Easter

  Easter

The Empty Tomb

People were mean to Jesus and made fun of him before he was crucified.  They dressed him in a  purple robe and put a crown of thrones on his head.  They called him THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  

The mean people put a crown made out of thorns like this one on Jesus’ head.  The thorns hurt his head.  We looked at this crown and talked about it.  We wore our other crown though because we didn’t want our heads to bleed!

Digital Resources

• Saddleback Kids Videos (on YouTube):  
• Triumphal Entry
• The Last Supper
• Jesus Washes the Apostles' Feet 
• Jesus Prays  
• Jesus' Sacrifice
• God is with Us
• Jesus' Ascension

•  The Beginner's Bible App  Stories:  "Washing the Feet", "The Last Supper", "Arrested & Crucified", "Jesus is Risen!"  (This app is good for several reasons.  As the text is read, each word is highlighted, so it's excellent for beginning readers.  This is an app version of The Beginner's Bible, so it's good to have the printed book f, or kids to use at home too. In class we wait until the text has been read and then take turns with the interactive parts.)
• Bible for Kids App Stories:  "The Donkey and the King", "A Goodbye Meal", "In the Garden", "It is Finished", "A Happy Sunday", "Into the Clouds"

Video Resources - DVD Read and Share Bible, Volume 2:

• Story 11:  The First Lord's Supper - "Jesus Borrows a Donkey"; "Jesus Rides Like a King"; "How to Serve"
• Story 12: Jesus' Resurrection - "Jesus s Alive!"; "Jesus with Two Friends"; "Jesus Goes to Heaven"

Print Resources

• Where is Jesus? by Mary Manz Simon
• The Story of Easter (a Little Golden Book) by Jean Miller
• Read Aloud Bible Stories, vol. 2 by Ella K. Lindvall, page 131, "A Sad Day and a Happy Day"
• The Story of Easter by Gwen Ellis, Read and Share Series 
• God Gave us Easter by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Scholastic 
• The Easter Story, The Beginner's Bible
• The Easter Story by Tracy Harrast, Peek-a-Bible Lift-a-Flap Book
• Large pictures of Jesus on the cross with King of the Jews sign above his head, Jesus riding a donkey into town on Palm Sunday, Jesus holding the cup at the Last Supper, Jesus Praying

Prop Resources

• 2 crowns - a toy crown to wear and a real thorn crown to see
• Purple fabric to use for the robe they put on Jesus
• BIG nails to use with picture of Jesus on the cross to see where they were used.  Discuss that Jesus didn't have any broken bones.
• 30 pieces of silver
•  Resurrection Eggs from FamilyLife.com  These are expensive.  You can make your own.  Use your own resources to note events in the stories.
• Tomb, rock, guards, and angel figures (from Tales of Glory maybe)

Song(s)

 Use flip chart for Apostles song.  Find Judas.  

Vocabulary

• cross
• nails
• tomb
• resurrection
• sin
• crucifixion 
• silver color
• Easter
• Ascension