What better reason than Easter to have a party! We began the day with the reading of the Easter story. My students always amaze me with their insight and curiosity about Christ. They truly have an understanding of who Christ is and why He came to this earth.
To remember Christ's death, both the horror and beauty of it, we made stain glass crosses. Using contact paper and tissue paper, my students created beautiful crosses that are now on display in our classroom.
Students first created an outline of the cross.
Once the outline was created, students took shredded tissue paper and decorated their cross.
In order to allow the crosses to stick to the windows, we left about an inch of contact paper around the entire cross. Since contact paper is sticky, the crosses stuck perfectly on the windows.
Some of the crosses on display.
One of the wonderful room moms planned a beautiful Easter party. Instead of eating candy and playing games, we recreated the Passover Seder. This is a Jewish ritual that retells the liberation of the Israelites from slavery.
One of the center pieces.
Three crosses and a rock; the rock is to represent the tomb.
Part of the ceremony requires the recitation of the ten plagues As each plague is being recounted, we dipped our fingers into grape juice and dropped it into another cup.
Our beautiful table.
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