Kindergarten and 1st Grade Lent and Easter Unit - 7 lessons

This resource contains seven PDF lesson plans to teach children all about the Easter story. They can all be used individually or as a whole unit for Lent and Easter. They are suitable for ages 4 -7. The seven lessons are:

1) Ash Wednesday/Start of Lent

2) Lent - Giving Something Up

3) Lent - Doing Good Deeds

4) Palm Sunday

5) The Last Supper

6) Good Friday

7) Easter Sunday

Ash Wednesday

The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes an introductory whole class activity, a whole class discussion, discussions in pairs, a drama activity and a final whole class game. The theme for the lesson is ‘showing you are sorry.’

There is a 13 slide animated PowerPoint presentation about Ash Wednesday and an optional resource for the drama activity included. This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open the PowerPoint.

Giving Something Up

The 4 page PDF lesson plan includes details of an introductory group activity, a discussion, a drama activity, a group written activity, a simple poem writing activity and a final game. There are also differentiated targets and details of assessment methods.

There is a 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation which contains details about Lent and the bible story used during the lesson. (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.) The differentiated templates for the poem writing activity (color and black & white) and pictures for the introductory activity are also included. (12 pages)

Doing Good Deeds

The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes details of an introductory group activity, a discussion, a game, a simple written activity and a final whole class discussion/game. There are also differentiated targets and details about suggested assessment methods.

There is a 14 slide animated PowerPoint presentation covering Lent, good deeds and some events in Jesus’ life. (This is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open the PowerPoint. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.) The template for the written activity is also included. (1 PDF page)

Palm Sunday

The plan includes details of a whole class starter, an introduction to the story, a drama activity, a simple written activity and a concluding activity.

All activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the children.

The PDF lesson plan is 5 pages. There is also an animated 15 slide PowerPoint presentation telling the story and the resource for the written activity included. The PowerPoint is not editable. (Please click 'Read Only' to open.)

I have used this lesson with my Kindergarten class and they enjoyed it!

The Last Supper

The 5 page PDF plan includes details of a group starter, an introduction to the story, a circle time activity, a simple written activity and a final group activity.

All activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the kids.

There is a 22 slide animated PowerPoint presentation telling the story of The Last Supper. There are also a couple of slides which give details about how Christians remember The Last Supper. This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open.
The resources for the starter and written activity are also included.

Good Friday

The 5 page PDF lesson plan includes details of a paired introductory activity, an introduction to the story, a circle time activity, a simple written activity and a final whole class discussion. There are also differentiated targets and suggested assessment methods.

All of the activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the children.

There is a 16 slide animated PowerPoint presentation telling the story. (This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a Slideshow.) The differentiated templates for the written activity are also included. (3 PDF pages)

Easter Sunday

The 6 page PDF lesson plan includes details of an introductory group activity, whole class discussion, an outdoor activity, a simple written and art activity combined and a final whole class activity. There are also differentiated targets and suggested assessment strategies.

All the activities are highly interactive and make the topic accessible to the children.

There is also a 20 slide animated PowerPoint presentation with the pictures for the introductory activity, the Easter Sunday story and an introduction to the main activity. (This is not editable. Click 'Read Only' to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.) The template for the written/art activity and a 7 year old's example are also included. (3 PDF pages)

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