Catholic Color by Mass Item Coloring Pages - the fun and engaging way to teach your students about the items we use during Mass. Because there are five versions included, this is perfect for little ones, young children and older children as well. Perfect for your Catholic school, religious education, or Sunday school classroom. Help your students identify the items they see in church with these awesome coloring pages. Click to try out a FREE SAMPLE!
Back to School in Religion Class: Seven Tips to help students transition back to the school mindset and the faith mindset for Religion Classes.
Quick and easy tips for creating a prayer space in your classroom that will engage students with their Catholic faith.
Free 12 Apostles accordion style mini book is the perfect activity for kids learning about the followers of Jesus.
Catholic Mass Lesson Ideas: Five activities about lessons, games, and activities that can be used to teach students and kids about the Catholic Mass.
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Welcome! I've rounded up all of my First Holy Communion resources on this easy-to-navigate page. There are tons of supplements here for First Communion preparation! You will find First Communion Crafts, First Communion Printables, First
Free Mary Coloring Book perfect for Catholic kids, includes six coloring pages with Marian apparations, such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and more.
Catholic Color by Mass Item Coloring Pages - the fun and engaging way to teach your students about the items we use during Mass. Because there are five versions included, this is perfect for little ones, young children and older children as well. Perfect for your Catholic school, religious education, or Sunday school classroom. Help your students identify the items they see in church with these awesome coloring pages. Click to try out a FREE SAMPLE!
Fun and frugal way to Teach the Sign of the Cross. Easy craft for kids to learn proper way to do this special prayer. Great way to practice!
Catholic mini book bundle is the perfect printable activity for kids to teach them about the Catholic faith, the Bible, Jesus and more!
Here we go! It's back to school week for me, and I know that many of you are starting school and religious ed over the next few weeks. Today I've got some basic printables for you to help enhance your classroom, whether in school, parish, or home. I have been working on growing our rhythm of living the liturgical calendar in my classroom over the past few years, and just added these monthly devotion signs to our calendar area. Each month has a traditional Catholic devotion, often associated with the season or a particular feast day. We typically remember that October is the month of the Rosary, but I thought with some signs right in our calendar area, we might be a little more intentional in celebrating the devotion of every month, even by simple things like the prayers that we say at the beginning or end of class. I have the signs, two per page, ready to print for you in both cursive and manuscript. I cut mine out and put them in a 8.5x11" page protector, folded the page protector over, taped, and stuck it on my white board. Now all the months are stored right in my calendar area, so on the 1st of a new month, I can just slide out the new sign instead of scrounging to find where I stored them. ;) (And I've got a fun project planned for the new calendar year to help bring these devotions into your home. Hopefully I can get it all finished before December!) Click here for the monthly devotions signs in cursive: Click here for the monthly devotions signs in manuscript: I also have a couple of new pages to use for planning religious ed in your classroom. This annual planner lists the main nine months of the school year and gives you space to choose a prayer and Saint to focus on each month, as well as a place to list the key content you plan to cover. It's a great idea to start with a big picture like this, even if the plan has to deviate from week to week. Click here for the Catechesis Annual Plan: And I also made up a basic lesson plan for a single class, giving you space for big picture planning, as well as listing supplies and steps. It would be great to have a blank stack of these in a binder and fill out as much of them as is helpful each week. Not only will it be good method for planning your class, but also could be a source of reflection for coming classes or even the next year if you are teaching similar material. Click here for the lesson plan: May the Lord guide us and give us the tools to draw our students' hearts closer and closer to His Sacred Heart during this coming school year!
