Do you teach in a Sunday school, religious education, catechism class or religious formation environment? Could you use some help with classroom management to help keep your classroom positive and on task? Check out these tips for classroom management in a religious classroom. Specifically written for volunteers who are teaching the faith to our kids, but don't necessarily have the teaching background to give them strategies for dealing with behavior problems in their classroom.
Try some of these creative Beatitudes activities in your upcoming lesson plans.
Catholic Mass Lesson Ideas: Five activities about lessons, games, and activities that can be used to teach students and kids about the Catholic Mass.
From easy to easiest, choose your level of difficulty for this simple-prep Eucharistic craft with free printables!
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!
Use this lesson plan to teach your students about their guardian angels so they will turn to them in times of need. At the bottom of this guardian angel lesson plan you will also find a collection of activities. Guardian Angel Lesson Objectives Guardian Angel Lesson Activities Guardian Angel Lesson Hook Show this popular painting,...Read More
Back to School in Religion Class: Seven Tips to help students transition back to the school mindset and the faith mindset for Religion Classes.
This fun Catholic Sacraments review game will be a hit with your students! This LOW-PREP activity is a great resource for CCD/Catechism and Christian religious education classes. Download includes: Home-plate; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base print outs 3-section scoreboard printout Helmets (4 per page and 6 per page options) for students to cut out and color 50 review questions with answers about the Catholic Sacraments (options for singles, doubles, triples, and home runs Check out our other Catholic education activities!
Learn all about using the Baltimore Catechism in your Catholic homeschool. What does it teach, how to teach it, resources, printables, and more!
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Here are a few activities for a lesson plan to teach kids about the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5,000.
Celebrate a May Crowning with this printable activity sheet. Just print, color, cut, and paste! Great for kids and coloring enthusiasts of all ages. I designed this as an activity for May Crowning, but it would also be a good activity for the Coronation/Queenship of Mary, or the Assumption of Mary. THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT. ABOUT THIS ITEM: • 8.5" x 11" PDF USAGE: • Do not resell this file. • For Education and Personal use only. • Purchasing does not transfer copyright. All items in the Builder's Craft shoppe are designed by Jose Rivera. Please contact me with any questions. BC-MC-1
BrotherFrancisOnline.com has six printable activity sheets for children including several coloring pages. Themes illustrated on these she...
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Introduce the Book of Psalms to your students using this lesson plan and collection of activities.
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
This Zacchaeus Printable Pack contains lots of fun activities and is a great way to teach young children, in preschool and kindergarten this amazing story.
These 20 Activities and Lessons that Teach Obedience to Kids will help equip you to teach kids to obey. This is part of my character building series, a great resource for parents and teachers everywhere. The word “obey” has gotten a bad wrap over the years. Before you jump into this post and all it...Read More
Hi KidMin friends! Today I’m wrapping up the Grow Series with a lesson on prayer. This lesson is especially interactive as we used prayer stations to help kids experience prayer with a hands-on approach. My notes on this lesson: be […]
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Forgiveness “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” – Matthew 6:14 Adding onto my character series, I am focusing on teaching kids about forgiveness through this parable of the lost son craft. The “Parable of the Lost Son” is also called the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” and it...Read More
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 mini book bundle is the perfect printable activity for kids to teach them about the Catholic faith, the Bible, Jesus and more!
Paul stayed 2 years preaching and teaching in Ephesus. Here is a sin object lesson that teaches repentance with scripture from Acts 19.
It is the beginning a new year and for many of us that means . . . fun Catholic ice breakers!
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
I'm nearing the half way point of my summer, and so naturally my mind has turned more towards planning for the upcoming school year. Among my goals for this new class is to make my religion curriculum more hands-on, station based, and designed around exploring and reflecting. I plan to use a lot of the activities I already have created and prepped, but present them in a different way. I'll keep you posted about the plans and how it actually plays out in the classroom, but along the way I thought I'd start sharing some of the stations I like to use when teaching about the Sacraments. This Sacrament Sort (fyi- this post contains just for the Sacraments of Initiation, I'll have a later post for the Sacraments of Healing and Vocation) is a great review covering the signs, symbols, ministers, meaning, and actions of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist. It helps develop my students' skills of comparing and contrasting, as well as using evidence to defend their arguments to a peer. I keep two big hula hoops hanging in my room just for activities like this. Lay them on the floor, and you have a giant interactive Venn Diagram. For this activity, the students get a stack of cards relating to the Sacraments of Initiation. They first choose how to organize their diagram- two Sacraments become the topic for each circle, and the remaining Sacrament is in a pile outside of the circles. If you are not familiar with Venn Diagrams, they are a great sorting tool for kids. Cards that are true for both Sacraments are placed in the overlapped section of the circles, and cards that are only true for a specific Sacrament are placed in the section that does not overlap. This manipulative and visual method helps students identify similarities and differences, and can then be used as a springboard for discussion or writing. If you don't have two hula hoops handy (school teachers, don't forget to see if you could borrow from the PE teacher!), you also could draw a large Venn Diagram on a piece of poster board, or have them sort the cards into labeled columns on a table. The hula hoops aren't the most important part, but they sure are fun. :) I have a printable set of Sacrament cards linked below. The set contains: -A title card -Label cards for Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist -36 detail cards -Full page key The students always worked with at least one partner, promoting discussion and reasoning as they worked sort the stack of cards. They were able to use their Fulton Sheen notebook as a resource, and I noticed that they frequently referenced this Sacrament signs and actions review sheet to verify their answers. In this station set up, I asked them to let me know when they were done and I glanced over their work, but they then checked the cards themselves and let me know how they did. To have the students self check their work (or to make it easier for you) they could use the full page key at the back of the document. The cards are listed in alphabetical order on the left and the Sacraments they represent are on the right. Or, to make it a little easier for the kids, after printing off the cards you can turn them over and write B, C, and/or E in the corner, so to self check the kids just have to flip all the cards over and see if they are in the right spot. To adapt this activity for younger students or students who need a little more help, I would limit the choices. First, I would choose only two Sacraments to be compared, for example Baptism and the Eucharist, and then would remove any cards that are just about Confirmation. The teacher could also par down the detail cards the kids are working with and give them 10-15 instead of the full stack. Click on either image to download and print all the cards and the corresponding key: If you teach a lot about the Sacraments, you might also like some of these links: All of my Sacrament posts are found under this tab Sacraments Idea Board on Pinterest Video Playlist for the Seven Sacraments Sacrament Symbols Graphic Organizer Sacraments and Grace Graphic Organizer Sacraments Signs and Actions Have you ever used hula hoops to make a giant Venn diagram? What ideas do you have for using this strategy in religious education?
Mother Teresa's canonization on September 4th inspired our CCD theme for the year. I'm in the midst of back-to-school-paperwork-copies-and-mailings, but it is much more fun to work on the decorations and displays, so I thought I'd share how we are honoring this soon to be Saint. Here's a few ideas for you! I created a bulletin board modeled after the sari worn by the Missionaries of Charity using two widths of blue painters tape over white paper: I added a crucifix like the one Mother Teresa wore, a construction paper pencil, the quote "I am a small pencil in God's hand," and a poster of her from Pauline Media. I've also got a poster from the lovely work of Cassie Pease Designs: I added a similar set of stripes and a pencil in the entry coming downstairs to our CCD classrooms: And we already had a kid sized mural of Mother Teresa in our hallway: But until I can find the matching wall paint, she gets a paper sign Saint upgrade: Signs for classroom doors with student names: Click here for the printable door signs (if you want to use these and need the name of the classroom edited, I'd be happy to help. Send me an email at looktohimandberadiant (at) gmail.com) And matching folder covers: With Mother Teresa prayer cards inside. (from here) Click here to print the folder covers: And welcome back post cards: Click here to print the postcards: And more Mother Teresa projects in the works! How are you planning on celebrating her canonization?
The Lord's prayer is a starting point for a productive prayer life. Use this easy tool to get started teaching your children!
Whether you are teaching the beatitudes at home and in Sunday school. Make it easier with this free printable Beatitudes craft for kids.
Using an object lesson about sin is a great way to explain that concept to children. Check out these 6 kid-friendly object lessons on sin.
A round up of crafts, products, freebies, videos and more for teaching the seven sacraments of the Catholic church
This is one of my FAVORITE art lessons for 2nd grade!! I LOVE each and every one of them!! (More info. and how they were created below! Plus a little virtual gallery walk video!) &nbs…
This morning in The Morning Mix we looked at the Transfiguration of Jesus. We talked about mountain top experiences and experiences in the valleys of life. People shared views they had seen from mo…
I have the privilege today of concluding a 5 part series entitled “How to Cultivate Empathy in your Child’s Heart”. Four inspiring bloggers have written posts each day this week on the topic. Each shares their unique perspective and method to exploring empathy with children. Links to their articles are at the end of this […]
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!
With Lent and Easter just around the bend, I thought it was a great time to re-share my friend's Prayer Hands with a free printable. It's a simple way to remind your kids of what is important and remind them of all that they have to be thankful for, not only during this time of
Continuing my series on crafts related to the Creed... (for the rest, check out the "I Believe" activities under the Sharing the Faith tab above) Highlighting the Four Marks of the Church found at the end of the Nicene Creed, I made this craft as a vehicle for dicussing how the Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Here are some topics I would teach as I made this with kids: -One= Christ founded one Church. It was never his plan for us to break into smaller groups with differing beliefs. When He comes again, we will all be united as one. -Holy= The Church is the spotless Bride of Christ, good and holy, even though it is made up of broken and fallen people. When He comes again, the Church will enter Heaven as His Holy Bride. -Catholic= The Church is universal. Our faith is for all people of all cultures of all times. When He comes again, we will see how all encompassing the Church really is. -Apostolic= The Church is founded on the teachings of the Apostles, and continues to follow their authority today through their successors the Bishops. We are blessed to have leadership in our time by those given authority from Christ. -The Church is not a building, but is the people. We are the Church, and we make up the Body of Christ. -We believe all of these things as we say the Nicene Creed- "I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church." So, for the craft, you will need a copy of the printable (link at the bottom of the post) and one piece of black construction paper for each kid, as well as various colored scraps of paper, glue, scissors, and a circle punch if you have one. First mission: color the pieces on the printable. I chose to leave the church and "Our Church Is..." white to represent it being the spotless Bride of Christ. Then cut them out. Second mission: cut open the doors on the solid lines and fold on the dotted lines. A little trick for kids having trouble-fold the church in half length ways and clip on the line. Then open it back up and cut the rest. Here is what it looks like after that step- Third mission: lay the church in the center of the black paper and trace the opening with a white crayon. (I love finding a purpose for the neglected white crayon in my Crayola box :) ) Fourth mission: Cut or punch out circle of various colors. This is step you could do ahead of time to speed things up if you are crafting with a large group. Glue the circles inside the white rectangle. Glue the church on over the circles without gluing down the doors. Then glue on the rest of the words like this: Fifth mission: glue the "We are the Church!" and the Ephesians verse on the inside of the doors. This is to remind the kids that we, all of the people of God, are the Church, and we are one body. Sixth mission: Go share it with somebody! Here is the link to the printable:
