Palm Sunday

PALM SUNDAY

Objectives:

  1. Children should know that Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
  2. They should be able to identify the characters in the icon and tell the story.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

  1. Open with prayer.

 

  1. Read the story of Palm Sunday in the Beginner’s Bible, pages 427-432, the Children’s Bible Reader, pages 230-232, or the Read with Me Bible, pages 358-361. Supplement with the Golden Children’s Bible, pages 428-430, or the Arch book, The Donkey Who Served the King.  Use the icon and point out the characters and their roles. How did Jesus get the donkey? What were the people doing? What were they saying? Are there children?

 

  1. True or False:

True                                                     False

            Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey.   Jesus entered Jerusalem on an elephant.

The people were happy to see Jesus.     The people shouted, “Crucify him!”

The people shouted “Hosanna!”           The disciples stole the donkey.

The children waved palm branches.       Jesus entered Rome on Palm Sunday.

People made a carpet for Jesus with      People threw rocks at Jesus.

            with their coats.

 

  1. Show pictures of palm trees.  If you have them, show the children a palm branch and a pussy willow.  Let them hold and touch. 

 

5. Cut donkey from gray construction paper and color or use yarn for mane and tail. Use clothespins colored gray with black hooves for legs to stand up. Then add green palm branch, cut from cardstock or construction paper, write "Hosanna" on it, and glue or tape to back of donkey. Nice table centerpiece to take home!

 

Too messy? Try a popsicle stick craft instead. Print the background on cardstock or glue to construction paper and color. Then, cut slit where shown. Print the figure of Jesus from the coloring page or from an icon print, again with cardstock. Cut out the figure and glue or tape popsicle stick on the back. Insert thru the slot and re-enact the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. You can also cut out and glue in some of the people from the icon if desired.\

  1. Close with prayer.