mass – The Treasured Schoolhouse

Posted on 7 August 20197 August 2019 by Elaine — Leave a comment

Reminder and Best Deals

I just wanted to do a quick reminder that there’s only a couple hours left to use code BTS19 for the Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers. It will give you an extra 5% off and if you shop my store, that makes your discount up to 25% off! Just click on the banner to be taken to The Treasured Schoolhouse to visit my store. Also, my store will continue through tomorrow, 8 August, and will continue to be 20% off.

I thought that I’d share some of the best deals in my store right now. As I mentioned, it’s on sale for 20% off, so when you grab some of these, you’re going to get an amazing deal. The top 5 deals at The Treasured Schoolhouse are….

1. The MEGA Prayer Pack BUNDLE – Catholic: This bundle contains 32 Catholic prayers and would normally be $99.50, but it’s at $69.65 with a 30% markdown discount. With the 20% off, it’s $55.72 on sale! Since making this MEGA bundle, 3 prayers have been added and if I make any more prayer packs, they will be added as well. That means that you get ALL of the updates at NO additional cost!

2. Inside the Church MEGA BUNDLE: This bundle includes 5 individual resources for items found inside the church or used during mass. The regular price would be $26.25, but it is $19.00 with a bundle discount of 20% off the individual prices. It’s currently $15.20 with the 20% off sale price!

3. 10 Commandments BUNDLE – Catholic: This bundle contains ALL of the Ten Commandments resources in my store. That means that is has 8 resources in it! The individual price would be $30.75, but is $24.50 with the bundle discount of over 20% off. It’s currently at $19.60 with the 20% off sale. That’s a ton of 10 Commandments resources for very little!

4. Samuel, Eli, and God Game (Speak for Your Servant is Listening): This is just a little game to review the story of Samuel being called by God when he’s staying with Eli. The game is $1.50, but it’s on sale for $1.20 at 20% off!

5. Ten Plagues of Egypt Cut & Paste Worksheet Pack – Catholic: This is a pack of 27 pages of cut and paste/glue activities for a variety of ages/grades to learn or review the 10 Plagues. The repetition will help these stick with the kids and enjoy learning. The regular price is $5.00, but it’s currently at $4.00 with the 20% off sale!

I hope that you all enjoy looking at these materials or any others in my store. Happy shopping and thanks for looking….and reading!

Posted on 27 July 201819 November 2019 by Elaine — Leave a comment

What do You See in Church?

inside church looking from pews forward to crucifix

Teaching kids about what they’ll see inside the church when they attend mass is so important. I have some worksheets and activities that can help teach or review what they’ll see inside the church!

To make it easier for little ones to understand what is going on during mass, it’s vital that they understand the items that they will see while there. Use the pages as you walk around church explaining the items or after a tour of the church. This will help them to feel more comfortable and know their way around the church.

To get elementary kids to participate in mass or even become altar servers, it’s key for them to know all the components used during mass and what they’ll see and use in church. Their understanding of these items will allow them to be interested on what’s going on during the mass.

Have the kids match up the name of the item found inside the church to that item.

For big kids, you want to keep them coming to mass and being able to understand the elements used during mass or just seen inside the church makes them feel more welcomed.

Take the kids to church and write down the items that they can identify in church and on the sheet.

The more kids know about what they’ll see in church and used during mass, the more interested and happy they will be. It increases their participation.

You can find these worksheet and activity packs in my Shop to help teach or review the items found inside the church (click on each image to view what’s included in each pack or add to your cart here)….

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You can also find these games….

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I hope this helps and gives you some ideas to help the kids understand what’s inside the church!

Posted on 16 August 2017 by Elaine — Leave a comment

Church Bulletins for Kids

Are you looking for bulletins for children? If so, I think I have some items that can help you. All of these can be used for homework, mass activity, children’s church bulletin, and more! I have purchased and used all these books in my class or in my daughter’s class. If you’re interested in any of the books, just click on the cover to see more about it.

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The Liturgy of the Word with Children

This book is by Katie Thompson and covers Years A, B, and C for the liturgical cycle. It is geared toward ages 5-8. There are 392 pages in this book and it also includes a music CD. For each mass, there are 2 pages. One has the gospel and reflection, then the second page is an activity for the gospel.

Step by Step

This book is by Katie Thompson and goes along with the gospels for every Sunday of the three-year Lectionary. Also included are major feasts of the liturgical year. The sheets are for ages 4-7. There is 376 pages. The activity sheets are double-sided with pictures to color and complete, drawing activities, and simple puzzles. They can be used to to produce a children s newsletter or include them in the parish newsletter or magazine; use them in religion classes, parish groups, or at school. It has a companion book, Footprints in Faith.

Footprints in Faith

This book is by Katie Thompson and is a companion to Step by Step. This book is for ages 7-12 and is for every Sunday of the three-year Lectionary cycle. It also includes major feasts of the liturgical year. There are 376 pages in this book. Each sheet is double-sided and includes pictures and number puzzles, word games, quizzes and codes. They are great for are ideal for use by catechists, teachers, group leaders, and parents for religion classes, parish groups, or at school.

The Complete Children’s Liturgy Book: Liturgies of the Word for Years A, B, C

This book is by Katie Thompson and includes 344 pages. For each mass, there are 2 pages. The first page includes an introduction, a “sorry prayer”, the gospel reading for the day, points for discussion, an activity, and a closing prayer. The second page is the activity for that gospel. This book covers Years A, B, and C for the liturgical cycle.

I have all the books shown above. I do not own the ones below, but I plan on purchasing them or feel that they’re relevant to this subject. Because I don’t own them, I can’t speak for the quality or exactly what’s included other than the description.

The Complete Children’s Liturgy Book

This book is by Katie Thompson and Jennifer Carter. It is a comprehensive program for every Sunday of the Lectionary. The book contains 350 pages. I think that this is an earlier version of The Complete Children’s Liturgy Book listed above.

Another great source is Catholic Kids Bulletin. They offer a bulletin for mass each week. Do you have a favorite source or activity to keep kids busy during mass or to do as homework when they attend mass? If so, please share it in the comments!

Posted on 16 February 2017 by Elaine — Leave a comment

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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Posted on 13 February 2013 by Elaine — Leave a comment

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday and we celebrate as a class by attending mass. Therefore, there won’t be a page for the Bible ABC’s today. Please check back next week for the next letter in our Bible alphabet!!

Have a blessed Ash Wednesday and may you accomplish all your goals this Lent season!!

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