Homeschooling My Kinetic Kids

Once again, it's only a few days before a major holiday and I'm finally getting around to doing a blog post about it!  I was listening to The Prince of Egypt the Musical cast album this morning and realized that Passover is THIS weekend!  Passover is one of our favorite holidays, but it's always hard to remember since it doesn't have all the hype of bigger days like Christmas (although I still tend to do last minute things with that holiday too). If you're a Christian family and have been wondering about Passover, this blog post is specifically for you!  I want to set up a very simple explanation of the holiday for curious people.  I have written about Passover previously, but it was a long 3-part series and not as simplified as I'd like and not easy to share.  Obviously, there is A LOT I could write about and many more details, but I'm aiming to make this post short and sweet. CONTENTS: - What is Passover? - Why Should Christians do Passover? - Passover Sh...

Easter is two weeks from today, but it looks like we're still going to be in isolation on that day.  All around the United States and the world, governments are constraining their citizens to home with "shelter in place" orders and quarantines.  Our entire lives have changed in a very short amount of time as the entire world reacts to Covid-19.  Unfortunately, our Easter Sunday traditions are going to have to change as well. A time of great change is also a time of new memories and traditions.  Many of the things you already do can be slightly modified to make them acceptable for quarantine time.  Other things can be different, but still amazing.  It's also a good time to talk about history and some of the challenging Easter Sundays throughout time.  Draw near to your family and make some great memories with this A-Z list! In many churches, Easter morning service includes some sort of "Passion Play"  (not affiliated with the church)...

Picture from Pixabay We love Passover time!  The kids talk about it and look forward to it all the time.  We love watching Prince of Egypt and making our lamb roast.  It's such a special time to stop and reflect. In case you didn't get the memo, Passover starts this Friday!  This year, I asked my Kid Blogger Network friends to help me gather some more kid-friendly ideas.  I hope you feel inspired! Beyond the Balagan - Elijah's Cup - Plague Puppets Multicultural Kid Blogs - Passover Celebrations Around the World - Books for Kids All Done Monkey - Videos for Kids - Sephardic Charoset Recipe Moms and Crafters - Red Sea Crossing Game - DIY Seder Plate - Sensory Haggadah - Felt Seder Plate My Passover Series from 2017 An InLinkz Link-up Pin It! Kid Blogger Network Posts An InLinkz Link-up

After a month of Passover posts ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ), it's finally Passover time!  This year, we had friends over, a family of six.  It was a bit crazy with seven kids under eight, but so much fun. Supply List - 1 leg of lamb - matzah crackers - bitter herbs - grape juice - asparagus - charoset ( recipe ) -  hard plastic tumblers - blue tablecloth - dinner plates for 12 We started the evening with a slide show and storytelling time of Exodus, using pictures from  this  website.  The kids did a great job listening and were very engaged the whole time. source After we heard the story of the Passover, we sang "I Will Sing Until the Lord."  (here's the  lyrics and music without video)  My kids and I practiced the song all week to get ready for Passover. The kids spent some playing while the Moms finished the dinner.  For dinner, we had a roast lamb leg, unleavened bread (matzah) with horseradish and charoset for dipping, and asparagus.  B...

I hope you enjoyed the Passover post during the last three weeks.   Part One was an introduction to Passover, Part Two showed how Jesus fulfilled the Passover, and Part Three contained a sample script for the Seder.  With all those serious things behind us, I bring you a fun, silly post about making Passover kid-friendly. 1- wood Passover pretend set 2- Who am I game 3- plague finger puppets 4- matching game 5- blow up matzah ball 6- the game of Passover 7- paint with water book 8- juggling matzah balls Plague Puppets from Raising Rock Stars Passover Lapbook by Homeschool Share Felt Seder plate with three matzoh Make Homemade Mazah with recipe from Messianic Mom Read Passover books- list by Planet Smarty Put a Representation of Blood over your Door Kids' Haggadah Activity book by A Jewish Homeschool Blogger Watch some Funny Passover Youtube Videos Or this Les Miserables parody one Preschool Pack by Money Saving Mom 10 Plagues Sensory Bin by Something 2 Offer Moses and the 1...