Easter Unit

I LOVE Easter! I love what it's about and what happened that Glorious day 2012 years ago! I really don't think there is any greater joy than teaching your children about God and Jesus! It is an unbelievable feeling that comes over you when you realize that they are beginning to understand. Through this unit I talked to Sawyer a lot about what happened that day and this is the conversation I just had with him:

Me: "What is Easter about?"
Sawyer: "Jesus"
Me: "What about Jesus"
Sawyer: "He rose from the dead"
Me: "How did Jesus die?"
Sawyer: "They put Him on the cross"
Me: "Why did he die?"
Sawyer: "For our sins"
Me: "Where is Jesus now?"
Sawyer: "Up to Heaven"
Me: "How did he get to Heaven"
Sawyer: "With Balloons!"
Me: "Who is Jesus in Heaven with?"
Sawyer: "Sitting next to his Daddy!"










Mie Mie and Papa came over to make eggs with us. This year we took material and decoupaged it onto the eggs. It was a lot of fun! Mason had fun doing a lot of supervising!


Of course Sawyer had to put a John Deere on his egg!




The eggs had to dry overnight so we took our picture with our completed eggs the following day.


Sawyer made a palm tree leaf for Palm Sunday!


We also made Jell-O eggs but they didn't really turn out. They fell apart when I took them out of the mold; they still tasted delicious though!







Resources:
www.ministry-to-children.com
mamasmonkeys.blogspot.com

Focus Books:
The Bible!
"What is Easter" by: Michelle Medlock Adams