Rich History

My family isn’t Jewish but Passover is a special part of the history of humankind and of the Easter season. I remember my mom making a Passover Seder dinner to teach us about this rich tradition and it’s meaning for our lives. My kids are old enough to think about and start to understand the “why” of holidays, but I wasn’t feeling as motivated as my mom – sooo we read the story of the first Passover, pulled out our maps and followed the path of the Exodus and did several crafts to help the kids internalize what we talked about. Their favorite one was this cute coloring sheet available on The Design Pocket that I found via Ohdeeoh. I looked up the meaning of each of the foods served during the Seder dinner and read them to my boys as they colored the cute picture of the meal! We talked about how this tradition has been preserved and celebrated for thousands of years and how it is central to the origins of Easter as well. Easy, fun and educational – gotta love it:)