| To begin our celebration of May,
we have created a new over sized monthly calendar depicting 31
different images of our Holy Mother.
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| Help to bring life to your learning area, kitchen wall, or
CCD classroom with our
sweet Hail Mary Prayer Poster set. These beautiful pages not only
brighten up any space but they reinforce the Hail Mary prayer with
pictures as well as words.
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| Play our A-Z Quest game to find out
more about the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Honour and Remember Mary Year Round
With a Garden Just for her!
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| May 5 - The Mysteries of the Rosary for Little Hearts and Hands |
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We've created a brand new game to help little hearts and
hands learn about the individual mysteries and decades of the holy
rosary. This game is simple enough for first graders to use and a great
review for older learners and those new to the Catholic faith. |
| May 6 - Mother Mary Wooden Bookmarks |
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Our Holy Mother is
honoured as we put a new twist on an old favourite - the bookmark. |
| May 7th - Help Children Learn the Hail Mary Prayer Through Copywork |
| Use our gentle trace style copywork to help children learn to say, write, and understand the prayer which honours the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother of God. Copywork sheets feature only a few lines per page and passages are available in print as well as cursive styles |
| May 8 - The Hail Mary Put it in Order Game |
| Prayer is lifting our hearts and minds to God. It can sometimes be
intimidating to talk to God without a plan, that is why the memorized
recitation of prayer is so useful for little souls and big souls alike.
The Hail Mary Put it in Order Game is the perfect little activity to
help children become confident in saying and understanding the Hail Mary
prayer.
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| May 9 - Describe Mother Mary Worksheet |
| Today's resource gets learners thinking about mothers. Who says we
can't mix religion, grammar, and fun? We think that it is possible
to infuse the faith into anything we study and grammar is no different.
Use this graphic organizer worksheet to teach about adjectives - words
that describe nouns. Using the picture Madonna and Child by Sassoferrato
and the common noun mother, children can practice finding words that
describe a mother, their own mother, or our Holy Mother.
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| May 10 - The Rosary Worksheet |
| Children can often have a hard time remembering how to say the
rosary or what order the prayers are to be said. Originally created as
part of our CCD class retreat,
this worksheet on the rosary helps children learn and become more
comfortable with the pattern of prayer used with the rosary.
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| May 11 - Our Learning Flashcards featuring the Hail Mary and Hail Holy Queen Prayers |
| Flashcards have been around for awhile but they have generally been
used to help children learn math facts, alphabet names, or phonics
sounds. We decided to do something a little different to meet the needs
of our trivia loving children. We made Our Learning Cards
bigger, brighter, and filled with unique info that makes the cards
suitable for fact recall as well as for reference use. We've tried to
include many different learning areas, including our Catholic faith.
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| May 12 - Set of 6 Madonna and Child Montessori Cards |
| Montessori cards are a great way to encourage natural learning for
your children. We have found that cards of any sort are always a hit in
our little homeschool. Download this neat set of 6 Montessori cards of
the Blessed Mother Mary and Baby Jesus from various classic artists from
different time period.
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| May 13 - My Book Mini-books the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary |
| Explore the Mysteries of the Rosary
with our My Book-mini books.
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| May 14 - Mary Colouring Sheets |
| Colouring can be a great way for children to relax, have fun, learn
about their faith, and practice art and fine motor skills all at the
same time. We have tried to create a variety of colouring sheets
featuring our Blessed Mother Mary in some way.
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| May 15 - Our Lady Match-up Game |
| What is your favourite title for Mary? Our Holy Mother Mary is known by many titles. Many of them correspond to her apparitions around the world at various times in our history. Introduce young Catholics to Our Lady with this matching game using titles and classic images of our Holy Mother. Although there were lots of titles to choose from, we tried to select some popular titles (Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Fatima) as well as some lesser known titles (Our Lady of Bethlehem and Our Lady of Charity) as well.
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| May 16 - More Mary Colouring Sheets |
| Here are even more Blessed Virgin Mary colouring sheets for budding
artists. These sheets are from the over 300 Bible lessons available on
our
Faith Study - Bible Study Resource Page. Find links to either the
Old Testament or New Testament near the bottom of the page. By studying
God's word we can learn about our Lord, Jesus Christ, as well as His
mother, Mary. Although these Bible lessons were created using the King
James version of the Bible, they are still a very useful tool for
learning. We were lucky to find these lessons and
be able to share them with you. Lesson packs contain fact recall,
colouring sheets, puzzles and more.
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| May 17 - 10 Words about Mary and the Rosary Copywork |
| Children can practice handwriting and
copywork while they learn or
recall details that describe the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy
Rosary. Each set includes trace
copywork sheets in print as well as cursive styles, as well as a
writing, non-trace version. You can use completed sheets as discussion
starters and have children try to think of other words that can describe
Mother Mary and the Holy Rosary. You may also want to use this resource
to begin a discussion about adjectives - words that describe a noun.
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| May 18 - We Learn by Mary's Example |
When we study about Mother Mary we learn that she is humble, loving,
filled with charity, and willing to help others. As we highlight our
Holy Mother this month, let us not forget that by studying and learning
about Mary, we too can become like her. The resource we share today,
in our opinion, comes from the heart of Mary as it is shared by a fellow
homeschooling mom of 6 children - talk about humble, loving, filled with
charity, and willing to help? |
| May 19 - Mary Garden Math Game |
| Are you planting a Mary Garden this year? If so, you might choose
to put some roses for Our Lady in it. You may even need to buy a flat
of twelve seedlings or baby rose plants to put in your garden. Voila -
the premise of our math game!
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| May 20 - A Little Latin with our Holy Mother |
| Here is another wonderful classical language worksheet contribution
from
Thinking Love, No Twaddle. This is a cute gentle little Latin
worksheet combo pack that teaches young scholars about Mary, more
specifically Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) and Our Lady of Peking.
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| May 21 - Mary in the Holy Family |
| Mary is part of Holy Family - Jesus' family. Along with Saint
Joseph and her son, our Lord, Jesus, Mary completes the most loving,
safe, and best example of the immediate family unit. |
| May 22 - Hail Mary Prayer in Latin Put it in Order Game |
| One of our favourite games for home as well as
CCD use has just been made
into a Latin version. As year round learners, we are always creating and using resources in our effort to prevent backsliding. The study of Latin is one of those subjects that you definitely don't want to lose any ground on over breaks or the summer. We have just begun converting some of our resources into Latin. We thought it only fitting to begin with the prayer of our Holy Mother, Mary.
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| May 23 - Mother Mary Poetry and Prayer Bookmark |
| We love to multi-task. Actually that isn't true, we multi-task out
of necessity...lol. When we
create resources we try to utilize multi-subject learning as much as
possible to keep our learners enthusiastic and engaged. We have found
through our experience, that many times our children will become
overwhelmed with a larger quantity of learning tasks which in
turn reduces the joy and fun in learning. So we try to be creative not
only in our approach to teaching and learning but also in the materials
we create around our faith.
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| May 24 - Have a little fun with our Mother Mary word search |
| Have a little fun today! Do a word
search to find words associated with our Mother Mary.
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| May 25 - Mary Garden Montessori Cards |
| Here's something to brighten up your learning day - flowers
from Our Lady's Garden! Help children learn about flowers, more specifically flowers that would go into a garden dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Find the common plant name plus the religious reference as well.
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| May 26 - Our Lady's Little Garden Helpers |
| How much do you know about the legendary Ladybug? Almost everyone has heard about the usefulness of our garden friend, the ladybug. But where did its legendary status come from? Can you believe, centuries ago in Europe. Grape crops were threatened by aphids so farmers began praying to Our Lady for help and intercession. In a short while, a swarm of over 1000 red beetles came and ate up the aphids. They were thought to be a gift from Our Lady and were so called in her honour, Ladybugs. A gardening story that is sweet and faith-filled.
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| May 27 - Mary Notebooking Sheets |
| Notebooking is a neat way
for children to learn, recall, narrate, and make a keepsake notebook,
all at the same time. Notebooking
can be done with younger children provided that they are interested in
writing, are comfortable using writing lines and are able to easily
recall what they have learned. Using
notebooking as a main source of proof of learning with details,
illustrations, and other little goodies begins at around age ten. Use
these sheets to help learners young and old narrate or recall what they
have learned about Mary.
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| May 28 - From the Heart of Mary - The Greek Alphabet and Symbolism |
| From the heart of Mary, charity makes itself known. So too in the
sharing of resources for other homeschooling families in this month of
our Holy Mother. We are happy to present more in the A Little bit of Greek worksheet set generously shared by Thinking Love, No Twaddle. (Find out more about this mom at her blog.) These resources highlight the Greek Alphabet (3 pages) and the history and meaning of the 3rd century symbol for Christianity incorporating the alpha and omega letters (1 page). These worksheets are simple, clean, and easy to follow. Thank you once again to, Thinking Love, No Twaddle! :)  |
| May 29 - Hail Mary Writing Paper for All Ages |
| Celebrate your faith and evangelize at the same time. Today we offer a very sweet writing set that is just perfect for notebooking as well as evangelizing! This set of three different lined sheets is perfect for children or adult alike as it depicts some of the sweetest public domain images of the Hail Mary (in pictorial form) that I have ever seen. May God bless this artist and other artists who keep the Heart of Mary at the forefront of their talents. Use these sheets to celebrate your faith when you or your children write thank you notes to others, letters to family members, or even a nice thank you note to your priest or spiritual director.
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| May 30 - Hail Mary Assignment Sheets |
| Help keep prayer at the forefront of your family life and homeschool
with these inspirational assignment task sheets depicting the Hail Mary
in pictures. These sweet public domain images help remind learners of
our Holy Mother as they progress through their learning day. Sheets are
available in light blue, lavender, and gray. Simply print out, write in
the subjects and tasks for your learner.
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| May 31 - Hail Mary, full of grace! |
| Today we celebrate The Visitation on the liturgical
calendar. In this joyful mystery of the rosary, Mary visits Elizabeth
and is joyfully greeted by her cousin and the infant, John the Baptist,
in her womb. It is during this visit that the words to the Hail Mary
prayer reveal themselves to us
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1 comments:
Great post. I am excited to work with the children and honor Mary during the month of May.
Thank you !!!!
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