Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Catholic ABC's Week: 26 Letter of the week: V Theme: Valentine (Patron Saint Of Love) Saint of the Week: St. Veronica Craft: St. Valentine printable stand up craft This is a pritnable stand up Saint craft. It's available in my St. Valentine printable pack here. This craft is so easy! All you do it print the Saint on card stock (although regular paper can work as well), … [Read more...]
As I've been preparing and packing for my trip to Philadelphia to go to World Meeting of Families, I've been drawing off my experiences when I traveled to see Saint Pope John Paul II in during World Youth Day in Toronto, Canada. I wanted to share my tips with all of you! So apparently, they're not expecting it to be crazy until the weekend when everyone will come to see Pope Francis. And … [Read more...]
We have been continuing on our journey of religious notebooking, and in the last 2 weeks we covered the topics of Noah's Ark, Abraham, The Promised Land, and Moses (parts 1 and 2)! I have been creating these notebooking pages as a series to go along with the book Tell Me About The Catholic Faith, but you could certainly use these to teach kids about Old Testaments stories whether or not you are … [Read more...]
My kids are ages 2, 4, 6, and 8. I currently homeschool everyone, and that includes our Religious Education. (Even when we do attend Religious Ed at our church, which we're not doing this year, I still teach Religion at home.) This year, we have been using Tell Me About The Catholic Faith (which I shorten to TMACF) as the spine for our Religion curriculum, joined with my pack of notebooking … [Read more...]
Notebooking is a great way to encourage true thinking and creativity in your children. I use it for a variety of subjects when I homeschool my children, and I've found it to be handy for religion as well. A Little Bit About "Notebooking Pages" for kids I am very influenced by Charlotte Mason in our homeschool. Notebooking pages are one of the tools we use for "narrating" what the kids … [Read more...]
I wrote Catholic ABC's when Lydia was 3, and have been using it with my preschoolers ever since. It is a letter-of-the-week style preschool, so each week we focus on just one letter of the alphabet. On top of the lessons that are included in Catholic ABC's, I usually try to embellish the letter. For instance, if we're on the letter M, during the week we might have macaroni for lunch, … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 6 Letter of the week: A Theme: Angels Saint of the Week: St. Anthony Craft: "A" is for Angel Craft Sometimes when I do Catholic ABC's with a homeschool co-op, I like to do the handprint angel craft on a canvas bag with all of my preschoolers for the first class. That way, they have a bag to carry their preschool stuff in for the year. However, this year we're doing … [Read more...]
As First Communion rapidly approaches at our house for Lydia (yay!) I wanted a fun way for her to anticipate her big day. I came up with this printable First Communion advent calendar where the child can mark off the days as he or she goes. Check it out! The countdown calendar is in the shape of the Lamb of God, and counts down the 4 weeks leading up to your child's First Communion. You can … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Although there doesn't seem to be any such thing as a "First Confession Party", it's still a major milestone in your child's life. Receiving a Sacrament is a big deal! So, how can you celebrate? Here are some ideas. Take the family out for vanilla ice cream afterward. I've heard sooooo many families do this that I'm going to go ahead … [Read more...]
We are preparing for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation at home this year, and it's coming up for Lydia very soon! I made a printable set of the "5 Steps To A Good Confession" as from the First Communion Catechism. You can tape the signs onto your actual steps at home (or anywhere else) for your kids to see and memorize in the weeks leading up to their First Penance. We have had these on … [Read more...]
