Easter Break

I know that not all my fellow bloggers are Catholic but I have to share this new experience of mine.  I love teaching at a Catholic School this time of year.  My first 5 years of teaching in a public school I didn't know what I was missing.  This was my first Easter teaching at a Catholic School and I've really enjoyed it.  I know my faith has grown and become stronger since I started teaching religion to my students.  And my kids have done an AMAZING job learning about the Holy Days and I can honestly say that they understand (to a degree) that God and Jesus made a huge sacrifice for us.  Here is a picture of the palms we made for Jesus' arrival to Jerusalem and the Crosses that name and explain the Holy Days.

Now I also understand that the Easter Bunny is just as important to the kids so I've made sure to include a lot of bunny fun!!  We wrote Easter cards to our parents, made bunnies that could carry the watercolor eggs we made, and dyed Easter eggs!!!  We've also colored jelly beans according to a rhyming color code, added two digit numbers together on eggs and even wrote a story about helping the Easter Bunny hide eggs.  I'll post my jelly bean skip counting pages when I get home tonight.  We have conferences until 7:00 and then I'll be riding the train home for Easter!  Have a wonderful break....for those of you that get one!