New Resources to Help Children Learn About St. Patrick's Feast Day

New fun printable resources to help children learn about St. Patrick of Ireland.

Saint study is such a great way to study geography, history, facts of the Faith and so much more.  It is also a nice way to add spice to your learning day with some different fun but educational activities.  We are happy to share some brand new resources we have just created to help the kiddos learn all about St. Patrick of Ireland.  These colourful, fun printables are sure to appeal to even the most fickle learners as there is a nice selection of freebies from which to choose.  Here are just a few of the resources we have to share:

A new twelve page notebooking page set can be used by learners of all ages to help focus either on St. Patrick himself or his lesson on the Holy Trinity.  There are three different layouts and four line spacing options.

Our very popular printable saint trading card collection now includes this famous saint (pictured above).  As usual, there are four cards per page which make them perfect for individual, family, or classroom use.  And if you are looking for a game suitable for up to 15 people that includes St. Patrick, then download our Catholic Bingo game which teaches many basics of the Faith while having lots of fun.  This is a great game for a St. Patrick's Day party, if you are having one.

Looking for a quick mini-book to add to your project, current folder project or notebook?  Try our My Book Mini-book on St. Patrick complete with writing prompts.  You can also find a mini-book for the Holy Trinity both with and without writing prompts. 

  

And speaking of the Holy Trinity, don't forget our F3 lesson all about the Holy Trinity which we posted from our own CCD class earlier in the school year.  There is also quite a bit of other copywork and printables about the Holy Trinity right on the lesson page as well.  If you are looking for a science link, try our F3 lesson on the Trinity using the three states of water.  This too was an earlier post this year.  These two lessons are always fun to do with the children.

To make everything easy and convenient for busy homeschoolers and catechists, we have put all of our St. Patrick resources on one page.  Don't forget that St. Joseph's feast day is this week too! 

Click HERE to see all of our resources about St. Patrick.
Click HERE to see all of our resources about St. Joseph.


Blessings,

That Resource Team

Let's Get Ready to Celebrate the Feast Day of St. Nicholas with New Saint Trading Cards, Learning Cards, Notebooking Sheets, Audio Learning and More

Fun printables help us mark December 6th as the feast Day of St. Nicholas

Today we offer quite a few printable resources to help children learn about one of the most famous and beloved saints of all time, St. Nicholas.  We thought that we would share our new St. Nicholas printables a few days early to help you plan for your special day on the 6th of December.  Many will share little gifts, some will put out socks, boots or shoes for surprises, while others will simply spend the day learning about this saint in fun ways.  We hope our four offerings will help make your St. Nicholas celebration fun and enjoyable.

Our offerings today can be used with your favourite saint books, learning resources, videos or websites.  We try to create learning materials that can be used with what you already have on hand or can easily access without the need to spend more money.  So here we go:


1.  Read your favourite St. Nicholas story book or listen now to the story of St. Nicholas from our book study of In God's Garden by Amy Steedman.  After enjoying your stories, you may want to write a bit about him using one of our set of 12 notebooking sheets.  This set comes in four different line spacings with options to affix pictures or draw in your own.  This set accommodates learners of all levels. 

Click HERE to get this resource and see others like it.

2.  If you prefer F3(Flip, Flap, Fold) style learning, how about making a My Book Mini-book about St. Nicholas?  These short 8 page prompted writing books allow children to write or draw information about this beloved saint.  To use this resource simply print out, fill in, cut apart, staple where indicated and glue into your project or notebook. 

Click HERE to get this resource and see others like it.

 

 

 

3.  Do you have a child who loves learning using cards?  Then our Saint Bio Learning Card might be exactly what you are looking for.  These popular little cards come with an image of St. Nicholas as well as spaces to record important details about his life and contributions to the Christian world. He is partnered with St. Stephen who celebrates his feast day on Dec. 26th.

 

Click HERE to get this resource and see others like it.

 

4.  Lastly we offer a brand new Saint Trading Collector card featuring St. Nicholas.  This card is bright and filled with little details about the life of this saint.  This read-only resource will be a great addition to any holy card collection.  Why not collect all of our saint trading cards?  We now feature cards for 17 different saints!!

Click HERE to get this resource and see others like it.



We hope that these resources help to make your day special and joy filled.

Our moment of thought today is inspired by the life of St. Nicholas:

"Why did you give us the gold?" the father asked.

"Because you needed it," Nicholas answered. 

"But why didn't you let us know who you were?" the man asked again.

"Because it's good to give and have only God know about it."

-Christmas Prayers and Customs, Regina Press, Edited by Rev. Victor Hoagland, C.P.

Do you know another homeschooling family or teacher who could use our FREE resources?  Why not drop them a line and invite them to come over for our daily December goodies?  Your thoughtfulness might be just what they need today! :)
Blessings,

That Resource Team

New Saint Trading Cards Are Now Available

New saint trading cards feature four modern saints.

As we finally get into the swing of things this week, we offer new printable trading cards featuring some modern saints.  We generally just make things that our family will use when we get inspired to do so or in our own timing but we got a beautiful request that we just couldn't resist.  A very nice Catholic mum e-mailed us asking if we would consider making some saint cards that highlighted more modern saints and blessed that could be used for Halloween trick or treats, church actives and All Saints' Day parties too, we might add.  These are great to reinforce information and lessons for Catholic but they can also be a solid evangilization tool as well.

Today we offer four new printable saint trading collector card sheets featuring: St. Padre Pio, Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. Maria Goretti. 

