We had so much fun this month learning more about our friends, the saints! We spent a lot of time coloring pictures of saints, reading about saints, having wonderful discussions about saints, and watching a few videos about them as well. I have put together this final blog post to share the wonderful resources that we use this month.
Resources:
The original idea for a "parade of saints" came from the Under Her Starry Mantle blog.
Some of the fantastic, free, and really beautiful coloring pages that we used came from the Waltzing Matilda blog.
The Paper Dali blog also has some amazing paper doll saints to color.
We listened to the Saint of the Day at americancatholic.org .
Apostleship of Prayer has nice videos to go with many saints- they are more like slide shows with an audio. They are very well done, interesting and just a few minutes long. The only disclaimer that I offer is that they were not made specifically for children. When I searched a video of a certain saint who had suffer a rather horrific incident, I found the video a bit too blunt in its information to share with my children. Fortunately, these videos are short enough to quickly preview before watching.
Some information on specific saints that we found very helpful and enjoyable.
Blessed Miguel Pro (my boys' favorite saint!)
Kateri Tekakwitha from the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Church Website
Kateri Tekakwitha - video found at CatholicMom.com
Mother Josephine Bakhita - from Vatican: the Holy See
Blessed Father Damien- from EWTN
Joan of Arc - from Garden of Praise
The Stories of the Saints reading comprehension books by Catholic Heritage Curricula have well written saint's stories that really hold my boys' interest. These are by far their favorite of all the saints books that we own. We don't use the reading comprehension portion-- just the stories.
Other saints books that we own and use frequently are:
Saints for Young Readers Volume 1 and Volume 2. These have a saint (or more) for each day of the year.
The Saint Joseph Picture Books Gift set- Book of Saints Vol. 1-12. These books feature a full page picture of each saint and one page of information. Just right for a nice introduction to a saint.
Similar to the above St. Joseph saints books, but are individual titles that feature just one saint per book. Kateri Tekakwitha is one (we own several) that we used. There are many in the series and they are very affordable at about $1.50 each.
Encounter the Saints series- we have a just a few of these short chapter books, but have found the ones we own to be very interesting and informative.
This post explains how this all started:
Our Original Parade of Saints Post
This is picture of our completed (for now) saint pictures:
Our Final Parade of Saints
The links to products I have featured here are chosen in this order--
1. a company that I highly value
2. if that company does not feature the item or has it listed in a way that I find complicated, I try and find another company I have used or recognize.
3. if all else fails, I just try to find the product and link it.
1 comment:
I love your study of the Saints! The Saints are such great models for us and I love it when we can inspire our kids to appreciate them!
I have just posted a few crafts that I have for October...and most of them are good Saints activities. They might look like alot of work, but they are worth it and can be used over and over! Please check it out at EquippingCatholicFamilies{dot}com
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