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Start Up for DREs & Catechists 3 Simple Steps to Success!
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Gather the Send-It-Home packs for the children in your classroom. A year supply of nine different Send-It-Home packs are included in each child package. You will take out a new Send-It-Home pack from the package each month. Click open your e-Guidebook CD designed for your age level religious ed classroom. Click a button on the cover each month for the Send-It-Home and Live It At Religious Ed lessons with patterns! All you need to send home the virtue Mission of the Month to children and their parents is included. a. Send-It-Home is a 20-minute lesson to be held the first time your class meets each month. Children receive that months Send-It-Home pack and learn how to do the virtue Mission of the Month by using the fun materials inside. A short, scripted lesson is included for you, along with a quick game that teaches about the virtue. K4J Holy Hero cards are a big hit. Kids learn that saints show us how to love Jesus and live our faith, and how virtue can be possible for all of us. The Parent Newsletter gives parents a simple overview of what is happening that month in K4J. Sections include What the Catholic Church Teaches with a related quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as well as some helpful hints for In the Home. b. Live It At Religious Ed takes 5 minutes or less at each class session during the remainder of the month, and offers a very simple motivation of the virtue kids are working on at home through their Send-It-Home packs. The K4J Prayer & Pledge are said as part of opening prayer, and a fun visual cue and chant remind kids to think and tell about their virtue practice that week.
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Play the monthly Mission Song from the K4J Mission Songs CD as the kids enter and leave your classroom each week. The kids never tire of listening, and each time they do, you are accomplishing your mission of teaching virtue! The songs are only a couple minutes long, easy to learn, and fun to perform with the hand motions included in the e-Guidebooks.
Remember, K4J is flexible and you are the expert. No one knows how to motivate the kids in your religious ed classroom better than you do. K4J offers all you need to succeed!
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MISSION OF THE MONTH:

GIVING: I offer my best to Jesus and others, all day long!
K4J VIRTUE:
SEPTEMBER, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in September! 1. Show kids how to do the September Give Gifts 24/7 Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Play the Give 24/7 game that follows. 2. Teach the Give Gifts 24/7 K4J Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD & player. 3. Hand out and discuss the St Martin of Tours Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the September K4J Send-ItHome packs and a copy of the September Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIve:
Ready...
You will need:
Motivate kids to live the Give Gifts 24/7 Mission at home and share it with their parents!
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT!

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We belong to K4J -- that means KIDS for JESUS. K is for KIDS. J is for JESUS. K 4 J. Because we are K4J, we are going to work on giving gifts to Jesus, all day long. We do this when we pray a Morning Offering prayer when we wake up and tell Jesus we are giving him the gift of everything we do, all day long! Explain this months Give Gifts 24/7 Mission of the Month -- pray the Morning Offering Prayer each morning. Help the kids understand that since it is impossible to think of God all the time, it is important to pray a Morning Offering to start the day. The Morning Offering Prayer is a way to give of our best to Jesus 24/7 that means all day (and all night) long! Say the Morning Offering prayer together. It is found on the Prayer Wheel in the kid packs. Show the kids their tabletop Mission cards, also in the packs. Each day they do the Give Gifts 24/7 Mission at home, they mark their card with a sticker!
September K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J Prayer & Pledge wheel from pack K4J Mission tabletop card from pack Give 24/7 game supplies: statue or picture of Jesus 2 wrapped gifts large clock faces, drawn with chalk on the board Have handy a Music CD player and the September Year 1 K4J Mission song, GIVE GIFTS 24/7, with lyrics & motions. Have ready copies of the September Parent Newsletter and the St Martin holy card to send home.
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Play the following game to help the kids remember that when they pray the Morning Offering Prayer, they Give Gifts 24/7!
Give 24/7!
Draw two clock faces that do not have numbers on them on the board. Place a picture or statue of Jesus in the front of the room. Write a sign next to the statue that says, Give Gifts 24/7! Have the kids sit at their desks. Divide the class into two teams. One of the kids from each team holds a wrapped gift marked, Morning Offering. Play the September Year 1 Mission song, Give Gifts 24/7, and tell the kids to begin to pass the gifts from one team member to the next. When the music stops, the two children who have the gifts race to bring the gifts to Jesus. The first one there gets one number added to their clock for their team. The first team to get all 12 numbers wins!
SEPTEMBER, YEAR 1
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The Mission
help kids Give gifts 24/7 each time you meet this month! 1. Play Give Gifts 24/7 as the children enter the classroom each week. Optional: Welcome each child to class with a K4J Name tag! 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge . Remind kids to offer their best as a gift to Jesus! 3. Raise your Go-o-o Geronimo wand whenever it is time for kids to give their best by listening carefully and participating in class!
Copy the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge Copy the Go-o-o Geronimo pattern . Mount it on cardstock & attach a ruler handle to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player. Option: Copy & use K4J Name tags.
GIVE GIFTS 24/7

SEPTEMBER YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
Gotta give gifts Ive been given (Point both hands toward self. Then hold hands out with palms up, as if they are giving a gift.) Gotta give gifts 24/7 (Hands point in the formation of the 3 oclock and 9 oclock positions.) Gotta give gifts Ive been given (Point both hands toward self. Then hold hands out with palms up, as if they are giving a gift.) Gotta give gifts 24/7 (Hands point in the formation of the 3 oclock and 9 oclock positions.)
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SEPTEMBER, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
GIVING
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES....

