This set of nameless paint sets is sure to make your child think. The concept is simple, each color is marked only by its mixed colors and not it’s end result. Can you figure out which color is which? It will change the way and probably the speed in which your child learns about colors. What do you think? Is this teaching gone a little too far? is it a learning tool or just a slow way to paint?
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Making Easter Meaningful for Kids
Easter can often turn into more of a celebration of spring than a religious holiday, but for Christians the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection are the center of this observance. While all the decorated eggs and baby animals are cute and fun, there’s a deeper meaning behind the celebration of new life.
I’ve shared religious Easter activities for kids before, but I wanted to give you some more ideas if you’re looking for ways to make Easter more meaningful for kids.
I always love the idea of tying holidays to acts of service or kindness in the community, and Coffee and Carpool uses the Easter season to encourage her kids with kindness activities. The post includes some ideas you can use for acts of kindness, or you can come up with your own. For however many days before Easter as you want, you can make a paper chain and each link in the chain contains an idea for an act of kindness.
Some people take the reverse advent calendar idea and use it for Lent, or you can take time to clean the house as a family and find items you aren’t using that you can donate to others who might need them.
Using a symbol of the empty grave is a common way to teach kids about Easter (and there’s a crafty version in that Easter post linked above). This can be done with resurrection rolls (Yummy Healthy Easy has a super simple version made with crescent roll dough), or try this recipe from Around My Family Table for meringue resurrection cookies.
You can also use a tool like an Easter story egg to help tell the story of Easter to kids. And of course you can read books that touch on the religious aspects of the holiday. The True Meaning of Easter by Melissa Wingo follows a mouse through the Easter story and includes relevant Bible verses. And while it is more about Easter marking the coming of spring than it is about religion, Easter on the Farm by Phyllis Alsdurf includes a spread about going to church as part of their Easter activities. It also shares the tradition of the Easter tree made with spring branches, which some families decorate with sentiments about Jesus or things they are grateful for that God has provided.
Does your family have a special way of making Easter meaningful for kids? I’d love to hear about it!
Holly Young says
sounds like it’s common core for art to me. I am not a fan!
Cindy Smartt says
I think this is a great idea! Don’t know anything about common core and don’t care….This is an opportunity to improve a child’s comprehension as well as artistic ability…also a great chance to foster creativity and teaching acceptance of “mistakes” during the creative process!