The Theotokos' Life in the Temple

Introduction 

 Watch a 7-minute video, " The Life of the Theotokos ". 

 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 . 

 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 .