God gives us the gift of prayer. He is very pleased when we accept this gift and give our best time to speak with him and listen. Children learn how to pray in the home. They are able to learn how to link faith and life, and therefore remember God throughout the day. Catechism Quote CCC 1666 The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is rightly called the domestic church, a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity.
IN THE HOME:
It is easy to find ourselves so busy that we forget to pray as a family. Set up a special place in your home as a reminder. Simply display a statue of Mary, picture of Jesus, etc., in a corner of a room. Children need prayer. Prayer unites kids with the family and helps them feel very secure. When you begin to see bickering or disunity in your home (and this happens to everyone), stop and say a prayer together. You can find simple Catholic prayers at k4j.org . Read the September Parents Perspective found in the child Send-It-Home packs for great parenting tips that help kids develop the virtue of GIVING.
DEFINITION:
We offer our best to Jesus and others all day long!
OBJECTIVE:
Kids work to be prepared to GIVE their best to Jesus 24/7. When they pray their Morning Prayer each day, everything they do becomes a gift for Jesus!
SCRIPTURE:
God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor 9:7 Ask and you will receive. Luke 11:9
HOLY HERO: St. Martin of Tours

St. Martin was an army officer who wore a long, warm cape. One day when riding his horse he came upon a poor, shivering man. Martin stopped and slit his cape in two with his sword and gave half of the cape to the poor man. Later that night when Martin was sleeping, he dreamed that Jesus had taken the place of the poor man and was wearing his cape. St. Martin understood that by GIVING to the poor man, he had GIVEN to Jesus himself! St Martin, help me give my best to Jesus and others as you did. Amen
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Help the kids learn their age-level K4J Pledge and Morning Prayer! Click the Parents Corner button. Purchase your own Year 1 K4J Mission Songs CD to play all year! Start a K4J Club. Click K4J Club. Print a Mission Badge for your child from the Parents Corner when he/she completes the September Give Gifts 24/7 Mission of the Month found in the September Send-It-Home packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the children in your family live the virtue of GIVING with the Mission materials included in the September SEND-IT-HOME packs! September packs include all kids need to practice GIVING through the Give Gifts 24/7 Mission of the Month. A special toy helps kids learn to say Morning Prayer and offer everything they do that day as a gift to Jesus. The pre-K4J (ages 3-K) and K4J (grades 1-2) kids mark their Mission progress with stickers on the age level poster (pre-K4J) or tabletop card (K4J). The Apostles (grades 3-4) sign a personal Mission card and promise to live their Mission well, then clip the card onto an enclosed lanyard. If your program has not provided child Send-ItHome packs, you may purchase them for the year online at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-KIDSNET.
Offering Prayer
Hello, Jesus.
K4J Pledge
I can change the world with my mission in K4J. As a true apostle of Jesus, I pray, love and serve each day. I am loyal, honest and kind. I work and always obey. I use my gifts and talents to serve in Jesus name. I thank God for choosing me. Mary will show me the way. I will accomplish great things for the Church because I am K4J.
Thank you for being my best friend.
Help me to stay close to you all day.
Let my words, my work and my play remind others about you.
Help me be a friend to everyone, obey my parents and forgive those who hurt me.
Give me the courage to live all my promises and do all I can to bring others to you. Amen.
K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge patterns
Go-o-o Geronimo pattern & verse
Wheres Geronimo? Wed like to know. Are you prepared? . Hed like to know Prepared to GIVE? Here we go o-o-o Geronimo-o-o-o!
Wheres Geronimo? Wed like to know. Are you prepared? Hed like to know Prepared to GIVE? Here we go- o-o-o Geronimo-o-o-o!
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Forgive and Forget! !

K4J VIRTUE:
Forgiveness
FORGIVENESS: I pardon those who hurt me. I say, I am sorry. Will you forgive me? when I have done wrong.
OCTOBER, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The
Forgive and Forget!
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in OCTOber! 1. Show kids how to do the October Forgive & Forget Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Hold the Erase VICE Pep Rally that follows. 2. Teach the Forgive & Forget Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD & player. 3. Hand out and discuss the Blessed Imelda Lambertini Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the October K4J Send-It-Home packs and a copy of the October Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Forgive & Forget Mission at home & share it with their parents!
Help the kids learn that Jesus is pleased when we say, I am sorry when we have done wrong, and ask forgiveness. Conversely, whenever we forgive someone, we imitate Jesus and treat others the way he treats us -- with great love! Learn that Jesus erases our sins in the sacrament of Reconciliation.
Ready...
You will need: October K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J Mission tabletop card from pack K4J pencils from packs Forgive & Forget Pep Rally: make a copy of the Erase Vice pattern to display to the kids October Mission song, FORGIVE & FORGET, CD player, lyrics & motions October Parent Newsletter copied per child; Bl Imelda card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT!

Say...
Explain this months Forgive & Forget Mission of the Month. Show the kids what it says on the October Mission tabletop card, and explain that they can practice FORGIVENESS in many ways. They can forgive freely from the heart when they have been wronged. And they can say, Im sorry -- will you forgive me? when they have done wrong. Each time they do this mission at home, they mark their card with a sticker! Show the kids the picture on the back of the card. When you are old enough, you will be able to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation where Jesus forgives and erases all of our sins! Give the kids their K4J pencils from the packs to use at home and at school. They can remind kids of their mission. Say: Remember, Jesus erases sin in the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
Go K4J!
Hold this classroom Erase VICE Pep Rally!
ERASE VICE pep rally

Explain that Vice is a bad guy. He likes us to do things that are wrong. Say: We have to work hard to get rid of VICE. Vice does not want us to follow Jesus. Vice wants to S-s-s-stop us from doing what is good. Lets work hard to ERASE VICE! We ERASE VICE each time we say, I am sorry, when we have done something wrong. Practice saying: I am sorry. Will you forgive me? ... Each time we do this, we ERASE VICE and JUMP INTO JESUS ARMS!
ERASE VICE!
Show the kids the Erase Vice pattern. Have everyone BOO Vice! Then divide the group in two, and have the two sides compete by seeing who can Erase VICE the loudest by taking turns shouting this cheer: Were K4J, we Forgive & Forget -- Im sorry! Will you forgive me? -- Well ERASE VICE yet! 2. Sing Forgive and Forget with the hand motions found on the following page. 3. Ask the kids to give the Parents Perspective letter from the Send-It-Home pack to their parents. At the end of the month ask them: How did they live their at-home Forgive & Forget Mission well? Send the K4J packs & pencils, Blessed Imelda cards, and copies of the October Parent Newsletter home.
OCTOBER, YEAR 1
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Forgive and Forget!
The
Mission
remind kids to fORGIVE & FORGET each time you meet This month! 1. Play the October Forgive & Forget Mission song as the children enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge. After the prayer, raise your Forgive & Forget Cheer wand & say the cheer together. 3. At closing prayer, ask Jesus for forgiveness for each time we fail. Raise the wand and say the cheer to remind kids to Forgive & Forget all week long!
Say the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge Copy the Forgive & Forget Cheer pattern. Mount it on cardstock & attach a ruler handle to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
FORGIVE & FORGET

OCTOBER YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
When I forgive & forget (Make an angry face then pass a hand over it, changing to a smile) I pardon those who hurt me (Keep smiling and shake hands with the partner) When I forgive & forget (Make an angry face then pass a hand over it, changing to a smile) I ask forgiveness when Ive done wrong (One partner pleads on one knee, then stands, and both partners smile & shake hands)
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OCTOBER, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
FORGIVENESS

We can always count on Gods mercy. He is always ready to forgive. When we forgive each other, we imitate Jesus. Forgiveness is a holy act that pleases God very much. CCC 982 There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive. There is no one, however wicked and guilty, who may not confidently hope for forgiveness, provided his repentance is honest. Christ, who died for all men, desires that in his Church the gates of forgiveness should always be open to anyone who turns away from sin.
IN THE HOME:
Forgiveness is a sacrifice because we have to forget ourselves and look at the good of another. Point out the good in each family member as often as possible. When the kids see the good in each other, it is much easier to forgive. Your example of forgiving your spouse and children is the first step in teaching children to forgive. Take your family to the Sacrament of Reconciliation this month. God is waiting to FORGIVE. Read the October Parents Perspective included in the October Send-It-Home packs for great ideas about how to practice the virtue of FORGIVENESS.
DEFINITION:
I pardon those who hurt me. I ask forgiveness when I have done wrong.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids are quick to include others and say, Im sorry when a mistake has been made. Get rid of Vice! He is the K4J character that represents temptation to do what is wrong.
SCRIPTURE:
If you forgive others, your heavenly Father will forgive you. Matthew 6:14
HOLY HERO: BLESSED IMELDA LAMBERTINI

Many years ago, Imelda Lambertini was having a hard time waiting to receive her first Holy Communion. While she waited, Jesus taught her how to love everyone and say, I am sorry. Will you forgive me? when she had done wrong. This helped Imelda become ready to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion. Imelda prayed in front of the tabernacle. She wanted to receive Communion right then. Suddenly, a light shone from the tabernacle. A tiny white host was floating above it! The host came to Imelda, and rested over her head. It was a miracle! A priest came and gave the host to Imelda as her first Holy Communion. Now she was perfectly happy! Jesus, Help me learn to ask forgiveness and receive Holy Communion well.

Take a look at the K4J Steps to a Good Confession in the Parents Corner. Teach them to your kids! Purchase your own Year 1 K4J Mission Songs CD to play all year! Start a K4J Club. Click K4J Club. Print a Mission Badge for your child from the Parents Corner when he/she completes the October Forgive & Forget Mission of the Month found in the child Send-It-Home packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the children in your family live the virtue of FORGIVENESS with October SEND-IT-HOME packs! October packs include all kids need to practice the Forgive & Forget Mission of the Month. They learn to ask forgiveness when they have done wrong and forgive when they have been hurt. The pre-K4J kids (ages 3-K) learn the difference between an accident and a mistake when they take a look at their Bedtime Prayers booklet each night. K4J (grades 1-2) and Apostles (grades 3-4) learn the importance of forgiveness in the family. They receive a pencil/eraser that says, Jesus Erases Sin. Apostles have the extra challenge to go to the sacrament of Reconciliation this month. If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-KIDSNET.
Forgive & Forget Cheer!

Were K4J We Forgive & Forget! Im sorry! Will you forgive me? Were the best you can get!
Forgive & Forget Cheer pattern
Erase Vice pattern
ERASE VICE!
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Love the Church!

K4J VIRTUE:
Love for the Church
LOVE for the Church: I love the Church when I do my part!

1.
NOVEMBER, YEAR 1
Send-it-home
The
Love the Church!
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in NOVEMber! 1. Show kids how to do the November Love the Church Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Play the Do My Part Relay that follows. 2. Teach the I Love Jesus Church Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD & player. 3. Hand out and discuss the St Lawrence Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the November K4J Send-It-Home packs and a copy of the November Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Love the Church Mission at home and in the parish, & share it with their parents! Help the kids develop a sense of pride in their parish and the desire to serve. Learn that Jesus in the Eucharist is present in the tabernacle of every Catholic church, and is the reason the Church exists!
Ready...
You will need: November K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J tabletop card from pack K4J Offertory envelope from the pack copy Mr Tabernacle & Lamplighter Do My Part Relay: assemble the supplies noted below tape a K4J Buck per child to a wall November Mission song, I LOVE JESUS CHURCH, CD player, lyrics & motions November Parent Newsletter copied per child; K4J packs and St Lawrence holy hero card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT! Say...

No matter what country you are from or what language you speak, we celebrate the same Mass and live the same faith in the Catholic Church. Show the kids the picture of Mr Tabernacle & Lamplighter. Tell them: There is a tabernacle in every Catholic church in the world. Jesus in the Eucharist is present in each tabernacle. Jesus in the Eucharist is the reason the Church exists. People pray to Jesus in the Eucharist throughout the world! We also all have the same leader, the pope. His name is Pope Benedict XVI. He is our spiritual father. We are Jesus Church -- we are one family! Give examples of the unity in the Church: we have the same sacraments, sacramentals, liturgy, Mass, Catechism, etc.
Explain this months Love the Church Mission of the Month. Show the kids what it says on the November tabletop card, and explain that they can practice LOVE FOR THE CHURCH in many ways. They can ask their parents for an extra way to serve their families at home to earn money for the collection at Mass, and fill a K4J offertory envelope f d fill ff l from their pack to put in the basket each Sunday. Each time they work on this mission, they h may place a sticker on their tabletop card! Teach the kids the My Best for the Church! cheer: Leader: Ready? DO YOUR PART! (Point to the kids & they say...) Kids: Ill DO MY BEST! (clap 3 times) FOR ALL THE REST! (clap 3 times) GO K-4-J! (clap on each letter of K-4-J) Leader: WE DO OUR BEST, for whom? Kids: FOR JESUS... (Shout with one fist in the air) ...and his CHURCH! GO K-4-J! (clap on each letter of K-4-J)
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Do My Part Relay
Divide the kids into teams of six. Place a broom, rosary, dust rag, Bible, musical instrument, bowl with spoon to cook and can of food at the front of the room. Put a collection basket in another place in the room. Show the kids each item and ask them how they could do their part to help the Church by using them. Play the November Mission song, I Love Jesus Church. The first person on each team runs to pick up an item and uses it to role play doing my part to help the Church (praying, sweeping, collecting food...) while running to the other side of the room and back. Once the child has done their part, he/she puts the object back where it came from, grabs a K4J Buck (tape them to a wall or stack them on a table) and runs and puts it in the collection basket. A leader at the basket gives the prompt: Do your part... and the child fist pumps while responding: ... for Christ and his Church! Teams to get all their bucks in the collection basket, WIN!
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remind kids to LOVE THE CHURCH each time you meet This month! 1. Play the November Love the Church Mission song as the children enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge. 3. After the prayer, raise your My Best for the Church Cheer wand & say the cheer together. Ask kids what they have done/will do to earn money to put in the offertory basket this Sunday. Are there other ways they are serving the Church as well? How? At closing prayer, say: Jesus, we love you when we love the Church. Do the cheer. Play & sing the K4J Mission song, below.
Say the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge Copy the My Best for the Church Cheer. Mount it on cardstock & attach a ruler handle and the words to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
I LOVE JESUS CHURCH

NOVEMBER YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
I love Jesus Church, (Look up & fold hands to pray, then point to various people) When I do my part. (Fold hands to pray, then pretend to rake or do other chore) I love Jesus Church, (Look up & fold hands to pray, then point to various people) With my body, soul, mind and heart! (Point both thumbs toward self, cross arms in front, point to head, then point to heart.)
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Try to make a visit to the church. Lead the kids to the tabernacle. Have them genuflect, then kneel and say a prayer to Jesus in the Eucharist.
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VIRTUE:
LOVE FOR THE CHURCH

When we do our part to help the Church, we imitate Christ to serve each other, share his Word and be a witness of truth to the world. CCC: 794 Christ provides for our growth: to make us grow toward him, our head, he provides in his Body, the Church, the gifts and assistance by which we help one another. CCC: 2472 The duty of Christians to take part in the life of the Church impels them to act as witnesses of the Gospel and of the obligations that flow from it. This witness is a transmission of the faith in words and deeds. Witness is an act of justice that establishes the truth or makes it known.
IN THE HOME:
Take an active role in the parish. Consider starting a K4J Club in your parish. This will help your children develop special Catholic memories and valuable friendships. K4J fosters a love for Jesus and a desire to serve. When young people involved in youth ministry are polled, 1. 94% are proud to be Catholic 2. 89% admire the Pope 3. 90% feel welcome at church (Renewing the Vision USCCB) Keep Sunday holy. Go to Mass with a joyful heart, then make the day special. Have another family from the parish or your pastor over for lunch. Put aside the worries and work of the week.
DEFINITION:
I love the Church when I do my part!
OBJECTIVE:
Kids learn that we are one family -brothers and sisters in Jesus Church! We love the Church when we pray to Jesus, worship him and give him praise. We do our part to serve God and others. We ask Jesus in the Eucharist for help!
SCRIPTURE:
Father, those who believe in me are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me. John 17: 24a
HOLY HERO: ST. LAWRENCE

Deacon Lawrence loved the poor very much. He gave them everything he had. A greedy Roman governor loved money and thought that the Church might be hiding a great treasure, so he ordered Deacon Lawrence to bring it to him. Three days later, Deacon Lawrence came before the Roman governor with a great crowd of people all the poor, hungry, sick and suffering people he was able to find. Deacon Lawrence said, Here, sir, is the great treasure of the Church! The Roman governor was furious. He had wanted gold and jewels, not poor people! Deacon Lawrence LOVED the Church. He was not afraid. Jesus was very pleased with Lawrences bravery and love and welcomed him into heaven. Jesus, help me to love you completely and do all I can to love your Church!

The Feast of Christ the King marks the end of the Church year. Check out the Christ the King activities in the Parents Corner! Purchase your own Year 1 K4J Mission Songs CD to play all year! Start a K4J Club. Click K4J Club. Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the November Love the Church Mission of the Month found in the child Send-It-Home packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the children in your family LOVE THE CHURCH. In this months Send-It-Home packs, the kids receive the Mission materials they need to practice the Love the Church Mission of the Month. They learn that they belong to the family of the Church and that it is our responsibility to love Jesus, and care for each other and our Church. The kids do a chore around the house to earn extra coins to put in the enclosed K4J Offertory envelopes and deposit one each week into the basket at Mass. Help your child learn that it is important to do his/her part to serve God and each other as members of the Church. If your provided has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Mr Tabernacle & Lamplighter pattern
Mr.Tabernacle
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
My Best for the Church CHEER
Leader: Ready? Do your part... Kids: Ill DO MY BEST! (clap 3 times) FOR ALL THE REST! (clap 3 times) GO K-4-J! (clap on each letter of K 4 J)
My Best for the Church pattern
Leader: WE DO OUR BEST, for whom? Kids: FOR JESUS... (Shout with one fist in the air) ...and his CHURCH! GO K-4-J! (clap on each letter of K-4-J)
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Spread the Good News!

K4J VIRTUE:
Evangelization
EVANGELIZATION: Spread the Good News about Jesus!

DECEMBER, YEAR 1
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Spread the Good News
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Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in DECEMber! 1. Show kids how to do the December Spread the Good News Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-ItHome Pack Chat below. Do the Be a Happy Herald activity that follows. 2. Teach the Spread the Good News Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD & player. 3. Hand out and discuss the St John the Baptist Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the December K4J Send-ItHome packs, party blower (optional) per child, and a copy of the December Parent Newsletter .
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Spread the Good News Mission at home & share it with their parents!
Children learn that we can spread the Good News about Jesus birth on Christmas by sending Christmas cards. We can also share the love of Jesus with the world when we spread only good news about others!
Ready...
You will need: December K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J tabletop card from pack K4J Christmas card from the pack Truth Statements copied, cut apart & posted one per index card. Put one card in a small Christmas bag, per pair of kids. party blower, per child, to take home December Mission song, SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS, CD player, lyrics & motions December Parent Newsletter copied per child; K4J packs and St John the Baptist holy hero card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT! Say...

This month we are going to share the Good News about Jesus with others! Show the kids the Christmas cards from their packs. These cards explain the meaning of the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Catholics shared this song with each other as a secret way to spread the faith. We can help others discover the Good News about Jesus and the faith when we make and send these special Christmas cards! Show the kids the tabletop Mission card from the December pack. Explain the Spread the Good News Mission that involves decorating & sending the cards. Kids can either complete the puzzles when they decorate the cards, or allow the recipients to do so. Every time they work on this card mission or share only good news about others, they put a sticker on their tabletop card! Please read the herald angel tip box below to the kids. Remind the kids that there is a chance each day to Spread the Good News by sharing their faith and loving others. Herald the Angel Find Herald the angel pictured on your Christmas cards. He is a comical representation of a herald angel. Lets remember the times in Scripture when herald angels appeared. Gabriel asked Mary to be the Mother of Jesus. Herald angels appeared to shepherds and announced, Behold I bring you good tidings, for unto you a Savior has been born. This month, lets learn to be heralds of GOOD NEWS, too! Lets share the love of Jesus directly by announcing his birth at Christmas, and by sharing only GOOD things about others!
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Be a happy herald!
Place each truth card in a different Christmas gift bag. Say: Lets EVANGELIZE! We can share Good News about Jesus every day. Find a partner and grab a Christmas bag. Announce the good news you find inside to each other. Then we will act like Happy Heralds and announce the GOOD NEWS of our Catholic Faith! Kids choose partners and open one of the bags together. They quickly read and announce their good news of the faith to each other. Now have the kids sit in a circle. Pass a clean party blower (mouth and hands off blowing end) while the song, Spread the Good News plays. When the music stops, everyone sings the last lines of Hark the Herald Angels Sing together, with these new words: Happy Heralds --K-4-J -- We bring good news to you today, Happy Heralds --K-4-J -- We bring good news to you today! The one with the blower stands up and blows it, then announces his/her good news. Play begins again from that spot with a new party blower.
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remind kids to SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS each time you meet This month! 1. Play the December Spread the Good News Mission song as the children enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge. 3. After the prayer, raise your Be a Happy Herald wand & sing the song cheer together. Ask kids if they have sent any good news Christmas cards. How have they worked to share only good news about others at school? at home? At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help us spread your Good News and share the truths of the faith this Christmas! Play & sing the song below.
Say the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge Copy the Be a Happy Herald pattern. Mount it on cardstock & attach a ruler handle and the words to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player Copy the Nativity scene for kids to take home and color. Option: Mount on card stock, fold edges & stand up.
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DECEMBER YEAR 1 MISSION SONG

