Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Crafty Crafters: Punched Tin Candle Holder (Christmas)






So how crafty are you?

What is your favorite religious craft you make for Christmas?



Here is a craft I make with my students using a tin can:




thecommonroomblog.com- Punched Tin Candle Holder

*Tip: Have the students draw a simple design on paper such as a star, cross, dove, fish, angel, etc. and attach to the can using rubber bands or tape. Remove paper after you punch holes into the can.



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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Crafty Crafters: Angel





So how crafty are you?

What is your favorite religious craft you make for “Mary and the Angel”?


Here is a craft I make with my students using cupcake liners:



books.google.com- Crafts from Your Favorite Bible Stories by Kathy Ross, pages 16 & 17

Jacob’s Ladder

Just make the angel that is in this craft using cupcake liners and construction paper. You can also make the angel into a magnet by putting sticky-backed magnets on the back of the angel.

*To make it easier for young children just have them fold one white cupcake liner in half (like pictured above) and attach with glue.

Prior to class I cut out the little head. It is so small that my first graders have a hard time cutting it out. I also use a paper plate to show the students how to fold the cupcake liners.



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Monday, November 20, 2017

Saint Nicholas Day Blessing of Candy Canes Prayer Card



The candy cane is a treat often associated with Saint Nicholas, the patron and protector of children. The crook symbolizes the gentle image of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Celebrate Saint Nicholas Day with a blessing and sharing of candy canes.




*Download includes both English & Spanish translations.

sadlier.com- Saint Nicholas Day Blessing of Candy Canes Prayer Card





Thursday, November 16, 2017

Act of Contrition Activities





Activities:

raisinglittlesaints.blogspot.com- A pictograph poster for your child to practice with. There is also a PDF file and a PowerPoint Presentation of it.

loyolapress.com- Students review and learn the Act of Contrition in a group activity.

catholicschoolhouse.com- Act of Contrition Handwriting Practice (print)

teacherspayteachers.com- Act of Contrition ~ Sorry Prayer Posters, Worksheets and Interactive Activities (20 pages)

teacherspayteachers.com- Act of Contrition Prayer Pack

teacherspayteachers.com- Catholic Prayer Act of Contrition



Coloring

thecatholickid.com- Act of Contrition (coloring)

stpeterstmarkeugene.org- Act of Contrition (coloring)

teacherspayteachers.com- Act of Contrition {Sorry Catholic Prayer}

teacherspayteachers.com- Catholic Prayer Coloring Pages! Super Mega Packet with 16 Free Bonus Pages!



Games

nashvilleras.com- More than 100 Missions Bible Memory Games and Other Activities


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.


Act of Contrition- Cut out strips and glue strips of the Act of Contrition in the proper order on a piece of construction paper. (For younger students you can do this together as a group activity.) You can also play this as a game by dividing the class into teams and give each team the strips of the Act of Contrition. See which team can put it in the proper order the fastest.










Act of Contrition Board Game- For 2 Players or 2 Teams

The idea is to answer questions about the Act of Contrition so players can roll the dice and move their pieces up and down the road attempting to capture their opponent’s pieces. The form of capture is unique because the captured piece is not immediately removed but instead is placed under the capturing piece. The capturing piece is placed on top of the captured piece to form a stack (if you capture an opponent’s piece, their playing piece is placed under yours). On his next turn the capturing player starts to move the stack of pieces back along the road towards his home position the number of spaces indicated by the throw count. When the capturing player reaches the home position the captured piece is removed from the board.



Puzzles:

These activies 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.

Act of Contrition- (word search)

Act of Contrition Tetris Puzzle




Worksheets:

crusaders-for-christ.com- Act of Contrition (print or cursive)
Scroll down to Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. NOTE: The Act of Contrition files are meant to be printed on both sides of the page and folded in half width wise, so it ends up a 4 x 6 page.

thereligionteacher.com- Act of Contrition Fill in the Blank Worksheet (scroll down to this)

teacherspayteachers.com- Catholic Religion Act of Contrition Prayer (several worksheets)


This activity below is free, however it can only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit.

Act of Contrition (worksheet)- Fill out the worksheet using the word bank.



Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Nicene Creed Activities









Activities:

thereligionteacher.com- Nicene Creed Lesson Plan & Activities

sophiainstituteforteachers.org- What do we believe? A study of the Nicene Creed

4catholiceducators.com- Lesson Title: "I believe..."

wpengine.netdna-cdn.com- What Is The Creed? (lesson with activities)

stmaryswormville.org- What is the CREED? Online Lesson

pastoralplanning.com- The Nicene Creed

Celebrating the Mass Lesson- Profession of Faith Lesson, questions, and activities.

looktohimandberadiant.blogspot.com- The Creed & Notebooking

smp.org- The Trinity: Unpacking the Nicene Creed – PowerPoint
This PowerPoint is part of the Living in Christ Series. The Trinitarian themes of the Nicene Creed are defined, unpacked and explored by breaking the prayer down and reflecting on smaller statements of faith.

teacherspayteachers.com- Nicene Creed Prayer Activity Packet

looktohimandberadiant.com- The Creed-Words to Know
Here are a few ideas for getting the meaning of those important words through to your students.

pinterest.com- Nicene Creed learning activity ideas: write each phrase of the Creed on a popsicle stick. Mix up all of the popsicle sticks, and have your children put them back in order again. Once the Creed is becoming more familiar to the children, set out the popsicle sticks in order but hide a few away, challenging the children to tell you which phrases you did NOT put out. With a second set of popsicle stick phrases, divide into teams to see who can order their popsicle stick Creed first.



Crafts:

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Catholic Trinity Craft

looktohimandberadiant.blogspot.com- We Are the Church Craft (highlighting the Four Marks of the Church found at the end of the Nicene Creed)

catholicicing.blogspot.com- Nicene Creed Craft (Be sure to change this to say: I believe in one God, etc.)

looktohimandberadiant.com- I Believe Mobile







Make Nicene Craft from catholicicing.blogspot.com according to directions. Have students trace the beginning of the Nicene Creed: "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible." (Printed out on tracing handwriting sheet.) Glue prayer on a piece of construction paper. Glue the bottom part of the hand on the back of the prayer with the hand showing above prayer.

Nicene Creed Tracing Handwriting Sheet- Students write their name on the top line. Students then trace the handwriting sheet and follow directions above.



Games:

loyolapress.com- The Creed Game

superteachertools.us- Nicene Jeopardy Instant Jeopardy Review is designed for live play with up to ten individuals or teams. Teams choose a question, then try to give the best answer.

superteachertools.us- Instant Jeopardy Review is designed for live play with up to ten individuals or teams. Teams choose a question, then try to give the best answer. Scoring is built in for each team.

superteachertools.us- Nicene Creed Speed Match Review Game

catechistjourney.loyolapress.com- We are going to do this review using a Jeopardy-like game that I found online last year at http://ccdgames.com/Jeorpardy.php. This site provides the game in a Powerpoint format so that it can be projected on a screen as a gameboard! I found that it was possible to simply save one of the games as a Powerpoint file and then change the categories, questions, and answers to suit your needs. As a result, I’ve put together 4 “rounds” which you are welcome to use or adapt as needed. (Scroll down to this.)


These games below are from nashvilleras.com- More than 100 Missions Bible Memory Games and Other Activities

I Am a Verse- Divide the Nicene Creed into parts equal to the number of children. Print each part on separate sheet of paper or index card. Jumble paper/cards and give one to each child. Holding the paper/card in front, each child lines up in proper sequence. Call out your part. Repeat until the Nicene Creed is memorized.

Illustrated Verse- Ask children to draw pictures of words in the Nicene Creed that help them remember the word. Put the drawings together repeating the words using the visual clues. Continue until all have learned the Nicene Creed.

Missing Words- Write the Nicene Creed on a chalk or white board omitting key words. Give each student a card with a key word missing from the Nicene Creed. Ask students to place their word cards in the proper place as they say the Nicene Creed. Shuffle cards and repeat until all have learned the Nicene Creed.

Photograph a Verse- Write words to the Nicene Creed on separate sheets of construction paper. Take pictures of each child holding a line to the Nicene Creed. Children then use the pictures to arrange the words to the Nicene Creed in proper order. Tape to poster board.

Verse Chain- Print lines of the Nicene Creed on separate strips of paper. Give each child one strip. After repeating the Nicene Creed several times with the children, ask them to assemble the chain by putting the words of the Nicene Creed in order. Staple the chain together.



The games 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.


Nicene Creed- Cut out strips and glue strips of the Nicene Creed in the proper order on a piece of construction paper. (For younger students you can do this together as a group activity.) You can also play this as a game by dividing the class into teams and give each team the strips of the Nicene Creed. See which team can put it in the proper order the fastest.









The Nicene Creed- The objective is to be the first player to get all four of his or her color pawns from his or her START location to his or her HOME space. Players must do this by answering questions about the Nicene Creed and rolling the die.



