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5 Finger Prayer for Subscribers

I know that it’s been awhile, but I have a “Subscriber ONLY” printable that I just uploaded and I’m excited about it. If you don’t already subscribe to the newsletter, you can do so in the right hand column. I don’t like spam either, so you’ll only receive a newsletter when there’s a new blog post.  Each newsletter has the current password to the “For Subscribers” page.   You also have the option to get the additional newsletter when I post new items in the Shop.

This printable is Pope Francis’ 5 Finger Prayer Poster and Worksheet Pack.  It includes 1 poster in color and the on the reverse side, you can print the meaning of the prayer fingers in English or Spanish.  In addition to that, there’s a page that can be used as a poster or print multiple on a page to attach to desk as a reminder.  

Finally, there are 3 worksheets.  These worksheets include cut and paste, label, and matching.  They’ll work for a variety of ages/grades to teach, review, or anything to suit your needs for Pope Francis’ 5 Finger Prayer.

I hope that all subscribers like this freebie, but more so that the kids enjoy it!!

 

 

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A Sale and a Gift Card

Summer is almost here!! Can you believe it?? The warmer weather is definitely in OKlahoma, although we’ve had quite a bit of rain and now 2 days of “cooler” temperatures. It’s been just beautiful!!

EduCents is getting ready to welcome summer by having a site-wide sale and I’m participating in the sale.  My entire store will be 20% from 25 May to 30 May.  You can use code SUMMER to get an extra 10% off!!

This sale takes place over Memorial Day, so to honor that, I’m going to have a giveaway to win a $10 gift card to EduCents and I’ll pick the winner on 29 May, which is Memorial Day.  To enter the giveaway, simply answer one or both of these questions in the comments….

  1.  What is your favorite memory about Memorial Day?
  2. What is your favorite summer activity?

Again, I’ll announce the winner with a post on 29 May at 12:01 am.  Be sure to include your e-mail address so that I can send you your gift card code!!  If you’re ready to go shopping, just click one of the above images to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse.

Good luck and happy shopping!!

 

 

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Need Your Help

Hello all!!
I’m working on updating one of my printables and I could use some input.  I’d appreciate if you’d read through and then vote in the poll to help me out with this.

I have a booklet for the 10 Commandments.  There is a little kids and a big kids version.  In the little kids version, I try to simplify all the Commandments so that they’re easier to understand.  In the big kids version, they’re the actual words of the Commandments.  My problem is with the little kids version.

Since I work with littles (PreK-K), I had to have my DRE double check what I was using in class.  The wording that she let me use for the 6th Commandment is “Do not love another”, which is actually “Thou shalt not commit adultery”.  Obviously I can’t use adultery because the littles don’t understand it and we actually don’t discuss it that much.  It is more along the lines of “you should only love the person that you’re with” (and of course family and friends).  

My issue is that I’ve had a couple complaints about this wording.  I’ve been told that it doesn’t make sense unless it’s fully explained to them (2nd graders) and it’s confusing for children and should be worded differently (grades K-4).  No input on what the other wording could be or how to make it less confusing or how it wouldn’t have to be fully explained.

So, how should I word it??  I can make it “Do not love another than the one you’re with”, but that gets pretty long and awkward looking for text to be colored in by the children.  Please take the poll below to help me with this dilemma.  You can also type in your own choice for wording as well.  Also, feel free to leave a comment on this post with your ideas.

Thanks for reading….and voting in the poll to help me out!!

 

 

 

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FREE Catholic Books

Are you looking for some good Catholic books to read??  If so, I found an amazing list of free books.

Most of these traditional Catholic books are available in PDF format and some are audio books.  They even have some in text format or for the Kindle.  There’s also a section of cd’s.

This is an amazing list of books that could teach you something new, refresh your interest, or even change you life.  These are all traditional Catholic books that cover catechism and doctrine, saints, Catholic life, Mary, Latin, Jesus, faith, liturgy, texts, and others.

You can see the books here….

Free Traditional Books Part I

Free Traditional Books Part II

I hope that you can find something to read and enjoy for a long time to come!!