Spread the Good News (Cup hands around mouth and turn right) Spread the Good News (Cup hands around mouth and turn left) We gotta Spread the Good News (Cup hands around mouth & face forward) About Jesus with others (Point up and then extend arms out in front) Hark! The herald angels sing (Exaggerate caroling with hands folded as if an angel) Happy Herald make that trumpet sing! (Pretend to blow a trumpet)
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Try to make a visit to the church when the Nativity scene is present. Have the kids kneel and say a prayer to Jesus in the manger. If he isnt there yet, talk about what will happen on Christmas!
Be a Happy Herald song Leader blows the party blower & all sing to the last lines of Hark the Herald Angels Sing: Happy Heralds --K-4-J -We bring good news to you today, Happy Heralds --K-4-J -We bring good news to you today! ... then tell how they are sharing the faith.
Genuflect and say a prayer before the tabernacle before you leave church. Tell kids that Jesus is inside -- the holy Eucharist that they will one day receive during holy communion at Mass!

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VIRTUE:
EVANGELIZATION

By our baptism we have the commitment to share the faith. Example speaks louder than words, so our charity in speaking well of others is key. As they said of the first Christians in the Roman Empire, We recognize them by their love. CCC: 905 Lay people also fulfill their prophetic mission by evangelization, that is, the proclamation of Christ by word and the testimony of life. For lay people, this evangelization . . . acquires a specific property and peculiar efficacy because it is accomplished in the ordinary circumstances of the world.
IN THE HOME:
Always and only say good things about others, especially priests and religious. Dont forget to have an Advent wreath! See www.k4j.org for howtos. Remind kids that Christmas is about Christ by placing the manger in a prominent place. Make a commitment to pray one Hail Mary each day until Christ is born! Help the kids get in the habit of bowing their heads each time they hear Jesus name. Read the December Parents Perspective found in the child SendIt-Home packs for great ideas about how to EVANGELIZE!
DEFINITION:
We share the Good News about Jesus with others!
OBJECTIVE:
Kids learn to be Happy Heralds (a herald angel brings Good News from God) and spread the Good News about Jesus birth on Christmas! Kids learn we also share the love of Jesus with the world when we share only good things about others!
SCRIPTURE:
We believe and so we speak! 2 Cor 4:13b
HOLY HERO: ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

The greatest herald of all time was St. John the Baptist. The first time he and Jesus met, they were not even born yet! But at the moment John heard Mary greeting his Mother, Elizabeth, he leapt in Elizabeths womb. He was announcing that JESUS was near! St John spent years in the desert, learning the truths of God from the Holy Spirit. John was being prepared in a special way for his important mission. St John came out of the desert and began to teach the people. He announced that Jesus had come into the world, and would soon be with them to share the love of the Father in heaven. St. John helped the people become ready to know and love Jesus. He spread the Good News! Jesus, help me be a great HERALD and share the truths of the faith with others.

Check out the Advent Wreath instructions at the Parents Corner! Advent prayer using a wreath is fun - a meaningful Catholic experience. Find the K4J Blessing of the Christmas Tree prayer. Use it when you set up your tree! Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the December Spread the Good News Mission of the Month found in the child Send-It-Home packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the kids in your family EVANGELIZE during the Advent and Christmas seasons. Kids use the special Christmas cards included in this months Send-It-Home packs to spread the Good News about Jesus and the faith! The K4J (grades 1-2) and Apostles (grades 3-4) cards teach the secrets of the 12 Days of Christmas song. The song became popular in England when it was dangerous to be Catholic, and teaches truths about the faith! Pre-K4J Mission poster and Christmas cards share the message that Jesus is born on Christmas! If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Truth Statements pattern
Truth Statements
The priest is another Jesus on earth.
The 10 Commandments Jesus in the Eucharist
God is love.
The Trinity is one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
At baptism, I received the gift of my faith.
The mass is the greatest prayer on earth.
Mary is our mother. When we pray, we learn to love as Jesus loves.
Be a Happy Herald pattern
Be a Happy Herald song Sing to the last lines of Hark the Herald Angels Sing Leader blows the party blower & all sing: Happy Heralds --K-4-J -We bring good news to you today, Happy Heralds --K-4-J -We bring good news to you today! ... then tell how they are sharing the faith.
Nativity scene pattern

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JANUARY, YEAR 1
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Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in JANUARY! 1. Show kids how to do the January Sea Scroll Scholar Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Do the Dig This Bible Archeology activity that follows. 2. Teach the Sea Scroll Scholar Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD. 3. Hand out and discuss the St Jerome Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the January K4J Send-It-Home packs and a copy of the January Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Sea Scroll Scholar Mission at home & share it with their parents!
Children learn that we learn Gods truth when we study his Word found in Scripture. Gods truth is objective and constant. We find it in Scripture and by following the teaching of the Church.
Ready...
You will need: January K4J Send-It-Home packs Tabletop Mission card from pack Hebrew Scripture scroll from the pack scissors, tape, pencils Secret Sea Scroll FUN FACTS from pack January Mission song, SEA SCROLL SCHOLAR, CD player, lyrics & motions January Parent Newsletter copied per child; Apostle packs and St Jerome holy card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT! Say... S

