Advent Activities

The Religion Teacher's Advent Activity Pack (Revised) The resources include: 25+ worksheets and graphic organizers to help students understand, meditate, and pray about important Advent themes 6 Advent videos and graphic organizers 6 easy-to-implement lessons to use throughout the season of Advent 6 short Advent quizzes Prayer ideas to start and end each Advent lesson

Try using these advent activities with your students and children this year: prayers, wreaths, calendars, books, and more!

What are the Advent "O Antiphons"? At the end of the Advent season (December 17-23) we have the opportunity to pray in a special way with the “O Antiphons.” The names and titles in the antiphons can be reversed to spell the Latin words “ERO CRAS,” which translates “tomorrow, I will come.” E – Emmanuel R – Rex Gentium (King of All the Nations) O – Oriens (Radiant Dawn) C – Clavis (Key of David) R – Radix Jesse (Root of Jesse) A – Adonai (Lord) S – Sapientia (Wisdom)

What is Gaudete Sunday? Video 3 Things to Know about the 3rd Sunday of Advent: 1) What does Gaudete mean? 2) Why pink? 3) Why the 3rd Sunday?

Christmas Tree Lesson Plan! Christmas trees can be a great tool for catechesis whether at home or in a classroom. This lesson plan will help you unpack the symbolism of the Christmas tree customs with your students. They will be able to see their trees in a new way and even be able to teach their parents about what Christmas trees are meant to remind us of during Advent and the season of Christmas.

Color in this Advent candles coloring page and count the weeks to Christmas.

The printable Works of Mercy Advent calendar has 24 gentle, easily-adaptable suggestions for prayer, sacrifice, and service, suitable for all ages and stages of family life.

The Season of Advent is just about here now is a great time to get prepared. This Advent Wreath DIY is simple to make and is fairly inexpensive.

This year I'm trying a new kind of advent "calendar"--an Advent Blessings Jar. It's basically just popsicle sticks in a Mason Jar, but I'm hoping that by Christmas it will be much more....

Advent crafts for Catholic Kids -- these are the perfect activities to explore with your family at home. You'll find everything from books to DIY gift ideas to help you celebrate this Advent and Christmas season.

This packet contains 20 pages of morning work with an Advent theme. Pages are not numbered, so teachers can use these sheets in any order. Some topics covered include: abc order, addition, subtraction, number order, word problems, ordering sentences, prepositions, and more! Catholic feast days ar...

This Christmas candle craft is perfect for kids! It's simple, easy to prep for and the finished project looks fantastic. Also makes a great Advent candle!

Enjoying Advent activities with your family doesn't have to be hard! Dust off the craft table and enjoy these SUPER simple Catholic Advent crafts for kids.

Printable advent wreath craft is perfect for kids to make to prepare for Christmas.

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Advent crafts for Catholic Kids -- these are the perfect activities to explore with your family at home. You'll find everything from books to DIY gift ideas to help you celebrate this Advent and Christmas season.