Celebrating Easter at Preschool

Levi has been learning about Easter all week at school, and today they celebrated with a fun second half of the day. Joel was able to tag along and not only was he well behaved, but Levi and all of his classmates, loved having a little buddy join in on the fun. I love that his school encourages sibling participation at special events. First, they had an egg "hunt" outside in a large grassy area. The kids each brought a dozen plastic eggs. The teachers number each set of eggs 1 through 12 and then while gathering their eggs each child was to find one of each number of egg to fill up their carton. Such a fun way to incorporate numbers and counting into the activity, and the kids loved it! It's silly, but I was so proud when Levi was one of the first to finish, just behind two girls who have been 5 since the fall :).

After the egg hunt the kids had a chance to plant flowers in their spring garden. It was so fun to help the kids plant! I was laughing to myself, noticing how the girls were so careful and commenting on how pretty the flowers were, while the boys were mostly interested in who could dig the biggest or deepest hole. As we were finishing up planting, what had been just a few light mist in the air, started to turn into rain, so we herded the kids into the gym to play before chapel. It was so sweet to hear the kids talking about how God was watering their newly planted flowers!

After recess was over all the classes gathered for Easter Chapel. The preschool director did a great job teaching the Easter story to the kids. After the lesson, the kids sang some Easter themed songs. Listening to them sing "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" with such enthusiasm that it brought tears to my eyes! I know God loved hearing those precious voices praising Jesus! What a fun and special day, and a great start to Easter weekend!