I am pleased to offer a unit study on the holiday celebrating Esther and Purim.
My girls and I love to read about Esther. We love the story of a real-life princess who did wonderful things for her people and for God.
A list of Books, Videos, Music, Activities, and Crafts to go along with an Esther and Beauty Bible study.
My kids love to celebrate Purim and retell the story of Esther, complete with costumes and props and much noise.
We still love dressing up and reading the story of Esther in the Bible. We have noise makers and hiss whenever the name of Haman is said.
We listen to the Maccabeats and watch the video on YouTube.
We read the Bible story and recite the blessings and prayers in English and Hebrew. The holiday is usually in early March. And we eat.
Resources:
- Purim How-To Guide
- Purim at Home
- Purim by Tori Avey
- Purim with Kids
- Awesome Purim Crafts
- Grapevine Bible Studies Esther Review
- Beauty in the Heart Bible Study
- My Little Trees Esther Unit
- Esther Bible Study from The Time Warp Wife
- Esther Thru the Bible
- 5 Things Kids Can Learn from Esther
- Queen Esther Crafts
- Hadassah: The Girl Who Became Queen Esther by Tommy Tenney
- The Star of Persia by SP Townsend
- Star of Persia: A Story Adapted from the Book of Esther by Marion Dawson Gunderson
- Persia’s Brightest Star: The Diary of Queen Esther’s Attendant by Anne Tyra Adams
- Queen Esther the Morning Star by Mordicai Gerstein
- Queen Esther by Tomie DePaola
- The Story of Queen Esther by Jenny Koralek
- Esther and the Very Brave Plan by Tim Thornborough
- Queen Esther’s Big Secret: A Purim Story by Sarah Mazor
- The Queen Who Saved Her People by Tilda Balsley
- Esther’s Story by Diane Wolkstein
- The Purim Story Told By Esther
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Thank you for this, Jennifer! Of ALL of our years of home education, I’ve never done a Purim unit with the kids. Always meant to, but drug my feet!
Thanks again!
Yay! So glad! Hope y’all enjoy it.
Our homeschool is a big fan of Esther. Thanks so much for this freebie. I’m so surprised that Sesame St. had a video.
There’s a whole series – Shalom Sesame!
Ohhh…thank you! And, I LOVE Shalom Sesame! :)
http://ebiblemovies.com/ has a great movie about Esther. It follows the Book of Esther completely — altho’ it does make a movie. It was produced by Matt & Laurie Crouch and is titled “One Night With The King”. I watched it and followed along with my Bible opened to Esther. It’s good for the ,ore visual learners. I must also warn there are movies that are totally incorrect — Noah’s Ark — according to the Bible & history.
OOPS!! I’m sorry. It should say MORE instead of ,ore.
Thanks so much! Always looking for more resources.