# The Theotokos' Life in the Temple

#### Introduction

Watch a 7-minute video, "[The Life of the Theotokos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhlYY4ikQt8)".

#### Activity 1

Stretch purple yarn or ribbon across the floor. Practice jumping over it, one side to another. Walk along it like a balance beam. For an older child, place two pieces parallel and use it to practice jumping using an [elastics rhyme](https://folksong.org.nz/pdf_copies/Bauer_elastics.pdf).

#### Activity 2

Use pieces of purple yarn to make letter shapes on a tabletop workspace.

#### Lunch Snack

Eat purple foods: grapes, beetroot, eggplant, et cetera.

#### Activity 3

Weave something purple, such as strips of purple paper, or basic tablet weaving with wool, or make a purple woven [Swedish star ornament](https://createwhimsy.com/projects/scandinavian-fabric-stars/).

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