Building our faith in the classroom...
This is our morning prayer and end of day prayer…
"Dear Lord, Please help my hands to work today, my body to play today and my heart to love today. In Jesus name, Amen." At the end of the day we change it to "thank you for helping…"
The students lead a prayer before we eat.
Every couple of weeks, I provide the students with a chance to pray for someone that is heavy in their thoughts. We talk about the fact that these prayers can be for joy or for sorrow, and explore the idea of talking and sharing with God. Some students pray over their unlimited love for their puppy, while others have asked God to hear their prayers for family members that are sick or have passed away.
We have a prayer table in our room. Our religious teachings are woven throughout the curriculum and our day to day interactions. They are at the forefront of all of my teaching. The most important thing I teach my children is love~ that God loves them, to love God, to love each other, and to love themselves.
We spend a good portion of the first part of the year building our classroom community, getting to know each other, and talking about how to show acts of kindness. We read "Have you Filled a Bucket Today" by Carol McCloud, and thoroughly embed the child friendly language into our classroom and activities. I love to 'catch' my students doing good deeds, and they put stars into their buckets when someone has shown them kindness and filled their bucket up.
We learn about the Catholic Seasons along side the regular seasons. Holidays are a fun challenge to bring to life the traditions in language that is meaningful to the children.
"Dear Lord, Please help my hands to work today, my body to play today and my heart to love today. In Jesus name, Amen." At the end of the day we change it to "thank you for helping…"
The students lead a prayer before we eat.
Every couple of weeks, I provide the students with a chance to pray for someone that is heavy in their thoughts. We talk about the fact that these prayers can be for joy or for sorrow, and explore the idea of talking and sharing with God. Some students pray over their unlimited love for their puppy, while others have asked God to hear their prayers for family members that are sick or have passed away.
We have a prayer table in our room. Our religious teachings are woven throughout the curriculum and our day to day interactions. They are at the forefront of all of my teaching. The most important thing I teach my children is love~ that God loves them, to love God, to love each other, and to love themselves.
We spend a good portion of the first part of the year building our classroom community, getting to know each other, and talking about how to show acts of kindness. We read "Have you Filled a Bucket Today" by Carol McCloud, and thoroughly embed the child friendly language into our classroom and activities. I love to 'catch' my students doing good deeds, and they put stars into their buckets when someone has shown them kindness and filled their bucket up.
We learn about the Catholic Seasons along side the regular seasons. Holidays are a fun challenge to bring to life the traditions in language that is meaningful to the children.