This is the slide show I created for use with the Christ the King lesson.
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- Jenifer Truitt
- I am creating this blog at the urging of some friends and family members who are not only interested in the outcome of my attempted climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro, but also want to know more about my year-plus preparation for this amazing trip. Jambo!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Feast of Christ the King
Opening Song: I decided to use the kids' version of "He Reigns" as found in the LifeWay VBS "Pandamania" from Summer 2011. The song is found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwM6meAVWqc Before teaching the song and the motions, I briefly went over what the word "reigns" means and how it applies to Christ the King. (I also explained what the phrase, "It's every tribe, every tongue, every nation" means). It's a quick and easy song, and fits the occasion very well!
Lesson: For this week's lesson I wanted to focus on the Gospel reading with the mandate from Christ to take care of "the least of my people." To do this, I created a video slide presentation with 12 different pictures of Jesus and 13 pictures of people who were hungry, homeless, in poverty, etc. I found all of the images by using Google image, then saved them onto my computer. I then utilized a web site called One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/ which creates music videos out of material that you upload. I arranged the photos so that they alternated between Jesus and the person in need. The end result is posted as a part of this blog page, and you are welcomed to view and/or use it.
I told the children that I would be playing a video for them, and that I would like them to count how many times they see Jesus in the video. (Obviously, virtually everyone is going to count 12). When the video is finished, I ask for answers from about 5 different children, and when they each give the incorrect answer, I told them that I would be giving them a hint. I asked them to listen to the story that Jesus tells us in the Gospel this Sunday, and then proceed to read the selection from Matthew 25: 31-40. I find that the version listed at Pflaum's web site is the most easily understood and child-friendly version, found here: http://www.pflaum.com/readings/ After sharing the reading, I summarize: So, this is what Jesus is telling us -- that all of these people who are in need are really HIM! Helping the hungry is helping Him! Helping the thirsty is helping Him! (etc.)
I then discuss with the children the fact that we are coming into the holiday season and that there are many, many people who will not be able to afford a big Thanksgiving dinner or lots of presents under the Christmas tree... maybe can't even afford a Christmas tree! We have many opportunities to help through our parish, and I go over each of those with the children (food pantry, giving tree, etc). I encourage them to talk it over with their family and think about how they might do what Jesus tells us: help the "least of my people" whenever we can, as much as we can.
I then play the slide show again and ask the children to count the number of times they see Jesus, and that I will let the first person to answer correctly be my contestant for "Minute To Win It" today! This time, of course, I get closer guesses to the right answer! :-)
For our MTWI game today, I chose "Tea Party". The blueprint for this game is found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioGaJYZ4XkQ It was an easy one to create, but a lot of fun watching the child try to win!
As always, please feel free to email me directly at jtruitt@stolivers.com if I can answer any questions or share any material with you!
Lesson: For this week's lesson I wanted to focus on the Gospel reading with the mandate from Christ to take care of "the least of my people." To do this, I created a video slide presentation with 12 different pictures of Jesus and 13 pictures of people who were hungry, homeless, in poverty, etc. I found all of the images by using Google image, then saved them onto my computer. I then utilized a web site called One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/ which creates music videos out of material that you upload. I arranged the photos so that they alternated between Jesus and the person in need. The end result is posted as a part of this blog page, and you are welcomed to view and/or use it.
I told the children that I would be playing a video for them, and that I would like them to count how many times they see Jesus in the video. (Obviously, virtually everyone is going to count 12). When the video is finished, I ask for answers from about 5 different children, and when they each give the incorrect answer, I told them that I would be giving them a hint. I asked them to listen to the story that Jesus tells us in the Gospel this Sunday, and then proceed to read the selection from Matthew 25: 31-40. I find that the version listed at Pflaum's web site is the most easily understood and child-friendly version, found here: http://www.pflaum.com/readings/ After sharing the reading, I summarize: So, this is what Jesus is telling us -- that all of these people who are in need are really HIM! Helping the hungry is helping Him! Helping the thirsty is helping Him! (etc.)
I then discuss with the children the fact that we are coming into the holiday season and that there are many, many people who will not be able to afford a big Thanksgiving dinner or lots of presents under the Christmas tree... maybe can't even afford a Christmas tree! We have many opportunities to help through our parish, and I go over each of those with the children (food pantry, giving tree, etc). I encourage them to talk it over with their family and think about how they might do what Jesus tells us: help the "least of my people" whenever we can, as much as we can.
