Easter is a spring festival. In the Christian festival, it celebrates the resurrection of Christ. In the European pre-Christian tradition, it celebrates the return of nature and greenery after the cold, snowy winter. Both the Christian and pagan versions of Easter celebrate life and rebirth. The Easter chick symbolises new life, the rabbit represents fertility and the egg symbolises both. That is why painted eggs or chocolate eggs are given as gifts at Easter.
( adapted from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk)
Learn the words about Easter easter poster
Have fun with a memory game and Easter words game2
Easter is always on Sunday, because people thought Jesus woke up from the dead on the first day of the week. Easter is the first Sunday coming after the first full moon in spring. But it can come as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. It is a holidays of spring sun, beginning of new life and death of winter. Take an Easter quiz to test your knowledge on Easter and a quiz on Easter customs and traditions. Read about Easter customs in the UK. Now watch a video and answer the questions (credits: Fotini Kastrinaki)
Click on the picture below to learn about Easter customs in Europe (credits: Mary Doulgeri)
Now you know so much about Easter. Can you escape from the Breakout Room (for 6th graders)?
Click on the picture below to play an escape room for 4th and 5th graders
Spin the wheel and check your knowledge!
The symbols of Easter are eggs, rabbits, chickens and spring flowers . On Easter Sunday people give coloured eggs to children and friends. Eggs come to the breakfast tables on Easter Day or are hidden about the house and garden for the children to find. . Now children usually get chocolate eggs.
People have a good time with egg-rolling. They roll coloured, hard-boiled eggs down a hillock until the eggs break.
Dying the Easter eggs is one of the most important symbols of Greek Easter. People dye them on Holy Thursday – usually red but other colours are possible,too. Red eggs symbolise the blood and sacrifice of Christ. The tradition of cracking the Greek Easter eggs after ‘Christ has risen’, symbolises the resurrection from the dead and the new life. Why don’t you help your parents dye the Easter eggs this year? You will need
- 12 eggs
- 1 package red egg dye powder
- 6 cups warm water
- 1/3 of a cup vinegar
- olive oil, for shinning
Choose the game you like to learn and practise Easter words (for learners of 3rd & 4th grade)
Can you do the Easter cryptogram?
Spin the wheel and have fun!
Find all the Easter words in this wordsearch before time runs out (for older pupils)!!
Let’s do some Easter reading! Σε αυτό το σύνδεσμο θα βρείτε βιβλία με θέμα το Πάσχα. Πατήστε επάνω στο εξώφυλλο για να ακούσετε και να διαβάσετε τις ιστορίες. Υπάρχουν επίσης σύνδεσμοι για online ζωγραφική και παιχνίδια!!
For younger learners
Read the story for A’ class and watch the video (credits: Maria Dedousi)
(credits: Eleni Papapostolou)
Read the story for B’ class and watch the video (credits: Theodora Tsagkari)
(credits: Antigoni Avgoustinaki)
Click on the picture below to play an escape room (2nd and 3rd grade)
Spin the wheel and play
Watch Peppa Pig at the Easter egg hunt and the Easter bunny.
(credits: Catherine Cath)
(credits: Maria Doulgeri)
Free printable Easter eggs to color and use for crafts and other Easter activities.