T This month you get to become Scripture scholars! And because the earliest text of Scripture to date was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, well call e you Sea Scroll Scholars. You will be able to decode Hebrew symbols to y find the truth in Scripture. Through our prayerful study of Scripture, we come to know who God T is, how much he loves us and what his plan for us is. God speaks to us i through the Scriptures, collected in the book called the Bible. Lets study t the truth in Scripture and find out what God has to say to you! t Show the kids their tabletop Mission card. Explain the Sea Scroll Scholar S Mission that involves decoding and memorizing Scripture from the Hebrew M Scripture scroll. Each time they work on this archeological decoding and S memorization mission at home, they may mark their card with a sticker! m Practice the Memorization Trick below as you get kids started through the Dig This Bible Archeology activity.
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Dig this Bible archeology!
Read the story of Fox and Gruffy the Goat found on the back of the Scripture scroll. Try to have the kids imagine what it would be like to find an ancient cave filled with ancient Scripture scrolls! Now have them start on their Sea Scroll Scholar Mission. Have them put their decoders together and teach them how to decode the first few words on their Scripture scroll. Give kids a chance to memorize the words by practicing with a friend. Choose a phrase to memorize, say it out loud together, then Say it with your eyes closed! When everyone is finished, have them say the beginning of the Scripture scroll out loud together, from memory! Take turns reading the Secret Sea Scroll FUN FACTS.
Memorization Trick Say it with your eyes closed!

Youre learning Gods truth so well you can Say it with your eyes closed! Have kids practice as partners. Choose a phrase to memorize, say it out loud together, then, Say it with your eyes closed! Now say the beginning of the decoded Scripture scroll out loud together, from memory, adding the newest phrase each time. Little by little, the memorized verse grows longer and longer!
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Sea Scroll Scholar
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remind kids to Learn Gods Truth each time you meet This month! 1. Play the Sea Scroll Scholar song as the kids enter the classroom each week. Give a thumbs up to each child wearing their lanyard & cards! 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Prayer & Pledge from the lanyard. 3. After prayer, raise your Be a Scripture Scholar poster ask the kids if anyone can recite any decoded Scripture from memory. Start at the beginning, and recite it together. See how far you can get each week! At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help us to remember your Word in Scripture and learn all we can about your truth. Help us share it with others! Play & sing the song below.
Say the K4J Prayer & Pledge Copy the Be a Scripture Scholar pattern. Mount it on cardstock & attach the words of the Decoded Scripture Scroll to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
SEA SCROLL SCHOLAR

JANUARY YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
I wanna be -- a Sea Scroll Scholar (Point to self ) I wanna be -- a Sea Scroll Scholar (Point to self and nod head yes) I learn Gods Truth (Clap and sway)
When I study his Word (Clap and sway) Like a Sea Scroll Scholar! (Tap finger on temple as if you are smart) (Repeat chorus)
decoded words to K4J scripture scroll:
1) LORD, YOU HAVE PROBED ME, 2) YOU KNOW ME.
17) YOU FORMED MY INMOST BEING; 18) YOU KNIT ME 19) IN MY MOTHERS WOMB. 20) I PRAISE YOU, 21) SO WONDERFULLY YOU MADE ME; 22) WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS! 23) MY VERY SELF YOU KNEW... 24) WHEN I WAS BEING MADE 25) IN SECRET ... PROBE ME, GOD, 26) KNOW MY HEART; 27) TRY ME, KNOW MY CONCERNS. 28) SEE IF MY WAY IS CROOKED, 29) THEN LEAD ME 30) IN THE ANCIENT PATHS. Psalm 139: 1-2, 4, 6, 7, 13-15, 23-24
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3) YOU KNOW WHEN I SIT 4) AND WHEN I STAND; YOU 5) UNDERSTAND MY THOUGHTS 6) FROM AFAR. EVEN BEFORE 7) A WORD IS ON MY TONGUE, 8) LORD, YOU KNOW IT ALL. 9) SUCH KNOWLEDGE 10) IS BEYOND ME. 11) FAR TOO LOFTY 12) FOR ME TO REACH. 13) WHERE CAN I HIDE 14) FROM YOUR LOVE? 15) FROM YOU PRESENCE, 16) WHERE CAN I FLEE?
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JANUARY, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
LEARN GODS TRUTH

All that is true and good comes from God. The Bible is a collection of books inspired by God. When we read and reflect on Scripture, we can learn who God is, his plan for us and his great love. 107 The inspired books teach the truth. Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.
IN THE HOME:
Have your kids listen carefully and pick one phrase from this Sundays readings at Mass. Repeat it as often as possible throughout the week, at mealtimes or whenever appropriate. Each time you do this, you arm your children with the truth -- they will be more apt to live according to the Word of God and make right decisions. Give your child a prize if he/she can remember the K4J Scripture verse each month. Read the January Parents Perspective found in the child SendIt-Home packs for great ideas about how to teach your children how to Learn the Truth!
DEFINITION:
We learn Gods truth when we study his Word found in Scripture!
OBJECTIVE:
The kids learn that all truth comes from God, and when they study the truth, they are pleasing God. They are coming to know God and his love for them. Kids are motivated to practice memorization and study well.
SCRIPTURE:
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free! John 8:32
HOLY HERO:
ST. JEROME, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH St. Jerome was a monk who lived in a cave. Many people think this was the very same cave that Jesus was born in! (Its even said that Jerome died with his head resting on Jesus manger.) While St. Jerome was alive, he did many things to help people know Gods truth. He translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin so more people could understand it. And he argued a lot with many people, including St. Augustine! It was not a bad kind of argument. It was a kind of argument that helped people discover Gods truth. St. Augustine once said, If Jerome doesnt know, then nobody does, or ever did. God rewarded Jerome for loving and sharing his truth with others. St. Jerome, help me to learn Gods truth, then share it with others!

