Learning about the liturgical year with kids? Make your own set of mini vestments to place on a cross on your home altar. Kids love this! #catholicicing #liturgicalyear #liturgicalliving
A handwriting and coloring page and a match up worksheet on the Liturgical Objects used in mass.
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In step 2 of The Religion Teacher’s Guide to Lesson Planning, I explain how to establish lesson objectives for your students achieve by the end of your lessons. This follows step 1, which is simply creating a list of all the most important topics that you might teach in the lesson you are preparing. Check...Read More
Catholic quotes, infographics, memes and more resources for the New Evangelization. Infographic: The fignificance of the Liturgical Colors.
A coloring and handwriting page for matrimony, one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
ANIMAL TOTEM - plutôt oiseau ou plutôt taureau ? Projet terminé, difficile de les laisser partir chez eux...
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Worksheets that show liturgical vestments and include handwriting to practice the names of each article.
For today’s lesson, we covered three questions (18-20) from the Children's Catechism about the soul! And we did a simple but fun painting craft!
Inspired by the Easter Story Wreath I saw at Oriental Trading (pictured below), I thought it'd be fun to draw my own version for kids to color, cut and assemble! I wanted to include Pentecost in my wreath (it's not included in the one above) and also add scripture verses to make it tell the Easter story in better detail. (And by-the-way, I really didn't care for the "happy hippy" Jesus in their wreath--I mean, he's SMILING during the agony in the garden? Really?) So anyway, here is my own version of an Easter Story Wreath. Please feel free to print as many as you like! There are three documents to print (2 image docs and one scripture egg doc). To assemble the wreath simply print, color and cut out the images. For a wreath base I used a large circle (approx. 11 1/2 " in diameter) cut from a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock: I arranged the pictures to "tell" the story from Palm Sunday (starting on the top right) through Pentecost (placed in the top center). If you're interested in making this wreath I'm sure you're already very familiar with the order of the events, but I will go ahead and list them just in case: 1. Jesus enters Jerusalem (palm branch and donkey pictures) 2. The Last Supper (bread and wine pictures) 3. Jesus Prays in Gethsemane (praying hands picture) 4. Jesus is Crucified (cross picture) 5. Resurrection (empty tomb picture) 6. Ascension (Jesus in clouds picture) 7. Holy Spirit Comes Down (dove and flames pictures) Here is an example of an assembled wreath will look like: I overlapped some of the pictures on top of each other to make them fit nicely--feel free to arrange them however you like! Glue stick or Glue Dots work well to affix the pictures to the wreath base. You can print the wreath images by clicking on the links below: Easter Wreath Pictures Page 1 of 3 (Microsoft doc) Easter Wreath Pictures page 2 of 3 (Microsoft doc) Easter Wreath Pictures page 3 of 3 (Microsoft doc) NOTE: Some people have mentioned that their scripture eggs are printing out blank. If you experience this, you can try editing the document to re-arrange the order of the "egg shape" to send it to the back. This has fixed the issue for most people. I hope that helps. If you are still unable to print the eggs with scripture in them, you can also print the text separately and simply cut and paste it onto the blank eggs. Below is the document with the scripture verses by themselves: Scripture Verses TEXT ONLY (microsoft doc) I hope this wreath helps make the Easter season more meaningful for your family! Sharing With: Catholic Icing Works for Me Wednesday
5 idées de bricolages et d'activités faciles et différentes, qui plairont à toute la famille!
Welcome to our Catholic Resource Library (for the entire family)! We hope you find something that will help you teach the faith to your family or classroom in a fun and meaningful way. Make sure to bookmark this page (& keep the password handy), so that you can come back regularly! Didn’t find what you…
The sermon this week was on Mark 3:13-19 on Jesus choosing the 12 apostles. Our Pastor gave a great sermon (as usual!!) He discussed the choosing of the apostles, and then he asked if we would be f…
Find all of my Mass crafts and activities for kids here. This is my navigation page for crafting your very own Mass kit! Below, you can find all the links on how to craft the
On this page you'll find lots of free Pioneer Crafts and Activities for kids! Great for learning about The Oregon Trail, Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark, and Early America. We used these crafts alongside our
Explore rocks and minerals with this fun rock testing experiment that uses vinegar & sedimentary rocks -- also known as the Acid Test for Rocks!
