How Do You Teach Children About Lent?
Lent is the time leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We call that Sunday Easter. Lent is 40 days long and is celebrated by Christians. It begins Ash Wednesday and ends Holy Saturday. Adults take part in Lent oftentimes without explaining it to their children or having their children participate in it. Children are capable of learning and taking part in Lent, if their parents are willing to teach them. Show children on a calendar Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Talk with them about Jesus’ death and then resurrection on the third day. Remind the children that Jesus gave his life for us because he was without sin. He was the perfect sacrifice and God accepted his sacrifice and raised Jesus from the dead. This is how we are forgiven when we do wrong. Use the calendar to go back to Ash Wednesday. Let the children see how much time passes in between these two important dates. Let them know that the whole block of time you are showing them is the season of Lent. Define Le
