Object: lily bulb and an Easter lily

Good morning, boys and girls. We all know what day it is today, don't we? (Let them respond.) It's Easter! Easter is really early this year. It's only the last Sunday in March. (If your church has a lot of Easter lilies on Easter, you could mention them, especially if they were given in memory of someone as is the custom in some churches.) I brought a tiny bulb for you to see today. It's not a light bulb, it's a plant bulb. (Show them the bulb.) Many people plant lots of these in the ground. They don't plant them in the spring, they plant them in the fall. A bulb is really an interesting kind of plant. This bulb is really a whole bunch of leaves with food in each o…