Easter Lesson Help
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I too am planning on using the Easter Eggs in my lesson, but I am doing something a little different. I am in charge of the Junior Nursery so attention span is in short supply. I found this story in my Family Home Evening packets and decided to use it instead. I am going to have the kids going on a treasure hunt to find four different eggs. The first egg contains four jelly beans and a piece of paper that says:

Jelly Beans taste good for Easter,
They are blue, green, red, and pink.
What's important at Easter time?
I'll give you time to think.

The second egg contains two chocolate eggs and a piece of paper that says:

Easter is a time for chocolate.
Chocolate eggs and bunnies, too.
Easter Sunday is more important.
It's about a story that's really true.

The third egg contains and bunny and a piece of paper that says:

Sure the Easter Bunny's great,
At Easter time, it's true.
But what else is there at Easter,
That's more important to you?

The final egg will be hanging from a flowering tree we have by our church. Inside the message will read:

What is the most important thing about Easter?
I'll give you a clue.
These apple blossoms that come each spring,
Are all fragrant and new,
They show there is still life,
In this apple tree.
It was just sleeping for winter.
It's alive as you can see.
A long time ago,
When Jesus lived on earth,
He had a great mission.
It started with His birth.
He taught about the good things of life,
How each of us should live.
How we should love one another.
How we should share and give.
There were some who would not understand,
The words that He said.
They hated Him and feared Him,
And rejoiced when He was dead.
He died...yet He lives.
That's the joyful message Easter brings.
We'll all live after death....
Just as these trees live every Spring!

For our craft the children will be placing popcorn on a picture of a tree, by this tree I will have this poem printed out.