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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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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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A Christmas Gift

It’s almost Christmas and I wanted to share a Christmas gift with you.

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This is a set of alphabet matching 2-part cards using a Christmas present.  The uppercase letter on the left half of the gift card is matched to the lower case letter on the right half of the gift card.  They’re perfect for homeschool, centers, or however you may want to use them.

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If you’re interested in this set of Christmas Gift Alphabet 2-Part Matching Cards, just click to….

 

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Spectacular Christmas

Are you ready for Christmas?? I think I am, but then I usually end up surprised when I go to wrap of what I forgot or misplaced in my wonderful hiding!! Are you celebrating Christmas in your class or at home?? Do you need a couple more things to get you through or to keep the kids busy during the cold days??

Well, if you said YES to any of these things, I have a sale for you!!

 

Here’s what my Spectacular Christmas specials are….

  • 16-19 December – My entire store will be on sale for 15% off.
  • 17 December – I’ll post a new item in my store and you can get it FREE for this day only!!  You can find other great freebies from other stores that are participating by searching for #Christmasfreebies .
  • 18 December – I’ll be posting new materials that you can get for $1 for this day only!!  You can find other great dollar deals from other stores that are participating by searching for #dollardeals .

I hope to see you at The Treasured Schoolhouse for my Spectacular Christmas!!  I also want to take this time to thank you for all your support and for following along.  I truly appreciate each and every one of you.  My family and I would like to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

 

 

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P.S.  If you don’t want to leave this site, you can use coupon code:  spectacular and receive 15% off your cart total on orders over $3.  I’ll also be adding the new materials to this site with their TPT release.  So, don’t hesitate to check out The Treasured Schoolhouse shop.

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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.

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Glue them into their proper days!

Here’s the final project!!

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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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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

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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!!

 

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A Christmas Present

I have something special, just for you my readers. I wanted to give you a present this year for following along and putting up with my sporadic posts and everything else!!

 

This is a 4-page coloring book for the nativity. It focuses on Luke 2 and Matthew 2. It’s just a small book….well, it’s more like pages, to tell the real story of Christmas. The focus of these pages are geared toward Catholic, as I used the New American Standard Bible (NASB). Any faith surely can use it though!!

If you’re interested in these coloring pages, please just….

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I hope that you can use it in your classroom, homeschool, or for religious education. If you do, please be sure to leave me a comment and let me know!!

 

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Giveaway and a Sale!

I have a couple of “big” events going on this week and I’m excited to tell you about them!!

First off, there’s a….

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You can head on over to my shop at Teachers Notebook to enter the giveaway that I have going on.  This giveaway will be from 24 October until 7 November, so there’s plenty of time to get in on it and up 5 ways to enter.  It’s for my “Pumpkin Contractions on a Fence”.

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This is a large set of cards with the most common contractions on the fence.  The contraction words are on pumpkins and they’re placed on the fence that make up that contraction.  It also include 7 worksheets with answer keys.  This is perfect for your autumn/fall themes….or anytime!!  If you’re interested in entering this giveaway, you can just….

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Next up, it’s time for a….

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I’m holding my first ever sale over at The OK Schoolhouse on Etsy.  All the products in my shop are 10% off from 23 October until 31 October.  I don’t have many items listed there, but there’s a variety.  I do plan on adding more during this sale.  So, please stop by and shop my Halloween Spooktacular sale!!

If you want to shop this sale, you can….

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Also, it’s time for the Halloweekend Sale at Teachers Notebook!!  You can visit this sale for 10% off from 29 October to 1 November.  All my resources will be on sale during this time!!  If you’d like to visit this sale (when it’s time), just….

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Finally, if you don’t win the giveaway, you’ll find “Contractions on a Fence” on sale for 15% off from 7 November to 13 November.  You’ll find that item if you click on the cover above to take a look at it and check out the preview.

I hope that you enjoy all these upcoming events!!  I sure had fun planning them.  I wanted to make sure that you had all treats and no tricks!!

 

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100 Followers FREEbie

Here’s a freebie, just for my followers to celebrate my 100 followers on TPT.

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This is a booklet in color for Five Green and Speckled Frogs.  It makes a great version to read together in class.  The booklet can be for a reading or math center.

If you’re interested in this booklet, just….

Also, if you like this booklet, there’s a black & white version available in my TPT store.  It’s not listed yet, but it will be in a few minutes and it’ll be marked for only $2.50 and will be included in the last couple hours of my 20% off sale.

Don’t forget to enter my 100 Followers Giveaway for your chance to win 5 great prizes. You have 9 possible ways to enter and it ends at midnight on 5 July. Just click here to get to the giveaway.

