Zaccheus

Home Activities (Note that this lesson should occur around Zaccheus Sunday)

• Reread the story to your child.
• Sing the song, complete with motions:

            Zaccheus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he.

            He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see.

            And when the Savior passed him by, He looked up in the tree.

            And He said, “Zaccheus, you come down! For I’m going to your house today.

Publican/Pharisee                                     

Home Activities:

• Practice the prayer of St. Ephraim in preparation for lent.
• Practice the prostrations with your child.
• Continue your weeks of preparation path with coloring the Publican and the Pharisee. 

The Jesus Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner. Amen.

The Prayer of St. Ephraim: Do you know it?

Prodigal Son

Home Activities:

• Reread the story with your child.
• Visit a farm (e.g. Clark Elioak Farm in Ellicott City) with pigs; see what they eat!
• Various puzzle pages, appropriate for various ages.
• Continue your Path of Preparation with the Prodigal Son and the pigs. 
• Practice singing “I shall arise” – music included.

Prayer: Dear Jesus, Thank you for the love of our earthly fathers and our heavenly Father. Amen.

Last Judgment

Home Activities:

• Reread the story for your child.
• Did your child come home from Church School with ways to be a sheep? Help facilitate.
• Visit a petting zoo; compare and contrast sheep and goats.
• Continue your Path of Preparation with the Last Judgment and also the sheep and goats. 

Prayer: Lord help me to be like a sheep and not a goat.