Lent & eastertide

With Easter right around the corner, it’s time to start planning for your fun Easter Activities! As a mom, Easter can be a beautifully busy time of year so it’s important to make time for fun activities with your kids!    The egg is a wonderful symbol of resurrection. Out of a seemingly dead egg, new life comes. As we teach our children to pray in preparation for this Easter season, perhaps as we enjoy eating a hard-boiled egg, let us reflect on this mystery with words such as these:    “Creator God, we see this mystery of death into […]

Good Friday is coming soon! Follow along as we journey through the 14 Stations of the Cross. Children learn through play best.Playtime allows for reflection through the use of senses and imagination. Check back to this post each day for each activity. Read a reflection or Bible passage about the station each day. Provide materials and let free play. Be open to questions as they ponder and play about the station each day. 1st Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death 2nd Station: Jesus Carries His Cross Materials: Sticks /twigs/ pop sickle sticks or even wooden blocks and string/yarn/rope Read about […]

Lent is a time for fasting, prayer, and giving. It’s a time for us to truly reflect on our lives while living each day through Christ. There are three Pillars to guide us through Lent: Almsgiving, Fasting, and Prayer. Each of this are important pieces to help us stand strong and live through Christ each day.  The Lenten Worksheet set focuses on each of these every Sunday Prayer “But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to our Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is […]

Lent is here. A time of preparation, a time of waiting, a time of surrender. How do we help kids understand this time, instead of jumping to Easter festivities and fun? Here are some simple things we do at home: Crown of thorns The most common and meaningful way to to prepare for lent is this. We have repurposed our Advent wreath, which was originally a bird’s nest, to make the crown with toothpick thorns. Each day we will try to help ease Jesus’ pain a little by all the good things we can offer. Stations of the cross is […]

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Today the burnt ashes of last year’s palm leaves are put on our foreheads. It is a reminder of our temporary journey on earth and our ultimate destination in Heaven. It prepares us for the season we are entering. My kids get really excited for today coz it’s the only day of the year they get to act like adults, stand in line and get something (ashes) unlike other days where receiving something (communion) is only a privilege for parents. Here are some simple ways to explain the significance of Ash Wednesday […]