History Helps

Just a few things that I have come across and would like to share with you all.

Communion of Saints

Today just happens to be the feast of Sts. Cyprian and Justina on the old calendar. As I was reading about them during our morning prayer, the kids noticed the name Diocletian, who is mentioned in our history sentence this week. It made us interested in learning more about these uncommonly known saints. Don't you love it when the Holy Spirit times things out just like so?

Handwriting Worksheets

I typed up the CCM history sentence for my younger children to copy. I was going to link it here, but realized that I would be breaking copyright laws! So, I will just link to the website I use to create the worksheets instead. The website is called Worksheet Works.

Notebooking Pages

For the older set, you can have them copy the sentence themselves, or have them listen to the CD and write what they hear. (Great dictation practice!) You can use these free notebooking pages at Notebooking Nook.

Make A Shield

Have your industrious child make his/her own Constantine shield. Here is an example of what one looked like. You can follow these instructions on making a shield, and decorate with the Chi Rho.

Read About St. Paul 

Read Mary Fabyan Windeatt's book, Saint Paul the Apostle: The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles. Then use this wonderful study guide to learn more! (If you've never seen this website, do your family a favor and check it out!)

Watch Ben Hur

If you allow your children to watch movies, and happen to have Amazon Prime, you can watch a cartoon version of Ben Hur for free on Amazon's Instant Video.

Happy Learning!