjoy happy meal times, reduce anxiety, reduce battles surrounding food, and fitting all types of food into a healthy lifestyle.
Apraxia is a motor speech disorder. Childhood apraxia of speech is a rare, but lifelong disorder that makes it difficult for individuals to move their mouth muscles in order to speak. The important thing to note about Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is that the child knows what they want to say, but may struggle with connecting the brain to the muscles that must accompany speech.
If you have a child who is a selective eater, learn about some time-tested eating tips including: nutrition guidelines, tips for parents during meal times, and types of food children tend to enjoy. Try a combination of these tricks and find what will work best for your family.
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