Related Printables: The Good Samaritan Coloring Page The Parable of the Good Samaritan Mini Book Samaritan Woman at the Well Mini Book Balaam and the Talking Donkey Craft
To help kids understand the meaning of prayer, have them each create their own DIY Prayer Jar for Sunday School or VBS. This activity can go along with a
Today at Powersource, we looked at what it means to be the body of Christ. As a warm up we played some games... Build a body relay: Each team collects body parts of a different colour and sticks them to the background. The first team to build the whole body and bring it to the leader wins! (we hadn't told the children what our subject matter was when we played this game so they had to work out what they were making!) Photo booth pictures: Use the collection of wigs, glasses and hats to make yourselves a new character! Hands, feet and mouth race: Assign roles within each team. FEET are the only ones allowed to collect pieces of memory verse from the pile at the far wall. They cannot speak or touch the pieces once they have been brought to the team base. MOUTHS are the only people allowed to speak throughout the whole game (but cannot move and must have hands behind their backs- no pointing allowed!) HANDS are the only people allowed to arrange and stick the parts of the memory verse to the sheet. The idea is that, like in a relay race, children collect pieces of memory verse one by one, being them to the team base and arrange the verse so it makes sense. The first team to complete the memory verse is the winner. This was quite frustrating for some of the children but really illustrated how the parts of the body need to work together!
"…They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith..." ~Acts 14:27 Last October, Pope Benedict declared that a "Year of Faith" will be celebrated from October 11, 2012 to November 24, 2013. With this overarching theme, some fellow DREs and I decided to run with the idea by providing resources surrounding the Creed at our upcoming training night. So, I am working on creating some activities that emphasize what we believe based on the Nicene Creed. Project One: A mobile that draws attention to the Trinity in the structure of the Creed. It contains the entire text, and shows what we believe about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Directions: 1. Print out the document linked below on cardstock, one set for each child. 2. It is easier to copy the circles back to back, but if you can't do that, cut them out and glue them together. 3. Color all of the pieces. The top piece gets folded in half. 4. Then use a small hole punch to add a hole everywhere there is an X. 5. Cut out the center circle of a paper plate and punch five holes in it according to this diagram: 6. Two holes equally spaced along the inner circle are where you attach the top triangle: 7. Three holes spaced like an equilateral triangle along the outside circle are where you attach the three circles. It should balanced when you hang it. Here are the links to the printables:
The 'What's Inside My Heart?' craft is a very simple craft that can help children to think about the types of people and things they care about most.
Catholic mini book bundle is the perfect printable activity for kids to teach them about the Catholic faith, the Bible, Jesus and more!
These bible themed activity sheets include i-spy downloads from three stories about Jesus from the bible and are available in PDF format.
About 3 years ago, I decided to come up with a way of tracking behavior in the music classroom for the group as a whole. I wanted to keep with the music theme but have something each class could ke…
Old Testament stories can be hard to teach to little ones at times. The stories are hard to explain. When I decided to create a bible curriculum, I wanted to create lessons to make it easy for kids to understand. Abraham and Sarah is a story that many know. But, how do we teach it
Turn a classic story into a craft with this simple floating spider Charlotte's Web craft for kids! So fun for read-aloud time!
It’s that time of year again! Do you know someone preparing to make their First Reconciliation? The Sacrament of Reconciliation is incredible!! Where else can we hand over our burdens and struggles and receive complete ABSOLUTION; the very MERCY of JESUS poured over our bruised and battered little souls? It really is a wonderful gift, but prep […]
Ed Emberley's Drawing Books teach you to break down images into simple shapes so you can draw them easily. Great for kids and adults.
But God's timing is not our timing. These 'gods' that rule this world "know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness." (v.5) They "will die like mere mortals;" and "fall like every other ruler." (v.7) Only God's reign lasts for all eternity. Only God is LORD over ALL.
Figuring out how to balance objects is something that fascinates children. Whether it is trying to balancing the same type of objects on either side of a
