Well, the pancakes went down well today with the children who assured me that they *love* pancakes, despite me remembering only too clearly that last year they wouldn't touch them, which is why we haven't had them again till today. Oh well, good to know that they like them now.
What didn't go quite so well was explaining *why* it was Pancake Day and what that meant. OK, so it's the last day before Lent. OK, so the son of the Christian God spent 6 weeks in the desert being tempted by a devil. What's a devil? Um, a not nice person who tries to make you do wrong things. OK. So, what did the devil try and make Jesus do? Um, he tried to make him a king rather than go and be executed. Huh? So what was wrong with that? Moving swiftly on, Jesus was excecuted on a cross and Christians believe that saved them from their sins. So, a bit like the Aztecs throwing people down their pyramids to get the sun to come back? Erm, guess so... And then Jesus came back from the dead on Easter Sunday. Looks of pitying scorn. Mummy, people don't come back from the dead.
OK, so the religion lesson didn't go so well then...
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- Liz
- I am a stay-at-home mother to an 8 year old daughter and a 5 year old son who are home educated. I also have an allotment, a partner, 2 step-daughters on occasion, and a cat, but not much spare time. I'm a Pagan and a writer.
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Hmmmm, I find the religion lessons very tricky too.
Hmmmm, I find the religion lessons very tricky too.
mine view Bible stories as equally real as the Greek Myths! I didn't do pancakes, only I like them and I'd happily eat a pint of batter in pancake form all by myself :-)
I find it's only when I try to explain myths/religions etc that I realise how bizarre they are and then I get myself all caught up in knots!
You should have been at ours yesterday Beth, I did do a pint of batter but ended up making Yorkshire puddings with some of it later on.
sounds yummy! Maybe I'll try to get them to eat pancakes again one day. They like yorkshire puddings after all.
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