Dear Sis,

I’ve been working on our lesson plan for Passover. William is 2.5 now and has a great attention span for short stories, simple crafts and activities. I’ll probably reuse the basic outline and many of the ideas in years to come!

Evening Before Passover

• Reading from A Child’s Garden of Torah by Joel Lurie Grishaver
  • Story 17: Baby Moses (pages 71 – 77)
  • Story 18: The Burning Bush (pages 78 – 80) 
    • Standing Burning Bush to Color and Cut (I backed ours with card stock before cutting it out for extra rigidity)
  • Story 19: Ten Plagues of Egypt (pages 81 – 84) 

Day 1

• • • My Ten Plagues Booklet to Color, Cut, and Staple (Mom edits listed below)
      • Plague 3: Lice instead of Knats
      • Plague 4: Wild Animals instead of Flies
      • Plague 5: Noting that the Livestock is “Sick”
      • Plague 7: Noting that the hail was both “Fire” and “Ice”
      • Plague 9: Noting that the Darkness lasted “3 Days”
      • Plague 10: Adding Label “Death of First Born” along with the Passover Title

• Plague 1 Activity (Water to Blood)
  • Snack: Red Jello with Swedish Fish
    • Symbolizes how the waters of the Nile were turned into blood, killing the fish.

Day 2

• Plague 2 Activity (Frogs)
  • Frog Hop Game (We found a comparable version at Dollar Tree)

Day 3

• Plague 3 Activity (Lice)
  • Put sprinkles (pretend lice) on a very fluffy stuffed animal for child to pick off.

Day 4

• Plague 4 Activity (Wild Animals)
  • Snack: Animal Crackers

• Plague 5 Activity (Sick Livestock)
  • Medical Kit for pretend play with stuffed livestock animals.

Day 5

• Plague 6 Activity (Boils)
  • Child sticks bandages on a DIY Cloth Passover Doll with boils.

Day 6

• Plague 7 Activity (Fire and Ice Hail)
  • Red and White Balloons
• Plague 8 Activity (Locusts)
  • Locust to Color, Cut, and Assemble (I backed ours with card stock before cutting it out for extra rigidity)

Day 7

• Plague 9 Activity (3 Days Darkness)
  • Flashlight
• Plague 10 Activity (Passover/Death of First Born)
  • Paint Red Paint on DIY Passover Door Post Craft

Day 8

• Reading from A Child’s Garden of Torah by Joel Lurie Grishaver
  • Story 20: Crossing the Reed Sea (pages 85 – 88)
  • Story 21: The Ten Commandments (pages 89 – 91)
    • Ten Commandment Paper Tablet Paper Craft

Stay tuned for our seder plans:)

Love,

b