(This lesson is in accordance with the new Roman Missal that is to be implemented on November 27, 2011.) *Be sure to adjust this lesson to fit the needs of your students. (Please take in consideration that I am just a Mom and I'm providing these lessons and activities to the best of my abilities. I will try to make them as accurate as possible, but I know I will make a few mistakes and it was not intentional.) Gospel means “good news” and the reading is taken from the New Testament. During the Gospel we stand and listen to the priest read from the Book of the Gospels. If incense is used, the priest puts some into the thurible. After this, the deacon who is to proclaim the Gospel, bowing profoundly before the priest, asks for a blessing, saying in a low voice: Your blessing, Father. The priest says in a low voice: May the Lord be in your heart and on your lips that you may proclaim his Gospel worthily and well, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The deacon signs himself with the Sign of the Cross and replies: Amen. If, however, a deacon is not present, the priest, bowing before the altar, says quietly: Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim your holy Gospel. The Deacon, or the Priest, then proceeds to the ambo, accompanied, if appropriate, by ministers with incense and candles. There he says: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to N. *At the same time, he makes the Sign of the Cross on the book and on his forehead, lips, and breast. The people make a fist with their right hand and with our thumb we make a small Sign of the Cross on our forehead, on our lips and over our heart and silently pray, “God be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart.”) People: Glory to you, O Lord. Then the deacon, or the priest, incenses the book, if incense is used, and proclaims the Gospel. At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims: The Gospel of the Lord. All reply: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Then he kisses the book, saying quietly: Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away. Then follows the homily, which is to be preached by a priest or deacon. The homily may even be given by a Bishop or a priest who is present at the celebration but cannot concelebrate. During the homily the people sit. This is when the priest shares special thoughts and ideas with us to help us connect the gospel to our own life experiences. After the homily a brief period of silence is appropriately observed. Questions: What does Gospel mean? (Good News) Do we stand or sit during the Gospel? (Stand) What book is the Gospel read from? (The Book of the Gospels) Is the Gospel from the Old or New Testament? (New) Who reads the Gospel? (A deacon or a priest.) Where do we cross ourselves three times? (Once on the forehead, once on our lips, and once over our heart.) When we cross ourselves three times, what do we say? (“God be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart.”) Who does the homily? (A deacon or a priest.) Do we stand or sit during the homily? (Sit) What is a homily? (This is when the priest shares special thoughts and ideas with us to help us connect the gospel to our own life experiences.) Craft/Activity: Lesson 11: Preparing for the Gospel- Children Discover the Mass by Mary Doefler Dall An inventive way to help children learn to make the Sign of the Cross on our forehead, on our lips and over our heart and silently pray, “God be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart.” (Craft/Activity directions pages 59 – 60). These activities below are free, however they can only to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on these activities are not my own and are from various internet sources. Game: Stand Up, Sit Down Game Directions: Have the students stand in front of their chairs with plenty of room in front of them. Say to the students: Let’s review what you should do during the Liturgy of the Word Sequence. When I say a part of the Liturgy of the Word, you must stand or sit like you would do in Mass. During the First Reading, what are you supposed to do? (Sit) During the Responsorial Psalm (we join in a prayer that is read or sung) what do we do? (Sit) During the Second Reading, what are you supposed to do? (Sit) When we sing the Gospel Acclamation (“Alleluia”), what are you supposed to do? (Stand) During the Gospel what do you do? (Stand) What do we do during the Homily? (Sit) *If the students do well, mix up the sequence above and see how well they do. Worksheet: The Gospel- Circle the best available answer for each of the following.
Three New Classroom Icebreakers. Icebreaker for Lesson on Discipleship, Icebreaker for Lesson on the Trinity, Icebreaker for Lesson on Communion of Saints
Well it looks like some of us are going to be home with our kids a little more than expected for the near future, so I wanted to round up some fun printable materials for
In Room 7 today we talked about the Olympic Values. Excellence, Respect, Friendship, Fairness and Effort. I then made a DLO of how we can show these values in our classroom.
