Lose the Candy! Fill Your Child's Easter Basket With Literacy

Fill your child's Easter basket with fun items that promote literacy!
By Allison McDonald

Ages

2-13


Easter is a fun time of year and while my kids are excited about the egg hunt we have every year I get excited about using their Easter baskets as an opportunity to inject more toys and materials that promote literacy into our home. Here are 10 fun and inexpensive Easter basket fillers that help develop your child's literacy skills. Some items make reading fun and others will inspire your child to tell stories and write!

1. Magazines
2. Paperback books
3. Notebooks
4. Fun pens and pencils
5. Stickers
6. Mad libs
7. Letter magnets
8. Letter stamps
9. Blank note cards and envelopes
10. Play dough

Plus for more Easter fun, the books below are fantastic fodder for your child's basket! And for more festive reads visit our list of Easter books for a range of ages
 
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