Religious education

FREE religious education printables for your Catholic school classroom or homeschool on Teachers Pay Teachers. Stations of the Cross coloring page, Books of the Bible coloring page, Be Kind coloring page, the Lord's Prayer cut and paste, and more! #Catholic

This liturgical year lesson plan is meant to be an introduction to the Church year so students can understand Jesus is the reason for EVERY season.

School has been back in swing for...three months now, and I am just now getting around to some of the back-to-school posts in my draft folder. I guess that goes to model what a teacher's fall usually looks like. I gave you a peek inside my classroom back in this post, and mentioned my faith corner, promising more details later. Well, it is later, so here are some ideas for creating a holy space in your Classroom/CCD Room/Youth Room/etc. (FYI- I know that not all CCD teachers are blessed to…

Four different ways to teach your students the names for the items commonly found during a Catholic Mass, including Mass Item Bingo. Great game for whole group, small groups, centers and more to reach all of your learners in a religious education, Catholic classroom or homeschool setting. #catholic #catholiceducation #homeschool #bingo #catholicchurch #teaching

Ash Wednesday is fast approaching, and while I have my own goals for this Lent, I also seek to guide the Lenten experiences of my students. I have some classroom activities in place that we do each Lent (you can see many of them under the Church Year tab), but I tend to create something new each year to help the students' individual prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Last year it was these student created lists based on the Works of Mercy, and another year it was focused on the Stations of the…

This Catholic Prayers mini book is perfect for students who are learning to memorize and read the prayers. Great reference tool! Includes 11 prayers plus an editable pdf to add your own prayers. #catholic #catholickids #prayers

The last Sunday of the Catholic liturgical year is The Solemnity Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (otherwise known as Christ the King Sunday). Here are some Christ the King activities for you to try in class with students to celebrate this feast day or any time you want to teach about Jesus Christ’s...Read More

Inside a Roman Catholic Church CCD Sunday School worksheet

Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Lesson Plan with a video, worksheets, and activity ideas from The Religion Teacher

Five different ways to teach your students the names for the items commonly found during a Catholic Mass. Great for whole group, small groups, centers and more to reach all of your learners in a religious education, Catholic classroom or homeschool setting.

I am always looking for new ways to encourage kids to pray, especially to get them out of the rut of talking/asking/praising about the same things. I am just as guilty of this- I tend to remember to pray for the people I care most about, immediate situations, and my needs. The bigger picture and people I don't interact with are likely to be forgotten in typical daily prayer. Then I remembered this neat technique we used in a Christian club I was in during high school. It is about using your…

Teaching about the Catholic Mass: 5 Ideas. Lesson plans, games, task cards, and activities to help teach kids and students about the Order of the Catholic Mass. There are games that can be used for Social Distancing and easy printable notes and bingo cards. This post has ideas for Catholic teachers, religious education, DREs, CCD, Faith formation, or homeschool. #catholic #catholicmass #catholicteaching #orderofthemass #liturgyoftheword #liturgyoftheeucharist

Ideas for praying the rosary with children and deepening our understanding of the Rosary as parents and teachers using the book Praying the Rosary Like Never Before.

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.

Introduce the Book of Psalms to your students using this lesson plan and collection of activities.

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 in this post I explained the background of the Multiple Intelligence theory and why I think it naturally has a place in Religious Education classrooms. Providing each child we teach with an encounter with Christ in line with his or her unique dignity is something all educators should be striving for. In this post, I decided to round up some ideas for teaching about the Mass that would cater to each of the eight smarts. Not surprisingly, I found that each of the intelligences can be…

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A collection of Hail Mary activity ideas to introduce the prayer to students so they can meditate on its meaning and integrate it into their prayer lives.