I then play the slide show again and ask the children to count the number of times they see Jesus, and that I will let the first person to answer correctly be my contestant for "Minute To Win It" today! This time, of course, I get closer guesses to the right answer! :-)
For our MTWI game today, I chose "Tea Party". The blueprint for this game is found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioGaJYZ4XkQ It was an easy one to create, but a lot of fun watching the child try to win!
As always, please feel free to email me directly at jtruitt@stolivers.com if I can answer any questions or share any material with you!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wrapping up October and New Roman Missal lessons
Over the last couple of weeks we have had a bit of a jumbled schedule in my parish, including one week off for our local "Fall Break", so my group gatherings have been a little bit out of order; however, it is worthwhile for me to share here, at least in summary, what I have done to wrap up our preparation for the New Roman Missal changes.
I decided to bring in a "special guest" to help our children learn the new music that is coming with the changes to the Mass. Our parish has elected to use the Mass of St. Ann by Ed Bolduc, which you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL4nRwlIHnk We are phasing in the music slowly over the course of the next few months, starting with the Holy Holy Holy, the Memorial Acclamation, and the Great Amen. The leader of our Life Teen music group is an amazing musician and a very "cool" young man that I knew the kids would love to hear sing and play guitar, so it is he who came to our group gathering. Line by line he taught the songs, then we all sang them together. The kids enjoyed it as much as I expected that they would!
Finally, I felt that we were ready to review all that I had been going over with the children during our group gatherings, so I decided to wrap it up with a competition of JEOPARDY. For this, I use the Jeopardy Gaming System which is available through a company called Educational Insights (example found here at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Insights-7910-Classroom-Jeopardy/dp/B000EEX7FM ) With this system, you can create your own questions and answers, and it plays out like a real game of Jeopardy, complete with buzzers and an electronic scoreboard. To make this fun, I decided to use catechist/student teams. I started by telling the students that we were going to play, and then asking them to nominate, by pointing, clapping, yelling, etc... to their catechist, if they wanted their catechist to be my contestant. That led to lots of fun and noisy competition, but I did select three catechists and asked each of them to select a student to play with them. I now had three teams of two ready to play. I had created the following four categories: Opening Rites, Reading Time, Liturgy of the Eucharist, and Music. There were 5 questions under each category with ascending "dollar" values, and then the game ended with a Final Jeopardy question. If you have any interest in the exact questions I created, I am more than happy to send them to you; simply email me at jtruitt@stolivers.com any time! My contestants all received prizes for their efforts, with a special prize going to our winners. It was a lot of fun for the players, as well as for the audience cheering them on. All in all, I have to say that the children of St. Olivers are probably better prepared for the upcoming changes than most of the adults in our parish! :-) Stay tuned as we will now move on to other group gathering topics! Thanks for reading!
I decided to bring in a "special guest" to help our children learn the new music that is coming with the changes to the Mass. Our parish has elected to use the Mass of St. Ann by Ed Bolduc, which you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL4nRwlIHnk We are phasing in the music slowly over the course of the next few months, starting with the Holy Holy Holy, the Memorial Acclamation, and the Great Amen. The leader of our Life Teen music group is an amazing musician and a very "cool" young man that I knew the kids would love to hear sing and play guitar, so it is he who came to our group gathering. Line by line he taught the songs, then we all sang them together. The kids enjoyed it as much as I expected that they would!
Finally, I felt that we were ready to review all that I had been going over with the children during our group gatherings, so I decided to wrap it up with a competition of JEOPARDY. For this, I use the Jeopardy Gaming System which is available through a company called Educational Insights (example found here at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Insights-7910-Classroom-Jeopardy/dp/B000EEX7FM ) With this system, you can create your own questions and answers, and it plays out like a real game of Jeopardy, complete with buzzers and an electronic scoreboard. To make this fun, I decided to use catechist/student teams. I started by telling the students that we were going to play, and then asking them to nominate, by pointing, clapping, yelling, etc... to their catechist, if they wanted their catechist to be my contestant. That led to lots of fun and noisy competition, but I did select three catechists and asked each of them to select a student to play with them. I now had three teams of two ready to play. I had created the following four categories: Opening Rites, Reading Time, Liturgy of the Eucharist, and Music. There were 5 questions under each category with ascending "dollar" values, and then the game ended with a Final Jeopardy question. If you have any interest in the exact questions I created, I am more than happy to send them to you; simply email me at jtruitt@stolivers.com any time! My contestants all received prizes for their efforts, with a special prize going to our winners. It was a lot of fun for the players, as well as for the audience cheering them on. All in all, I have to say that the children of St. Olivers are probably better prepared for the upcoming changes than most of the adults in our parish! :-) Stay tuned as we will now move on to other group gathering topics! Thanks for reading!
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