I’m a religion teacher and mom of five…so I have extensive experience teaching about faith and religion. I have a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, and two master’s degrees–one in special education/behavior disorders, and one in administration. I’ve taught students from all grade levels so I have experience and resources for many different age groups. During the day, I work with Junior High and High School students. Wednesday nights at Faith Formation, I’ve taught everything from Pre-K through 5th grade.
How Catholic Kids Bulletin Began…
When my oldest daughter, Mady, was three, I would sit at Mass wishing there was some easy way to help her focus on the readings each week. I searched online for some sort of free resource for her to color, draw, and enjoy each Sunday. To my chagrin, I found nothing; so naturally–I decided to use my experience as a teacher and mom to create it myself!
The Catholic Mass is an amazing and rich aspect of our faith, but it’s difficult for children to engage with its language, symbolism, and miraculous nature. These bulletins *hopefully* help children find something to learn about each Sunday while they grow up in our amazing faith.
I have five awesome kiddos: Mady, Jake, Nick, Abby, and Ben. Mady has grown out of the bulletins, but Nick and Jake love them. Nick scribbles quickly over the pictures, then likes to fold the paper as small as possible–I don’t get it. Jake likes to follow the progression of the Mass and work on the puzzles-the mazes are his favorite!
After I created the FREE weekly bulletins for a few years, I started to add other resources to my TPT store to help teachers and parents bring faith to their students. I work with a lot of students who are new to the faith and need the basics at a high school ability level. A lot of the products that I create are made with them in mind. If you’re in need of some great resources, head over to my store at TPT for a whole slew of fun activities, or read more about them here!
Contact me with questions or ideas at catholickidsbulletin (at) outlook.com
