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Prayer Before Class Prayer Hands

7 Practical Ideas for Prayer Before Class

Prayer before class starts is usually a crucial part of every religion teacher’s lesson plan. I included it by default on the lesson planning templates I created to support The Religion Teacher’s Guide to Lesson Planning. Use the tips below to help you remember to pray before every class session and to offer creative opportunities…

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Filed Under: Most Popular, Prayers, Summer Tagged With: prayer service, rosary

Living Rosary Diagram

The Living Rosary: Bring the Rosary to life for your students!

Looking for a special way to pray the Rosary? Try bringing a Living Rosary to your school or religious education community. This beautiful prayer service takes some preparation and practice, but many teachers have found it makes for a powerful and prayerful annual tradition. The Rosary, in this case, is made of students, with each…

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Filed Under: Activities, Mary, Prayers, Summer Tagged With: guest post, jennifer dees, rosary

Rosary Activities

Rosary Activities

Get The Religion Teacher’s Rosary Worksheets for Kids! Includes handout meditations on each mystery of the Rosary to help young people not only recite the prayers but enter into the mysteries of the lives of Christ and Mary. (Special Offer: Buy these rosary worksheets for kids and get two free classroom videos on “How to…

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The Children's Rosary CD

Teaching the Mysteries of Rosary to Elementary Students

The Challenges of Teaching the Rosary Teaching the Rosary to little ones is no easy task. It is not simply teaching the prayers, but decoding the new vocabulary in the prayers so that children are able to understand them. It is not simply exposing children to the mysteries of the Rosary but enabling children to…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, Lesson Plans, Mary, Prayers, Saints Tagged With: guest post, rosary

Rosary Journal

Rosary Journals for Meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary

One of the ways I taught students to meditate on the mysteries of the rosary, was to have them create a rosary journal for a particular week. We focused on one decade/mystery of the rosary each day (for a total of five mysteries per week). I found this to be especially powerful for the sorrowful…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Mary, Middle School, Prayers, Scripture Tagged With: rosary

Danielle Rose Mysteries CD

Danielle Rose Music: Mysteries of the Rosary CD

In 2002, Pope John Paul II put out the apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (RVM). In this letter the Pope reiterated his personal devotion to the rosary and power of praying the rosary. This letter was the inspiration for a beautiful collection of prayerful songs written and performed by an amazingly talented young musician Danielle…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, Prayers Tagged With: guest post, rosary

6 Reasons for Teaching Children the Rosary

Why is it so important to dedicate the time to pray the rosary during class? My wife and I both capitalized on October, the month of the rosary, by teaching our students how and why we pray the rosary. These are the reasons we feel so strongly about praying the rosary with your children or…

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Filed Under: Prayers Tagged With: rosary

The Month of the Rosary is October

As teachers, during the month of October my wife and I always dedicated a number of class prayers to praying the rosary. October is a perfect opportunity to teach children how to pray the rosary in their own lives. She found that with her fourth graders and I found with my middle school and high…

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Filed Under: Activities, Holidays, Mary, Prayers Tagged With: rosary

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