Posted by Christine Connally on Mar 29, 2010
When is Passover?
Passover in 2010 will start on Tuesday, the 30th of March and will continue for 7 days until Monday, the 5th of April.
Note that in the Jewish calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Jews will celebrate Passover on the sunset of Monday, the 29th of March.
What is Passover?
Passover is the Jewish celebration lasting seven to eight days (seven in Israel, eight outside of it) that marks the freedom of the Jews from enslavement by the Egyptians. According to the Old Testament, the Jews, led by Moses, had requested freedom from the Pharaoh of Egypt, but were denied. To punish the Egyptians, God sent the 10 plagues to Egypt to convince the Pharaoh to release the Jews. The last of these plagues, and the most devastating, was to kill the firstborn male in each Egyptian household.
Here are some websites, with Passover activity ideas for kids.
Chabad
Kaboose
Torah Tots
Family Fun
Posted by Christine Connally on Feb 22, 2010
As promised at last night’s meeting, I am posting some photos and links that will assist you in doing a few of the projects I have given you.
Newspaper Seedling Cups
Click on the photo below to go to a web page with step by step photos and directions for the seedling cup I showed you at the meeting. If you have older kids and are looking for something more to do with them, there are lots of videos on YouTube of how to make these using all kinds of different techniques including some origami folds.
Newspaper Seedling Pot
Butterfly Craft
Click on the photo below to go to a web page with complete project instructions.
Butterfly Craft Project
Shamrock Decoration
Below is a picture of what the completed shamrock project might look like. They can be decorated using paint, markers, crayons, glitter glue and stickers.
Shamrock Decorations
I hope you will use these ideas as a starting point to come up with lots of other fun projects and activities to do with the kids.
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