Ash wednesday preschool activities

Love Those Kinders!: Lent For Little Kids and an Ash Wednesday Freebie

Ash Wednesday can be tricky with children. If you are a church that uses liturgy, the liturgy can be long and full of words that children would not necessarily use! It's important, though, that as part of the body of Christ, children are included in key events in the church calendar. Here is my attempt to open up some of the symbolism and meaning of Ash Wednesday in a way that (hopefully) might be useful to some of you! I have based some of this on the Church of England's Liturgy for Ash…

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and reflection for Catholic Christians around the world. It’s a time to reflect on the past year, …

Help your toddler understand Lent and grow their faith in Jesus with these 10 simple, hands-on Lent activities for two and three year olds.

Hello! This is Cindy, otherwise known as Kinderkay from Love Those Kinders! It is so hard to believe that Ash Wednesday is almost here! It seems that I just finished putting away my Christmas decorations! Whew! I thought I would share with you a little activity I do with my kinders to prepare them for Ash Wednesday. I hope it is not too late for you to use! Click HERE to download the Google Doc. (Please note that many school districts block outside sites. If this is true of your school…

(Western) Lent in 2020 begins on Wednesday 26 February This is the first proper weekly post of our Lent with Kids series. If you’re reading this after the first week of Lent, or if you want to see the range of other Lent ideas we’ve got, you can also head here, to the series index to see what’s […]

The Ash Wednesday Ligurgy and St. Timothy's Ash Wednesday Witness event were so moving last night. I am incredibly grateful to be a part of this Community, and so very blessed to be a part of last night's Witness. One of St. Timothy's core values is "Art as a pathway to knowing God." That's been my experience for the last 7 years, but I never expected to be part of a church community that valued the arts and implemented it as part of our "church experience". A couple of months ago, Liz…

Today is Ash Wednesday, and the season of Lent has begun. On Sunday during Christian Formation classes the children decorated the letters o...

Hi Friends, For all my Catholic/Christian School friends, you know that Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday and we begin the long season of Lent. I used to dread teaching Lent to my kiddos because the material that I could find was above their understanding. There is some really good Catholic/Christian material in the world, but just not enough for little kids. My kinders are excited to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, but also a little apprehensive. So, I created this little activity that we do…

Ash Wednesdayis the first day of Lent. This sheet helps students learn why ashes are used to draw a cross on the forehead on this special day.