Religious Education
Resources for Religious Educators:
- CatholicMom.com Coloring and Gospel Activity Pages
- CatholicMom.com Advent Resource Index
- CatholicMom.com Lent Resource Index
- USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education
- Resources for Catholic Educators – Close to 6000 links to resources for religion teachers and catechists. Includes lesson plans, religious clipart, coloring pages and information on hundreds of topics.
- Catholic Educator’s Resource Center -offers supplementary and primary instructional resources for a variety of subject matters from a Catholic perspective
- Catechist Magazine – features and archive of helpful online articles
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Catechetical Resources – wonderful classroom and supplemental resources for catechesis
- Teaching Catholic Kids by Our Sunday Visitor – An online resource for teachers, catechists, and parents to help children grow in our Catholic Faith!
- Faith First for Families - Games, Gospel reflections, information for parents, question and answer for children – a great resource
- Little Children Pray – prayer resources for very young children
- Life After Sunday – Excellent resources for individual or group study, RCIA candidates, and new Catholics
- Come and See Catholic Bible Study Series - specifically designed for Catholic Moms and Children by Fr. John Ponessa, S.S.D. and Laurie Manhardt, Ph.D.
- Children’s Prayers – Audio: 3 podcasts for teaching children familiar Christian prayers. Narrated by Sr.Maureen Skelly, SCH
- Little Flowers Family Press – publishers and designers of books and unique items, to provide parents with the tools they need to inspire their children and uplift them in their vocations
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