Our little Bible curriculum used X for cross, so I planned this week to lead into Palm Sunday. Besides making a few crosses/Xs out of pretzel sticks, we didn't do any cross-related crafts. The curriculum, though, had a great explanation of how we "cross out" mistakes when we make them on paper, and how Jesus "crossed out" our sins on the cross. I'm always grateful for more age-appropriate language to talk about big theological truths.
Owen colored a xylophone by number (from this packet) and made a paper/popsicle stick xylophone. I cut out the bars from another page in the linked packet, then had him arrange them by size (largest to smallest). Then he glued them, in order, onto popsicle sticks (two taped together, since one wasn't long enough). I made Levi sit this one out, since Owen almost never gets to do things on his own (and because it took me long enough to cut out the first set of bars, I didn't want to do a second set). He was surprisingly good-natured about it.
One of the pages in the packet was shape recognition, so while the big boys did some painting with water-colors (as many Xs as they were in the mood for), I reviewed shapes with Silas. He now has circle, square, triangle, and heart pretty solidly under his belt. Then, of course, we had to use the xylophone to practice colors!
Geen. (No, that's not a typo.)
My parents were supposed to come for Palm Sunday, but my dad got sick the week before, so only Mom was able to come. We made get well cards to send back to Dad, and Owen wrote his name (or something resembling his name) for the first time!
Folding paper in half. More complicated than it sounds.
I don't know why Levi looks so sad. Missing Grandpa fiercely, I suppose.
Backwards E, W, O, N. He DID write them in correct spelling order, just not left-to-right.
Next up: Holy Week activities!
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