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Parent Partner Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education Newsletter

Children’s Books about Easter

Benjamin’s Box by Melody Carlson & Jack Stockman

The Week that Led to Easter by Joanne Larrison

God Gave Us Easter By Lisa Tawn Bergren

Talking to Our Children about Easter

Some parents, in an effort to help their children understand the importance of Good Friday and Easter, go into too much detail about the crucifixion. We need to prayerfully consider the impact that such information will have on our children. We need to take into consideration things such as temperament, past experiences and developmental level. We don’t need to feel as if we are keeping the truth from our children, but rather revealing it in a planned and purposeful way.

Reading to our children is often an easy way to teach and entertain them at the same way. Often an author has the words we are just not able to come up with. Some examples of books talking to children about the Easter story is in the right column.

If you’re unsure about reading your children the entire Biblical account of the Easter story, use John 3:16 as your guide to explain what happened. Continue to build on the foundation you’ve set by adding more details about the story every year, or as you see fit.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life” John 3:16