The seven sacraments—Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Confession, Marriage, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick are one of the many reasons I love being a Catholic! “The seven sacraments were instituted by Christ Himself and are outward signs of an inward grace acting in our souls.” I love that they are celebrated (you know I love a […]
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Muddy Farm Chocolate Play-Dough
I wanted to create a mud themed play-dough for my farm themed play-dough mats that are part of my farm packet – click here. I feel like a play-dough pro now since I have made many kinds of play-dough over the past year. I came up with this recipe on my own and it turned […]
Click Clack Moo Cows!
Here’s a cute craft idea that goes great with the story Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type. After reading story we did various cow themed activities and this was one of them. The template for the mouth, ears, and horns will be on the farm packet – click here to learn more. All you need […]
Holy Trinity Lesson Ideas
Learning about the Holy Trinity this weekend in CCD. Just thought I would share some of the goodies I am using in my lesson… Patrick the bishop was teaching people about the three Divine Persons in one God. Patrick explained the mystery of the Holy Trinity with a shamrock. He taught them that the shamrock […]
Pumpkin Cloud Dough 101
I made cloud dough for the first time… I made it to stick inside of a baby food container to make the container look like Spookly the Square Pumpkin. I wanted to find something fun to stick inside the container to make Spookly orange. I originally was going to make this orange pumpkin slime found […]
Rosary Decade Fun!
This year in third grade faith formation and last year I made the easy Decade Rosary with my class. The idea comes from Catholic Icing! You can read about it by clicking here! Our class book talked about the story of the Visitation. We discussed the story of Elizabeth and Mary and how Elizabeth was […]
Leaf Learning Fun in Pre-K!
It was all about the leaf today!!! One of my favorite things about Fall is all the colors of the leaves! Started off our leaf day in Pre-K with two of my favorite Leaf stories… Of course… The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed some Leaves – Click here for some great ideas to match this story! […]
Pumpkin Head Discovery Bottles
We had the best time making these pumpkin head discovery bottles. I saw the idea first on Teach Preschool (click t o view her post)! I modified it a bit and it was a hit! Like in Teach Preschool post we started the lesson with reading the story Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor. We then discussed the […]
Easy Pumpkin Pops
I have made these in the past a little differently. I called them Spookly The Square Pumpkin Pops. You can see that post by clicking here ! This time I made them a little differently… here are the yums used… Marshmallows , Green sting Twizzlers (vine), Orange Candy Melts, and Thin Pretzel sticks. Super Easy… […]
Apple Happy and Sad Pocket Chart
Here are a few pictures of the Apple Happy Pocket Chart from this apple packet or this fall bundle being put to good use! Student adds the picture to match the sentence! Here is what it looks like all together! You can get this set in our Apple Packet Here or in are Fall Bundle Here! […]