Preschool Craft- Week Three

Week Three- Michaelmas (September 29th)

Story time: "The Great Battle for Heaven" A Catholic Activity Book

Craft: Color Paper Swords

I found these paper swords from Oriental Trading. The children will color them with their crayons. Easy and fun!

Preschool Craft- Week Two

Week Two- Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)

Story Time: "The Tale of Three Trees" by Angela Elwell Hunt

Craft Time: Make a Crucifix Out of Clay













What You Need:
-Air Dry Clay
-Corpus Christi Mold (I made my molds by following these instructions)
-Plastic Wrap
-Plastic Knife
-Paper Plates

  Place a piece of plastic wrap on the table for each child. Then give them each a small ball of clay. 

(Mom's may want to take off their rings before helping with clay)

 

Instruct the children to roll their ball of clay on the table until it makes a long snake.

 

 

Fold the "snake" in half and help the child cut the clay to make two pieces. Place the two pieces into the shape of a cross on top of the plastic wrap. Squish the middle together. (Make sure it's on the plastic wrap before you let them squish it because it could get stuck to the table). Use the knife to trim the edges if needed. 

 

 

Place the mold on the table. Using another ball of clay, make a flattened circle. Let child press the clay over the top of the mold.

   

 

 Tear off the excess clay.

 

Place the Corpus on the cross. Mold the edges as necessary to get it to stick to the cross. 

(But be sure not to touch the actual corpus because you could mess it up)

 

Ta da! A crucifix made of clay. In 2-3 days the clay will harden and your child can paint them at home.

 Wrap plastic wrap around it and place on a paper plate to take home. Instruct the children not to touch it while it's still soft!

Preschool Craft- Week One

Week One- The Most Holy Name of Mary (September 12th)


Story time: "An Alphabet of Mary" by: George and Brenda Nippert

Craft: Watercolor Painting


This is a very simple craft, both to prepare and for the children to do.

What you need:
- watercolor paper
- paper cutter
- coloring page
- copy machine
- permanent marker
- watercolor paint

 First, you will need to trim your watercolor paper so that it is 8.5 x 11 inches. I used a regular piece of paper as my guide and then trimmed it with my paper cutter.

Second, print out your coloring page. Since this craft is for the Most Holy Name of Mary, I chose this beautiful coloring page from Waltzing Matilda.

Third, you will make copies of the coloring page, but use the watercolor paper. Print out one for each student.

Forth, you will need to trace over the design with a permanent marker. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! It's very important because the children will be using very wet paint and you do not want the ink to bleed.
My Sharpie ran out of ink, so I did a test on one of the pages without it being traced. Guess what? The toner ink doesn't bleed! One less step. Hooray!

Now your craft is prepared! The preschoolers will get to paint a beautiful picture in honor of our Blessed Mother's holy name.

September Dedication

September is dedicated to

Our Lady of Sorrows

"Mary Most Sorrowful, Mother of Christians, pray for us."

First Friday Latin Mass

Father Carr will be offering a low Mass this Friday, September 7th, at 6:30 PM at St. John the Baptist in Front Royal, VA.

Ember Day Reminder

 Harvest time will soon be here! Don't forget to fast and pray for the ember days of fall.

Wednesday, September 19th

Friday, September 21st

and

Saturday, September 22nd

If your family does not already participate in ember days, you have plenty of time to learn more about them before September 19th. 

God bless you!

Old Testament Free Printables!

With our first co-op day just around the corner, we are gearing up for the Old Testament in history, and you might be interested in coloring pages. Here is a wonderful website with free printables that our Kindergarten-1st Grade Teacher found to share with everyone! Bible Printables.



We also recommend these coloring books from Dover Publications!

AND this book from Bellerophon Books: