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Are you looking for simple, hands-on ways to teach your kids about Holy Week?

As busy moms, we want Easter to be meaningful, but finding engaging, faith-filled activities can feel overwhelming. That’s why I’ve gathered simple, hands-on ideas to bring the Easter story to life in your homeschool! Your kids will love these Easter homeschool activities.

✅ Read as a Family Daily – Use the easiest tool in your homeschool tool belt to inspire your kids’ faith in Jesus

✅ Discussion Questions That Spark Faith – Open-ended prompts to help kids process Jesus’ sacrifice.

✅ Hands-On Easter Crafts – Create cross crafts, a resurrection garden, or Stations of the Cross.

🎉 Bonus: Download my free Holy Week Bible Reading Plan to guide your family through Easter.

Plus, sign up for my free class, "3 Steps to Prepare Your Heart for Easter!"

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Show Notes:

Hey, everyone, Kerry Beck here with Homeschool Coffee Break, where we help you stop the overwhelm so you can take a coffee break.

We are talking about Easter, Holy Week, and Lent. How can we really keep our focus on Jesus instead of all the extra things, all the busyness? Let’s face it. The struggle is real. We know that you are busy, and sometimes it’s too hard, and you don’t have time to go researching all these fun activities or ways to be intentional with your kids.

That’s what we’re going to be talking about today. Easter and Holy Week homeschool activities. You could use these whether you're homeschooling or not. Some of them will be more specific to homeschooling because they include reading and writing, but all of them are designed to help kids engage with the Easter story.

Read Aloud & Act It Out

One of the best things moms can do—homeschooling or not—is to raise their kids to think critically and biblically. We want them to be able to make wise decisions. If that’s a goal of yours, then using the weeks leading up to Easter as a time for reading, writing, and discussing can help develop those thinking skills.

The first thing I encourage you to do is read aloud with your kids. Read stories about Easter. One of our favorites is Vinegar Boy, a historical fiction book about a little boy at the cross. You can also read different Bible passages about Holy Week.

Here are some ideas:

• Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:1-11): Read aloud and let your kids wave paper palm branches, shouting "Hosanna!"
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