 

 

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All the Saints in Heaven

I meant to get this posted last night, but time just slipped right away.  There’s still plenty of time to use it though on Hallow’s Eve or on All Saints Day!!

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I have to say that this paper craft was a huge hit with my kids!!  They simply colored the 2 clouds, then they each picked out 4 saints to color.  The clouds are slightly overlapped and glued together and then the saints glued to the large cloud.  After that, we decorated them with cotton puffs and glitter!!

There’s a sample on my Instagram if you click here.  You’ll notice that the sample, we glued to a piece of construction paper.  If you don’t glue on construction paper, print the clouds on cardstock and the saints on regular paper.

If you’re interested in this craft, click here to….

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This idea originated from 3 ideas that I found on the internet.  Credit is given for each of them in the document.

If you use any or all of these freebies, please leave me a comment.  I love to read your comments and input….and know how you use them.  I truly create by the feedback that I get!!

 

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All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are provided for free. However they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may NOT be published on any websites/blogs or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service/storage, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-Present. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. This means that unless it is specified otherwise, all content within this blog and downloads are the private property of Elaine, Commotion from the Ocean of Life, and The Schoolhouse. All materials on this blog and downloads are copyright (© Elaine, © The Schoolhouse, and © Commotion) and misuse or abuse is subject to legal action.

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Number Practice Sheets 23-25

Over the past several weeks, I’ve been posting my number practice sheets.  I posted a couple pages once a week until the set was complete.  I did them through number twenty-five.  Well, with this post, the sheets are complete!!  YAY!!

I hope that you’ve gotten all of them, and if not, you can just go back through my posts to get the complete set.  I truly hope that you kids have benefited from them.

These are number practice sheets for the Number 23, Number 24, and Number 25.  Each one includes…..

  • Tally
  • Ten Frame
  • Trace & Write
  • Color
  • One Number Before and After
  • Odd or Even
  • Draw
  • Tens and Ones

Here’s a thumbnail sample of one of the sheets….

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If you’re interested in the number 23 page, click to ……

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If you’re interested in the number 24 page, click to…..

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If you’re interested in the number 25 page, click to…..

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Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you enjoy these printable number sheets.  This now completes the set of number practice sheets!!  If you use my printables, please leave a comment or use the “contact” button in the right hand column.  I’d also appreciate it if you’d take a second to click the button below to vote for my blog.  I appreciate it and I continue to create by the feedback that I receive!!

 

 



 


All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are provided for free. However they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may NOT be published on any websites/blogs or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service/storage, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-Present. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. This means that unless it is specified otherwise, all content within this blog and downloads are the private property of Elaine and The Schoolhouse. All materials on this blog and downloads are copyright (© Elaine, © The Schoolhouse, and © Commotion) and misuse or abuse is subject to legal action.

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Pp – Rr Alphabet Mazes

Here’s a new Letter of the Week set of mazes for you!!  I’m slowly getting them all caught up by posting a couple letters a week.  They’ve turned out good, so I can’t help but to feel that it’s worth the wait!!  If you’ve been following along, we’re up to letters Pp to Rr.

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I’ll be making these for our Letter of the Week this school year in my Y!Group.  There’s 2 mazes for each letter.  Follow the upper and lower case letter through the maze to get to the other end!!

Here’s a sample of one maze for each letter in this set…. 

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Some clipart is from internet source and is believed to be public domain.  It is used without profit and for educational purposes.  Other clipart is from a personal source.  Clipart © Clker.com is used with permission.

 

If you’re interested in the alphabet maze for Letter Pp, just click to….

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If you’re interested in the alphabet maze for Letter Qq, just click to….

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If you’re interested in the alphabet maze for Letter Rr, just click to….

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Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you enjoy the mazes.  There will be more alphabet mazes to come all the way through the alphabet!!  If you use my printables, please leave a comment or use the “contact” button in the right hand column.  I’d also appreciate it if you’d take a second to click the button below to vote for my blog.  I appreciate it and I continue to create by the feedback that I receive!!

 

 



 

 

All activities, games, information, etc. on this blog are provided for free. However they are ONLY to be used for classroom and personal use. They may NOT be published on any websites/blogs or other electronic media, distributed in any manner, uploaded to any file sharing service/storage, or sold for profit. If you know someone who would benefit from these materials, please refer them to this blog. Do NOT share the materials that you download with them. Copyright © 2008-Present. All rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. This means that unless it is specified otherwise, all content within this blog and downloads are the private property of Elaine and The Schoolhouse. All materials on this blog and downloads are copyright (© Elaine, © The Schoolhouse, and © Commotion) and misuse or abuse is subject to legal action.