Please note: Some of our lesson plans contain links to Christian, non-catholic resources. When preparing your lessons, we urge you to inform yourself on the teachings of the Catholic Church with respect to the Sunday gospel and readings. If you find links in any of the lesson plans that may be counter to the teachings of the Church, please notify lisa@catholicmom.com. These lessons plan helpers are designed to assist you in pulling together creative ideas and activities to supplement your lesson plan, but are not designed to be catechetical in nature. Thank you for your continued prayerful support. December 5, 2010 Second Sunday of Advent Check out Lisa Hendey s new book, The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul, now available at The Catholic Company, Amazon.com, or a Catholic bookstore near you! For additional event details, to view upcoming events, or invite Lisa to your parish or organization visit http://lisahendey.com/media/ or email Lisa@catholicmom.com. Gospel Matthew 3:1-12 Activities new.catholicmom.com http://new.catholicmom.com/category/sundays-gospel/ Click on the date. Scroll down to Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet, Puzzle, Word Search, etc. sadlierreligion.com http://www.sadlierreligion.com/webelieve/weeksliturgy.cfm?section=resource&id=141 Scroll down to Gospel Reflection, Discussion Questions for the Gospel, and Proclaiming Faith Activities loyolapress.com http://www.loyolapress.com/sunday-connection.htm Background on the Gospel and activities for groups and families mssscrafts.com http://mssscrafts.com/newtestament/
John the Baptist (look under Jesus Ministry) with tons of resources for illustrating the story, coloring pages/activity sheets, crafts, and songs. http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness.htm A Voice In The Wilderness object lesson with coloring page, group activities, puzzles, quizzes, etc. grassroots.com http://www.grassroots.com.au/kidschurch/bjohnbaptist.htm John the Baptist lesson grassroots.com http://www.grassroots.com.au/kidschurch/outreach.htm John the Baptist Comes to Prepare the Way lesson word-sunday.com http://www.word-sunday.com/files/a/2advent-a/k-2advent-a.html Kim Prepares For A Race (scroll down to Gospel) sundayschoollessons.com http://www.sundayschoollessons.com/advm2les.htm John the Baptist Speaks Out lesson textweek.com http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matt3a.htm Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources homiliesbyemail.com http://www.homiliesbyemail.com/leaf/cas/cas_12-05-04.pdf Activity sheets, coloring pages, puzzles, etc. books.google.com http://books.google.com/books?id=flenzmhk8nuc&printsec=frontcover&dq=big+book +of+ideas+for+children%e2%80%99s+faith+formation&hl=en&ei=aehftiowjsl6l weexodtaw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cduq6aewaa#v= onepage&q&f=false Advent Prayer Cube- Introduce a new prayer each week during the four weeks of Advent with a prayer cube. (Big Book of Ideas for Children s Faith Formation, by McNamara, McKeever, and Robinson, page 10). Coloring servicioskoinonia.org
http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo/dibujosa/02advientoa2.jpg Clip art http:///candle-of-peace-colorpg.htm Candle of peace http://www./john_baptist_colorpg.htm John the Baptist Crafts http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_group_activities.htm A Voice In The Wilderness group activities (crafts are posted) Games http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_group_activities.htm A Voice In The Wilderness group activities (crafts are posted) Fast Phrase- The Really Big Book of Bible Games, page 244. catholicmom.com http://www.catholicmom.com/lesson_plan.advent_bingo.htm Advent Bingo catholicmom.com http://www.catholicmom.com/advent_game.htm Advent True or False Game christiancrafters.com http://www.christiancrafters.com/game_drawit.html Bible Win, Loose, or Draw- Use Advent words to play this game. (Example: Angel, shepherds, baby, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Lord, afraid, magi, gifts, star, manger, warned, candle, wreath, etc.). christiancrafters.com http://www.christiancrafters.com/games-bible.html
Bible Tic Tac Toe- Use Advent trivia questions to play this game (scroll down near bottom of page). Hangman- (Players try to solve the Advent mystery word). The teacher picks an Advent word that is written on a piece of paper out of a bowl. The teacher then starts the hangman game by writing a blank line for each letter in the word. Teacher then picks someone to guess a letter. (Write on the chalkboard the letters that were guessed that were not in the mystery word). If a letter is guess correctly, it is written in the appropriate blank(s) and that person who guessed correctly gets another turn. They can guess another letter or guess the mystery word. If the person is incorrect, another player gets a turn. Whoever guessed the mystery word gets to pick an Advent word out of the bowl and start the hangman game. Puzzles John Preaches in the Desert- Look at the pictures below. One preacher might look like someone you know. The other preacher is John. Draw a line between the smaller pictures and the preacher to whom they belong. (Big Puzzles for Little Hands: Jesus Life and Lessons by Carla Williams, page 21). John the Baptist- To answer the mystery questions, find the number on the phone. If the arrow points left, write the left-hand letter on the blank. If the arrow points right, write the right-hand letter on the blank. (Red Hot Bible Puzzles by Nancy I. Sanders, page 35). http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_wordsearch.htm Word Search joanyedwards.com http://www.joanyedwards.com/wordsearch/a2ibaptizeyouwithwater.pdf Word Search http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_wordshape.htm Word Shape http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_decoder.htm Decoder http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_crossword.htm
silk.net/reled/ http://www.silk.net/reled/pdf/johnbaptist.pdf joanyedwards.com http://www.joanyedwards.com/crossword/a2ibaptizeyouwithwater.pdf Quizzes http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_choice.htm Multiple Choice http://www./voice_in_the_wilderness_cloze.htm Fill in the Blanks For additional coloring and word activities related to the Catholic faith, visit www.catholicmom.com. Feel free to share this activity with your family or students, but please consider a donation to support CatholicMom.com and our mission of celebrating our Catholic Faith. For more information contact Lisa@catholicmom.com Shop online at http://catholicmom.catholiccompany.com to help support our site.