Esther

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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I’ll have to tell you: I’ve seen reviews of Grapevine Bible Studies for a couple years now and it just did not look appealing to me.

Then I had an epiphany: maybe it’s not appealing to me, but it’s really designed for my children, so shouldn’t they be the judge? I’ve been looking for a multilevel Bible study that we can all do together. This was totally what I was looking for and we love it!

And it certainly helped that I actually met Dianna Wiebe at the Utah Homeschool Convention. See my post about when I met Dianna. LOVE HER! She really knows her Bible and Bible history.

We got to review the multilevel Esther study and it was great with three girls! A Biblical fairy tale!

Here’s the info from the website:
Take your students back to the ancient Persian Empire and see how God used a young woman to save an entire group of people. This chronological study of the book of Esther will engage your student’s intellect and imagination!

Study the People:

King Ahasuerus
Queen Vashti
Mordecai
Esther
Haman
The Jews
Learn how Purim became a yearly celebration. Select a study for your students today.

My review:

Of course, Alex just wanted to draw on the board, but he was quiet and kind of listened and sometimes even answered questions in his cute little toddler way: “Je-shush!”

Isn’t Jesus always the answer?

I’m very impressed with how these lessons forced encouraged Tori to be more independent. She is such a perfectionist! I kept telling her it didn’t matter; they are stick figures! There were moments when she cried that she couldn’t possible draw a horse or the star of David and I helped her out of pity, but mostly, she drew everything right well.

I just copied the drawings from the teach manual, whew!

Katie is our special girl. She likes to draw while laying down. Better perspective, I guess.

I love their concentration on their drawings.

They really love the page at the end of each lesson: Draw your favorite scene. They would even add fun details to those.

Alex liked watching big sister Lizzie drawing. He was so snuggly.

I liked that we were asked at the end of each lesson: How do we see God in this? Made us think! It’s good to think.The girls loved the drawing. It really helped them learn the lessons and remember it. The review questions were spot on: not too difficult but made them think. Again, thinking is good.The timeline helped us all put it together and understand it. Very thorough and comprehensive lesson about a well-loved Bible story.

So, we absolutely love Grapevine Studies. Bible study for the whole family!

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