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Road to Emmaeus
Road to Emmaeus
Home activities:
- Take a hike each day with your child. Look at the budding spring around you and recall the rebirth of Pascha.
- Make a hiking stick and use it for your hikes. Decorate it to remind you of the road to Emmaeus.
- Puzzle and coloring page.
Prayer: Dear Jesus, help us to see you with us all the time. Amen.
Ascension
ASCENSION
Objectives:
- Children should be able to say “Ascension” and define it.
- Children should identify the characters in the icon and tell the story.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer. Remember especially Pascha and the Paschal hymns and greetings.
Ascension
Ascension
Home Activities:
- Discuss the 3 stages of the life cycle of the butterfly:
- Crawl on floor like larva.
- Lie quietly on floor with eyes closed (cocoon)
- Fly around the room like a butterfly.
- Place the icon of the feast in a prominent location.
- Word Puzzle for older children.
- Read the story at bedtime each night.
Prayer: Dear Jesus, help me to be kind and gentle like the Butterfly.
Pentecost
PENTECOST
Objectives:
- Children should be able to say the word “Pentecost” and know that this feast is the birthday of the Church.
- Children should know that the Holy Spirit descended on Pentecost.
- Children should be able to identify the characters in the icon and tell the story.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
Pentecost
Pentecost
Home Activities:
Lord's Prayer
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Objectives:
- Children should identify the Lord’s Prayer, or “Our Father”, as the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples.
- Children should memorize the Lord’s Prayer.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer. Use the Lord’s Prayer.
Lord's Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Home Activities:
Institute or continue daily prayers in the family icon corner.
Pray the Lord’s Prayer each day. Work with your child to memorize it.
Ideas for the summer:
Ages 6 - 8 The Gospels - Overview (Schedule, Recipes, etc..)
CHURCH SCHOOL
THE LIFE OF JESUS – THE GOSPELS
AGES 6-7
This file is provided as a resource for Church School directors. Feel free to plug in your own dates and your own teachers.
TEACHERS:
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Nativity of Theotokos and Presentation of Theotokos
NATIVITY OF THE THEOTOKOS AND PRESENTATION OF THE THEOTOKOS
Objectives:
- Students should be able to tell the stories of these two great feasts.
- Students should know the names of Joachim and Anna and Mary.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
2. Read the story of the feasts:
Annunciation
THE ANNUNCIATION
Objectives: