Helping our children to hear the voice of God in their lives is one of the most important things we do as Catholic parents. So Many Ways To Be Holy: A Child’s Book about Vocations by Kristen M. Soley offers an easy way to invite children to think about how God might be asking them to serve Him. It’s important… Read more →
I love to read my daughter picture books. She loves the series of books about Charlie the Ranch Dog written by the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond. I knew Drummond was a homeschooler, but the cover of Charlie Goes to School looked like it would be about a traditional school. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was about homeschooling! Charlie… Read more →
The Molly McBride series of picture books by Jean Schoonover-Egolf are a delightful addition to the world of Catholic children’s literature, combining the realities of life as a little girl with the promotion of vocations to the religious life. In Molly McBride and the Purple Habit, five-year-old Molly loves to wear the purple habit her mother made her so that… Read more →
Before I was Me by Frank Fraser (Sophia Institute Press) is a charming picture book about a baby about to be born. The baby asks God (pictured as an old man with a white beard), “Who will I become?” God tells the child, “I have chosen you to be a very important person whom I will always love.” The baby… Read more →
Saved by the Alphabet is a beautifully illustrated alphabet book for small children written by Maurice Prater and illustrated by Jason Koltoniak. Each letter has been associated with a Biblical figure so that children can be introduced to these important people while learning their alphabet: A – Adam and Eve B –Boaz C –Christ Jesus D – Deborah E –… Read more →
ArtAchieve Art Lessons for Kids Make it Easy for Anyone to Teach Drawing and Painting ArtAchieve art lessons for kids: Are inspired by art from around the world Include links to related topics in social studies, science, and language arts Enable people who have no art background to teach exciting art classes ArtAchieve drawing lessons for kids comply with the… Read more →
Tiny Thomists is a new project from The Dominican Institute focusing on catechesis for young Catholics. According to the website, Each bi-weekly .pdf download features a two week lesson plan designed by professional, Catholic educators that includes the following: A “Simplified Summa” sentence from the Summa Theologica to memorize. A Lectio Divina Bible verse to reflect on. A Story of a… Read more →
Looking for something to do with your young children during Advent this year? The printable 2016 Advent Activity Pack from Life, Love, and Sacred Art offers a calendar featuring the saint’s feast days included within the month and the O Antiphon days, small card size images of these same saint and O Antiphon images which could be glued to card… Read more →
October is officially Respect for Life Month, and although this is a very important topic, sometimes it is hard to figure out how to discuss it with little ones. Because of this, I was so thrilled to find the fabulous resource Life is Precious, which is aimed at Kindergarten – 2nd grade children and goes through important and basic topics of… Read more →
Thousands of Catholic parents and educators are using the Little Angel Readers to teach their children and students to read. The Little Angel Readers are a series of phonetic readers and coordinated workbooks for teaching beginning reading using phonics. The Little Angel Readers use the highly effective methods of phonetic word drill, reading phonetic stories, and written exercises to teach each… Read more →
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