These cards come four to a page and are easy to make.  Simply print out, cut apart, fold in half, and glue together.  We always laminate our cards for longevity.  We also punch a hole in them to affix them to a ring like pictured below.  These cards are also perfect CCD classes, classrooms or even just for jobs well done.  Our children love collecting these! 

 

Click Here to get the card for St. Padre Pio

Click Here to get the card for Bl. Mother Teresa

Click Here to get the card for St. Maria Goretti

Click Here to get the card for St. Maximilian Kolbe

Click this link to see our entire collection of Saint Collector Cards

We hope that these little resource cards help bring our holy heroes, the saints, to life for your learners.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

Resources to help celebrate St. Francis of Assisi's Feast Day on October 4th

Printable St. Francis Trading Card

 Here are some learning goodies to help you learn about and celebrate St. Francis of Assisi's Feast Day.

St. Francis of Assisi is perhaps one of the most popular and well known saints in the world.  There is so much to tell about this holy hero of the past.  Many remember him for his association and gentleness with animals others recall the wonderful prayer of St. Francis which tells us specifically how to be better Christians, but I remember that St. Francis is the one responsible for the nativity scene as we know it today.  We offer these resources to help inspire young Catholics to learn more about this wonderful, beloved saint.

From our book study on In God's Garden by Amy Steedman, read and print a story about St. Francis of Assisi Here.  Listen to that story read Here.

Printable Prayer Page
This two per page prayer sheet colourfully displays the prayer of St. Francis in an easy to read and inviting way.  This would make great copywork too.  Find this and other printable prayer sheets at this link.

Saint Trading Card - Pictured above.

Find a saint trading card that highlights St. Francis of Assisi with one of his most famous quotes and a notation of his feast day as well.  They are printed with four cards per sheet.  Find this and other saint trading cards at the link above.

Create a Mini-book about St. Francis of Assisi

Use our eight page My Book Mini-book of St. Francis of Assisi to have children narrate the details of the life of this famous saint.  Prompted pages help keep learners on track.  Prompts include symbols, what makes this saint special, when would you call on this saint for intercession and more.  These books are always a hit with learners and are perfect for families who follow a Classical or Charlotte Mason learning style.  This resource is especially handy because it can be used with any resource you may already have on hand at home or can easily find online.  Download this and other books from this link.

Our Learning Card on St. Francis of Assisi

If your child likes card learning, little narrations, or card collecting, then this resource may be just what you are looking for.  Paired with a Doctor of the Church, St. Therese of Lisieux, this sheet provides two cards in one.  Our children love using these little recall cards.  Simply print it out, fill it out, cut it out, fold and glue.  We laminate our cards for future game use and lots of handling.

Quote Copywork

Help children learn one of the most famous and inspiring quotes from this great saint using our trace copywork sheets available in print as well as cursive styles.  Find this and other saint quote copywork sheets at the link above.

We hope you find these resources fun and uplifting.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

Resources to Celebrate the Feast of the Archangels - The Transcendent Trio

Get to know our angelic helpers - St. Michael, St. Raphael, and St. Gabriel - The Transcendent Trio on their feast day.

Learning about the Archangels is always neat and enlightening for children as well as adults.  Today we offer a few helpful and fun resources to highlight this special occasion.  These resources could be used at home or class today or anytime during the year when they are mentioned in your Bible study.

Saint Trading Card for the Feast of the Archangels

Find out about the Transcendent Trio by name, what each name means, and when to call on them for intercession using our fun Saint Trading Cards.  These cards are inexpensive to make and very colourful.  Cards print four to a sheet for convenience for families, classes, and CCD use.  Simply print out, cut apart and glue.  You can laminate them and put them on a key-ring for fun and easy reference.  You will find our entire collection at the link above.  We have received requests for some new modern saints, so visit us often over the next week or so.  New cards are on the way.

Cut and Paste Activity on the Angels and the First Sin
This link will take you to a fun rebus style activity comes to life with its cut-n-paste design.  The story of the first sin is told in an easy to understand format.  The CCC reference as well as an answer sheet is included.  This sheet and other activities on this page from our resource site focus on the ideas of sin and forgiveness and were created for my CCD class use.

Little Lesson on the Archangels by Michelle Scott
Although we've mentioned this resource earlier in the month by Michelle Scott over at Thinking Love, No Twaddle, today is one of the day's to really pick it apart and have some learning fun.  This Liturgical Lesson for September on the Triumphant Cross and the Archangels is well done and great to do as a family.  You will find this as well as all of Michelle's contributed Little Lessons at the link above.





Have an angelic day!

Blessings,

Kalei - That Resource Team

June 8 - More St. Anthony of Padua resources

More learning fun with St. Anthony of Padua

Trading cards are a great way to build knowledge while having fun.  Children learn about the saints in little portions helping to commit details to memory.  Our brand new trading card features our family friend, St. Anthony of Padua.   Each sheet has four identical cards to make it easier to use in families and CCD classes.

To use, simply cut apart, fold and glue.  We laminate ours and then put them on a key ring.  Our youngest loves to use them as bookmarks for her daily school subjects.

You will also find links below to our expanded St. Anthony notebooking sheets in various styles and line spacing - blank, you draw, pictures and a space to draw.  Here are a few of sample pages.

Click Here to download St. Trading Card about St. Anthony of Padua.

Click Here to download St. Anthony Notebooking Sheets with pictures.
Click Here to download St. Anthony Notebooking Sheets without pictures.
Click Here to download St. Anthony Notebooking Sheets with pictures and a space to draw.

Blessings,

That Resource Team