 

 

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Objects in Church and for Mass

This week, we worked on what’s inside the church. Next week, we’ll go tour the church and Father will have items for mass set-up for the kids. This all leads up to the week after when we attend mass for Ash Wednesday. I do lots of prep because of many of the kids, this is the first or only time attending mass, especially for the little ones.

I start by talking about the things that they can see outside and as they walk into the church. This is a great book for discussing the different objects in church….

I then discuss several objects with them.  We do a fun activity of matching items that we’d see in church or not see in church.  Sometimes they circle the items or color the items that they see in church.  This time, we drew a line from the object to the church.

You could also simply place an “X” through items not found in church.

Next, we work on tracing the names of some of the objects in church.

Finally, we do a cut and paste activity. I had them color the church and then they were told to color the objects that they would find in the church. We should have cut them out and then glued them onto the church, but we ran out of time!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can find the pages that we worked on in the What’s Inside the Church Worksheet Pack in my shop.

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You can also see my new expanded pack, What’s Inside the Church 2 Worksheet & More Pack for older kids to learn about the objects in church and used during mass and it’s exclusive to my shop.  

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If you use coupon code CHURCH, you can take 25% off those 2 printables!

 

 

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Don’t Miss this Deal!

Have I got a deal for you!!

I’ve got a Deal of the Day going on over at Teachers Notebook.  This one is just in time for Valentine’s Day.  You can grab my “The Greatest Commandment Worksheets and Activities BUNDLE” for 40% off!!  That’s not just a deal, that’s an amazing deal!!  It includes all 3 of my “The Greatest Commandment Worksheet and Activities Packs” for Mark, Luke, and Matthew.  If you buy each pack separately, it’d cost you $13.75, but the bundle is marked down to $11…..and for today ONLY you can grab them for $6.60 on this Deal of the Day!!

If you’re interested in picking up this Deal of the Day, just click the image above or click here to check it out!!

 

 

 

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Treasured Points

I’m excited to tell you all about a new program that I’ve implemented at The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop.  It’s a new points rewards program where you earn points for each purchase and other processes.

Here’s an example of what you’ll see now with each printable….

It will show how many points you’ll earn if you purchase the item.  As you can see, we round it up, so in this case it’s a $2.50 item and you’ll receive 3 points.  During a sale, you’ll earn points for the regular price of the materials, and not the sale price.  

Other ways that you can earn points are by opening an account with The Treasured Schoolhouse Shop.  That earns 5 points.  You can also earn 2 Treasured Points for each feedback that you leave on printables that you purchase.

When you’re ready to use your Treasured Points, you can redeem them during the checkout process.  When redeeming them, they have a value of 15 Treasured Points is equal to $1.  That means if you have 30 Treasured Points and are purchasing a $4 item, your 30 points will take $2 off the amount in the shopping cart.

The best part is that you can use your Treasured Points on your next purchase, or you can save them until you’re ready to use them.  The points never expire!

If you’d like to learn more about Treasured Points, please click here.  If there’s a question or comment that you have, please leave a comment on that page and I’ll reply right away!

 

 

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Best of 2016

I want to thank ALL of you for all your support during 2016. I couldn’t do what I do or do what I love if it wasn’t for you. It doesn’t matter if you just follow along on my blog or your purchase from The Treasured Schoolhouse, I’m here all because of each of you!!

As a “thank you”, I’m placing my TOP 10 items on sale for 20% off.  This sale will run from 28 to 30 December.  In addition, you can search #bestof2016sale on TPT.  The TOP 5 at The Treasured Schoolhouse are….

  1.   This is a set of cut and paste worksheets to place the 10 Commandments in order for big and little kids and it comes in a color and black & white version.  This is the Catholic version.  The wording for the littles is easy to understand for them and for the big kids, it comes right from the Bible!!
  2.   This is a set of coloring booklets for little and big kids.  This is the Catholic version.  The ones for the little ones are in easy to understand words, while the ones for the big kids are worded from the Bible.
  3.   On the list at number 3 is an Advent Activity Pack for Early Learners.  This pack has lots of things for the kids to do to learn and review Advent.  It can be used all through the Advent season.  It was created in 2014 and expanded with even more activities in 2015.
  4.   This pack focuses on things found in the Catholic church, but could be used for other faiths.  It’s good for a variety of ages/grades for the most common things found in church during mass.
  5.   This prayer pack is for the Apostles’ Creed and contains many activities for this Catholic prayer.  Some of the pages included are copywork sheets, posters, a coloring page, and more!!  The poster comes in a color and black & white version.

I hope you’ll check out this sale and enjoy the items that you helped make my TOP 10!!  Please, just click here to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse.  You can also click on each of the TOP 5 resources to be taken to its page.

Happy Shopping!!

 

 

 

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Creation

Last night was the first night back to class. I was excited to meet my new kiddos and get back to religious education.

I always start with creation because well, that’s where we  started.  So much time is spent on rules, what’s expected, homework, prayers, and so on, that the lesson needs to be fairly simple.  I break creation down over a couple of lessons and classes.  Yesterday, I read the story of creation to them from the Bible.  I stop after each day to review what was created that day.

Then, we did a cut & paste worksheet that I made for class.  It’s a mat that has each day and what was created on it.  So they start off by coloring what was created each day.

Lots of colors and no scribbling!

Next, we cut out all the different days.

Good scissors skills!

Then, we glued them onto the mat and placed them in their boxes.

We love our glue sponges!
Glue them into their proper days!

Here’s the final project!!

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All done!
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So happy with our first project!

 

The kids had a blast!!  I have a freebie for you, so that your kids can have a blast as well.  If you click on the image below, you can download the simple color version of this project.  I hope that the kids enjoy!!

Also, this project is available for purchase in my shop.  It’s available in color and black & white, plus it has a little bit “fancier” borders on the mat.  If you’re interested in purchasing this creation activity worksheet, please just click here to view this exclusive item or just click below to add it to your cart.

NOTE:  This is the Catholic version based on the New American Standard (Revised Edition).  This is the Bible that I use in my classroom….

 

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Birthday Sale!

It’s time for me to celebrate a special day….
and I’m celebrating it with you!!

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Every item in all my stores will be 20% off on 16 April ONLY!!  You can get this discount at The Treasured Schoolhouse at all my locations.  You can check this sale out at The Treasured Schoolhouse locations at….

TeachersPayTeachers

Teachers Notebook

Syllabuy

Educents

The Ministry Market for Christian printable only

Etsy with coupon code BDAY20

So, come celebrate with me and grab everything you need for the end of the school year!!

 
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My Lenten Promise Activity

I know that I haven’t had anything special for you all lately.  Now that I’m starting my blog on my own domain, I think it’s time to get back on track!!  I have something for all of you, my loyal readers and followers.

This is a freebie for Lent.  I know we’re now into Holy Week, so there’s not much time left to use this.  However, it’s a great activity for the religious classroom or at home with the family.  This is a set of journal pages or a writing activity.  They come in 2 types of lines for a variety of ages/grades.  

You can write your promises on the lines for each aspect of Lent….prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  It can be done daily, weekly, or just once during the Lent season.

If you’re interested in this activity, please just click to….

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Enjoy!!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

I’m going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (and my anniversary) with a SALE!! Yes, that’s right, we got married on St. Patrick’s Day and today is 27 years of happiness and love.

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All of my stores/shops will be on sale for 15% off from 17-20 March.  It’s a great time to grab some deals and find the things that you’ll need from now until the end of the school year.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a teacher in a classroom, parent that homeschools, or a catechist/religion teacher for Sunday School, there’s something for you!!

You can shop this sale at….

The Schoolhouse @ Teachers Pay Teachers

The Schoolhouse @ Teachers Notebook

The Schoolhouse @ Educents  **Educents is running a special promo during this time and you can earn extra 5% back with #EducentsLuck

I’ve also opened a new shop at Syllabuy.  I love this location and hope that you’ll check it out.  I have a coupon code for there and Etsy for you to get the discount at those locations.

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The OK Schoolhouse @ Etsy

The Schoolhouse @ Syllabuy

I hope that you’ll find something that you can use now….or in the future.  Remember, the sale runs at all shops/stores from 17-20 March.  Have a fun, safe, and HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!