Puzzles:

armoredpenguin.com- Nicene Creed (word search)

wordsearchfun.com- Nicene Creed (word search)

whenwecrosswords.com- Nicene Creed (crossword)

wordmint.com- Nicene Creed (2 crossword puzzles)

wordmint.com- Nicene Creed (2 hard crossword puzzles and 1 word search)

looktohimandberadiant.com- The Creed + Tetris
This is an easy activity that can be used to help memorize groups of text, in this case, the Nicene Creed.



The puzzle below is free, however it can only to be used for classroom and personal use. It 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.

Nicene Creed- (crossword)
For younger students you can do this together on the board.



Worksheets:

thereligionteacher.com- Nicene Creed Fill in the Blank Worksheet (scroll down to this)

weconnect.com- The Nicene Creed (fill in the blank)

teacherspayteachers.com- Fill in the Blanks (FREE)
This is a great way to get your students in Religious Education to start memorizing the new Nicene Creed. It is a one page worksheet that has specific words left out of the prayer. The students pick from the word bank to add in the correct words. You can also photo copy the word bank out to make it harder for older students.

icsaamenia.org- Compare and Contrast the Creeds (page 13)

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Jesse Tree Ideas





Check out this lovely and creative Jesse Tree by Angela who made the cute tree herself!
*Great for those who can't leave things in their classroom and everything has to be portable.



Other Ideas:

pinterest.com- Jesse Tree Inspiration

rca.org- Making A Jesse Tree (ornament patterns included)

tiredneedsleep.blogspot.com- Free Printable Jesse Tree ornaments and devotions for Advent

4catholiceducatiors.com- Jesse Tree

christiancrafters.com- A Jesse Tree for Advent

catholicicing.com- Jesse Tree Readings, Ornaments, and Free Printables!

catholicculture.org- Catholic Activity: Jesse Tree Ornament Ideas and Blessing

catholicculture.org- Catholic Activity: Jesse Tree Instructions

couponing101.com- Free Jesse Tree Printable Kit Downloads (several posted!)

crosswalk.com- From Adam to Jesus: The Jesse Tree Tradition
What is a Jesse Tree?, Our Jesse Tree Tradition, and Jesse Tree Resources

catholicallyear.com- Handmade Jesse Tree Set Tutorial (in expert, intermediate, and novice versions)

showerofroses.blogspot.com- The Jesse Tree :: A No-Sew Picture Tutorial with Readings

loyolapress.com- Our Jesse Tree
Activity with directions.

confessionsofahomeschooler.com- Jesse Tree Advent Study and includes the Jesse Tree printable ornaments, etc.

1plus1plus1equals1.net- Jesse Tree Printables

catholicicing.com- Byzantine Jesse Tree (Free Printable Ornaments!)



Thursday, November 9, 2017

Advent Wreath- (file folder game)





I got the idea for this game from: cajestl.org- Chanukah Candles


Advent Wreath: The object of the game is to color all of the Advent wreath correctly.


This game is free, however it is only to be used for classroom and personal use. It 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 all activities are not my own and are from various internet sources.


For Older Students:

Place 2 small baskets or boxes on the table to put question cards in. Put the question cards in one basket (the other basket will be for discards). Give each player a copy of the “Advent Coloring Sheet”. Place your markers on START. Roll the die and move that many spaces. Follow the directions on the space you land on. If the player lands on a “?”, the person to their right draws a question card and reads it out loud. If the player answers correctly, they can color what is stated on the card on their Advent wreath coloring sheet. If they have already colored that part of their wreath, they do nothing. If a player lands on a space with the leaves, they may color some of the greenery on their wreath. When a player has completely colored their Advent coloring sheet correctly, he/she is the winner. Play continues until all players have colored their sheets.


For Younger Students:

Place 2 small baskets or boxes on the table to put cards in. Put the cards in one basket (the other basket will be for discards). Give each player a copy of the “Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet”. Place your markers on START. Roll the die and move that many spaces. Follow the directions on the space you land on. If the player lands on a “?”, they draw a colored card and they can color one of their candles on their Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet the correct color. If they do not need that color on their wreath, they do nothing. If a player lands on a space with the leaves, they may color some of the greenery on their wreath. When a player has completely colored their Advent Wreath Coloring Sheet correctly, he/she is the winner. Play continues until all players have colored their sheets.

Advent Wreath Game- Directions, Game Board, Question Cards, Coloring Sheet, Colored Cards



Thursday, November 2, 2017

2023 Printable Advent Chain









2023 Printable Advent Chain


This activity is free, however it is only to be used for classroom and personal use. It 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.

Print out pattern on colored paper. Have students cut into strips. Build your paper chain stapling the strips with a stapler in the correct order. Each day you tear off a piece of the chain that corresponds to the date and do the activity. Before you know it, it will be Christmas day!


2023 Printable Advent Chain- printable pattern