🔺 Adorable shape buddies are a fun shape craft for preschoolers that works on shape and color recognition while having fun!
A collection of activities ideas from around the web to prepare your students for a May crowning or to organize your own little ceremony in class.
A Catholic Saints Coloring Book is an EASY way for kids to learn about the lives of the Saints.
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
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While working on developing an understanding of the Sacrament of Confirmation, my students and I created this easy foldable to record the most important info from our textbook. We started with a sheet
Happy Pentecost! Enjoy some good music about the Holy Spirit while you read a long post. We are still in the midst of reviewing the Sacraments in my 5th grade classroom. Last week, to tie in with Pentecost, we reviewed the Sacrament of Confirmation. As we are doing these reviews, I am not covering all of the content that we have already discussed, but just trying to drive home a few points for them to remember. My points this time: -You receive the Holy Spirit in a unique way at your Confirmation. -That Holy Spirit is the same Holy Spirit that has always been, from the creation of the world to Pentecost to now. -At Confirmation, you receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, which help you on your journey as a Christian. So here is the activity: Give each student a piece of 8 1/2 x 11" paper that is either yellow, orange, or red. (9 x 12" construction paper works just fine too.) Have them fold it into eighths- ending up with pieces that are 2 3/4 x 4 1/4". They can then cut on those lines, ending up with eight pieces of paper. Have them set one piece aside. Have them take one and draw some kind of flame shape that takes up most of the small sheet of paper. You could provide a template, but this might be a good opportunity for them to explore their artistic ability and creativity. They can all look different (see below). To save time, the students can cut out one flame and then trace it on the stack of six remaining sheets and cut out 2-3 at a time. This depends on the age and small motor skills of your students. Then, have them trade the remaining 1/8 of the sheet with someone who had a different color from them. Have them cut it into 7 strips of equal size. ( I had some students cut it into 8 "squares" and then just throw one away. Whatever works.) On those seven strips, write the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, knowledge, understanding, fear of the Lord, piety, counsel, and fortitude. Then on each of the flames, write a brief explanation of the seven Gifts. Here are the definitions we used, but you could create your own age appropriate ones or have the students come up with their own. -helps us see and follow God's will in our lives -helps us to love others as Jesus calls us to do -brings us to know more about God and his plan -aids us in making good choices -helps us to see God's presence in the world -strengthens us to give us courage to evangelize -makes it possible for us to love and respect all God's creation Then have the kids glue the flames in a notebook (or large sheet of paper.) We put them in our Sheen Notebooks. Their next task is to match the Gifts with the descriptions and glue them in. We added the reminder that "The same Holy Spirit that comes to us at our Confirmation came to the Apostles and Mary at Pentecost!" We also added the Scripture from Acts 2:1-4- "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance." Here are some student examples of their flames: Come Holy Spirit!
We crafted shamrocks and added this printable to turn them into Trinity shamrocks. You just print 2 sided, fold, and open! Check it out. Each time that you fold the printable out, it reveals a new
Who is ready to rock with The Little Green Guy? Here’s a super easy DIY shirt for St. Patrick’s Day. It literally took us about 15 minutes to make. The original idea comes from my ever so creative friend Rebecca who blogs at This Mom’s Many Hats! You can see her post here on her …
Happy New Year, everyone! *blows party horn and throws confetti* Uh . . . wait, what? Did we just skip December? *checks calendar* Yeah, see? It’s still November! What gives? Why are we skipp…
A coloring and handwriting page that focuses on the Holy Eucharist, one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
activité manuelle d'automne pour faire une herbier rigolo en créant des bestioles avec des feuilles ramasée dans la nature
