One of my homeschooling goals I set for myself was to teach more of the liturgical year at home. Our faith studies are very important to us. My hope is that our kids will embrace and love their faith. The best way I can think to accomplish that goal is to lovingly teach them at home as much as we can and pray that with God's help they will come to know and love Him. We are lucky to be a part of an active parish where our kids are constantly having their faith reaffirmed by what they see and hear at church as well as in their activities with other families in our local homeschooling group. We use Faith and Life for Emily's studies and the New St. Joseph 1st Communion Catechism, along with reading the bible each night for David. Since all my kiddos love crafts so much, we have added Seton's Art 1 for Young Catholics. The Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when she was taken up into heaven, body and soul, on August 15th.
In Mary's honor, we did this:
In Mary's honor, we did this:
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| Hard at work! |
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| Beautiful artwork to inspire us. |
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| Lia likes the glitter part the best. |
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| Emily's finished product. She likes the glitter too! |
The glitter parts are my very favorite, too!! Mary looks beautiful in both pictures!!!
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