Of all the things that I have posted here on the blog and social media over the years, the one topic remains consistently the most popular is bulletin boards. I happen to find them an enjoyable creative outlet, but I know that they are not exactly everyone's favorite task :) I've gotten better about taking more photos of bulletin boards and creating displays that are more easily replicated, as well as designing printables for you. I have more bulletin boards and displays shared on Instagram, and here on the blog you can find posts under this tag, but decided to do a quick round up post to help during back to school season! Click on any of the images below to go to a post (either here on the blog or Instagram) with more details. Titles with an * indicate that I've made some type of printables to speed up the process for you! Eucharist Bulletin Board* Be Saints (Athlete Saints)* Saint Feast Day Chalk Boards (photo collection and slideshow) Notes from Our Lady* Archangels Bulletin Board* Saint Pennants* Easy Divine Mercy Bulletin Board Saint Yearbook* Mentors to Saints* Fulton Sheen Chalkboard and JMJ signs* AMDG Banner & Quotes* Waiting for Jesus Advent Bulletin Board* Open Wide the Doors to Christ Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue Saint Polaroids Which Saint Said Which?* Quote Bulletin Board Saint Library JP2 Says (this was on my door and I just kept adding quotes!) Lent & San Damiano Cross Lent Notes from the Saints (Check out #notesfromthesaints to see a whole collection of Saint quotes on this bulletin board) Sweeter Than Honey (Psalm 119:103)* Pentecost Self Portraits Mother Teresa Small Pencil* Catholic Schools Week/Celebrating Catholic Schools Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Display* Jesus in the Eucharist* Blessed Sacrament & Sheen Quote St. Joseph Shrines Brown Scapular Bulletin Board The Bark of St. Peter* Built on the Rock* Classroom Jobs/Have a Servant's Heart Give Thanks to the Lord* Soldiers of Christ* My Soul Magnifies the Lord Soaring for Wisdom (Proverbs 1:7) Marian Apparitions The Cross is the School of Love Life with Christ is a Wonderful Adventure (With Pilgrimage Postcards*) Virtuous Goals
Honoring Mary is a beautiful devotion and a long tradition in the Catholic faith. She was the mother of Jesus, ever a virgin, and always said "yes" to our Lord! You can find all of
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Many Catholics pine for the return of Gregorian chant, and for good reason. The chant of the Roman Rite represents the very voice of the Faith, a true prayer in song, one that can and should draw all…
Parts of the Catholic Mass from order of the mass worksheet , image source: www.pinterest.com
Download Free School Jokes Code Breaker Activity for Kids! This fun and educational resource helps sharpen problem-solving skills while adding
I absolutely love teaching bible class. I took a break for a while due to a crazy schedule, but I'm glad to say that I'm back in it this quarter. Teaching bible class to little ones is a weekly reminder of how much I love teaching. I'm so glad to be a part of sharing
Y’all know how much I love to party. Marry that love with creative projects and I am ALL IN. Most privately funded schools must do some sort of fundraising to meet the gap between what parents pay and what it actually costs to operate the school. I figure if you’re raising money, you might as well…
Let's talk about teaching catechism in the household. The What, Why, and How of using catechism for the whole family to get closer to God. First you must choose a catechism to use. After that, it's just a matter of making the time each day/week to practice the questions with your kids.
Catholic Mass Lesson Ideas: Five activities about lessons, games, and activities that can be used to teach students and kids about the Catholic Mass.
Celebrate Back to school with your Catholic faith with these fun activities. There are 5 in total to help your students with religion. Sweet summer - a writing page about how their summer was Sweet Like Honey Proverbs- Writing kind words about their classmates Goals with God - What goals to help them grow closer to God New Year Prayers - How can they pray for their school and friends Show Love Like Jesus - how can they show kindness this year? These pages are sure to help your students reflect on the faith filled year as well as help them to think deeper about their relationship with God. Be sure to check out some other activities that I have to offer: Stations of the Cross reflections Catholic Virtues - Kindness Catholic Virtues Classroom Management Bingo Copyright 2023 Erin Custer -Classrooms and Cats
In this Planning for a Holy Halloween and All Saints Day blog post, I will discuss how we can prepare for Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day
The Parable of the Talents found in Matthew 25:14-30. Free printable preschool Bible lesson. Includes guide, games, activites, worksheets, coloring, craft and more.
Kids will enjoy looking around their parish church for the items in this eye spy scavenger hunt. Simply have them look for the items and either color or check the box once discovered. Object include: Monstrance, Tabernacle, Crucifix, Stations of the Cross, Sanctuary Lamp, Stained Glass Window, Presider’s Chair, Baptismal Font, Organ, Hymnal, Alter, Statue,… Read More »Catholic Scavenger Hunt for Kids – Free Printable
If you’ve never been to a Catholic Mass, or you have, but don’t understand the flow of it, you’ve come to the right place! No more looking around wondering if you should be standing, kneeling or sitting. Once you know what exactly is going on during the Mass, it’s easier to understand what you should […]
Adventure Catechism Coloring Book Vol. 4 - 5-Pack A coloring and activity book to go along with the Adventure Catechism DVD Volume 4. Topics include: What are the Sacraments? What is Baptism? What is the Eucharist? What is Confession? How to Make a Good Confession.
