Happy Easter!

This week we are doing activities with an Easter theme and learning about the true celebration of Easter.

Table activities include painting an Easter egg with q-tips, stacking plastic eggs, playing in an Easter sensory bin and making a cross suncatcher.

Small group activities are decorating a cross and playing Easter BINGO.

KDIs for the week are-
History: Children understand past, present, and future.- As we listen to our Bible story about Jesus, it's important to put it in time and recognize what it means for us today.

Moral development: Children develop an internal sense of right and wrong- Knowing why Jesus had to go to the cross to save us shows us our sins have consequences.

Emotions: Children recognize, label, and regulate their feelings. - Even Jesus had feelings, God does too.  

Jesus Time- This week we are hearing the story of Jesus going to the cross. We talked about sharing a last meal with his disciples where he gave them a new command - To love each other as he had loved them. Jesus also introduced the last supper or communion there. Then Jesus went to pray in the garden of Gethsemane. He prayed to his Father, asking if there were any other way to save the world, but if not , he would do what he needed to do. He was arrested in the garden and taken before the chief priests and leaders and questioned. They took him to Pilate, the Roman governor, where he was mocked and beaten and whipped. Then he was sentenced to death. He died on a cross to save us from our sins. He loved us so much, he took our place and our punishment. We didn't leave him there, we did talk about how he rose from the dead and we will talk about that more next week.

Books for the week are- "What Is Easter?" by Lillie James, "Happy Easter, Little Critter" by Mercer Mayer, and "An Easter Alleluia" by Anita Reith Stohs.

Have a wonderful Easter!

Mrs. Schneck