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Easter Activities Websites For Your Children
By Katerina Octanova
With Easter so often corresponding to a spring break in school,
or at least a long weekend, you may be looking for some Easter
activities in which to involve your kids. These won’t necessarily
be things just meant to keep them busy and out of your hair, but
they can be Easter ideas that get them into the spirit of the
season as well.
This is a time for both celebration and contemplation. It’s a
festival of the stirrings of life and growth in the agricultural
world, but for people of faith, this season also has a spiritual
component. There are activities, crafts and games that address
all of these approaches.
Online Easter Activities For Kids
The internet, as always, is a huge resource for all types of
Easter activities you might ever want. One website based in the
UK has a long list of things your kids can participate in and
crafts they can make.
This is Activity Village (http://www.activityvillage.co.uk),
whose page of suggestions goes on forever and almost overwhelms
you with options. You’ll find printouts to review your options,
to make and color cards for Easter, links to Easter games online,
mazes and Easter coloring pages, as well as information about
different customs associated with the season.
Teaching The Easter Story Online
If you want to add a more spiritual turn to activities at Easter,
then other websites can help you expand to include that extra
dimension as well. For example, the Children’s Chapel site (www.childrenschapel.org)
provides the blueprint for many activities that include object
lessons to teach the Christian Easter story.
There are Easter egg hunts where each egg has part of the story
painted on it, or you might want to print out coloring pages that
have images from that story. Between songs, crafts and stories,
you can make sure your children understand the relation of Easter
to your faith.
Fun And Educational For Your Children
Easter activities can also take place at school, not in a way
that teaches any specific religious viewpoint, but so that the
different traditions of different cultures can be validated and
understood. Relating the Christian holiday to the Jewish Passover,
for example, can help all the children relate to each other.
Some Easter facts like the origins of some of the symbols and
practices would also be useful for relating past history to customs
today. With so many resources at your fingertips, the Easter season
can be made both fun and educational for your children, whatever
approach is taken.
About the Author:
Katerina Octanova has written a number of articles on Easter, food and cooking including
Easter,
Easter Eggs,
Easter Traditions,
The Passover,
Easter Stories,
Seder.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
If Easter brings to mind colorful eggs hidden throughout the
yard or big fluffy bunnies, then perhaps you really are not that
familiar with what Easter truly means too many people. For Christians
it is a day of celebration and one that deeply marks their faith
in their religion.
Christian Easter is about far more than colorful baskets filled
with fake grass. It marks an important date and is celebrated
in many different ways. Though the eggs are definitely a part
of the day in some areas of the world, it is the meaning behind
Easter that has Christians celebrating.
If you are not familiar with Easter or just want to know more
about this religious holiday, this article can help. It may answer
some of the questions you may have about Easter and even be able
to help you educate your children or others on the significance
of this day.
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