Easter is upon us and at home and school we have been doing activities that embrace the story of Easter and also the fun traditions that go along with it. To introduce the Easter story, we have been using this banner from Oriental Trading Company. It has provided a great visual reminder to my kids of each event. To begin the Easter story we started with Palm Sunday, moved onto The Last Supper, discussed Jesus Praying in the Garden, explained the sacrifice of the Crucifixion, and celebrated the Resurrection. The banner provides a brief narration and visual for each significant event. We split the Easter story into five separate lessons at school to really emphasize the importance of each day. For Palm Sunday each student had a roll in the story and we used Palm leaf fans from Oriental Trading for the kids to place on the ground as Jesus rode in on a donkey. For the Last Supper we discussed the significance of Jesus washing his disciples feet and what the breaking of bread and drinking of wine represented. To make the story stick the kids washed the of our baby dolls, aka "mini disciples". We painted a garden scene while we discussed Jesus praying garden after his Last Supper. During the activity we talked about what Jesus prayed for, what Judas and Peter did, and talked about what we would have done. Next week we will talk about the main events, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. I will add another post with those lessons. You can find tons of Easter goodies at OrientalTrading.com. Some items in this post were provided complimentary as part of the Oriental Trading Brand Ambassador program. All ideas and opinions are strictly my own.
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