Every child learns differently. Each one needs to study in his or her own way. Check out the Parents Corner of the web site for study tips that make learning more fun! Start a K4J Club for up to 10 kids. Its a ton of fun! Click K4J Clubs. Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the January Sea Scroll Scholar Mission of the Month found in the child packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
This month, kids receive materials to practice the Sea Scroll Scholar Mission of the Month and discover Gods truth found in Scripture. They learn about the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls in comic form and uncover evidence, like archeologists, that shows that Scripture has retained amazingly detailed and uniform content from era to era. K4J (grades 1-2) and Apostles (grades 3-4) will love the enclosed Scripture decoder they use to decode a passage from a Scripture scroll that is coded in Hebrew symbols. Pre-K4J kids (ages 3-K) learn the 23rd Psalm when they decode an age-level picture scroll! If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Be a Scripture Scholar pattern
Decoded Scripture Scroll pattern
decoded words to K4J scripture scroll:
1) LORD, YOU HAVE PROBED ME, 2) YOU KNOW ME. 3) YOU KNOW WHEN I SIT 4) AND WHEN I STAND; YOU 5) UNDERSTAND MY THOUGHTS 6) FROM AFAR. EVEN BEFORE 7) A WORD IS ON MY TONGUE, 8) LORD, YOU KNOW IT ALL. 9) SUCH KNOWLEDGE 10) IS BEYOND ME. 11) FAR TOO LOFTY 12) FOR ME TO REACH. 13) WHERE CAN I HIDE 14) FROM YOUR LOVE? 15) FROM YOU PRESENCE,
17) YOU FORMED MY INMOST BEING; 18) YOU KNIT ME 19) IN MY MOTHERS WOMB. 20) I PRAISE YOU, 21) SO WONDERFULLY YOU MADE ME; 22) WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS! 23) MY VERY SELF YOU KNEW... 24) WHEN I WAS BEING MADE 25) IN SECRET ... PROBE ME, GOD, 26) KNOW MY HEART; 27) TRY ME, KNOW MY CONCERNS. 28) SEE IF MY WAY IS CROOKED, 29) THEN LEAD ME 30) IN THE ANCIENT PATHS. Psalm 139: 1-2, 4, 6, 7, 13-15, 23-24
16) WHERE CAN I FLEE?
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K4J VIRTUE:
Respect
RESPECT: We treat ourselves & others with great importance because we belong to God!
FEBRUARY, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The No More
Monkey Manners
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in FEBRUARY! 1. Show kids how to do the February No More Monkey Manners Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-ItHome Pack Chat below. Play the Escape from the Jungle card game that follows. Practice Silent R for RESPECT! 2. Teach the No More Monkey Manners Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD. 3. Hand out and discuss the Blessed Mother Teresa Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the February K4J SendIt-Home packs and a copy of the February Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the No More Monkey Manners Mission & share it with their parents when they practice mealtime manners and play Escape from the Jungle card game at home! Help the kids realize how we differ from the animals. We are made in Gods image and likeness. We can know and love God and others. Animals, such as monkeys, cannot do this.
Ready...
You will need: February K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J tabletop Mission card from the pack Escape from the Jungle game sheets from pack, scissors February Mission song, NO MORE MONKEY MANNERS, CD player, lyrics & motions February Parent Newsletter copied per child; Apostle packs and Bl Mother Teresa holy card to send home

L Let the kids know that they are made in Gods image. We can know and love G God and each other. This is what makes us different from monkeys and o other animals. We want to practice RESPECT -- we want to treat each other with love and importance -- because we are children of God. o S Show the kids the February tabletop card and explain how they can practice RESPECT at the dinner table at home through this months No More Monkey M Manners Mission. Each time they do this mission, they may mark their card w with a sticker. H Have the kids take the Escape From the Jungle playing cards from their packs a and cut them apart carefully. You may wish to have a paper cutter available. Name the different monkeys and explain the manners each teaches or DOES NOT TEACH. S Show each pair together -- both the bad manners and the alternative good m manners. Each is a choice. Lead the kids to reflect on which manners they s should practice. Why? We treat ourselves & others with respect & importance because we belong to God. We are made in Gods image and likeness!
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escape from the jungle!
Kids can play Escape from the Jungle card game together (see the game instruction card -- it is played as for Old Maid with Horrible Howlie as the odd card) or they can turn the cards face down and spread them out to play a memory matching game on their own.
Silent R for RESPECT!

Teach kids this cheer and practice raising their hands with fingers crossed for sign language R! You can speak loudly without being heard -(cup hand behind ear) RESPECT yourself and others without saying a word! (cross fingers & raise that hand) Crossed fingers is sign language for the letter R, and that means RESPECT! Any time you want to speak today, please use the this signal as you raise your hand.
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remind kids to practice respect each time you meet This month! 1. Play No More Monkey Manners as the kids enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Offering Prayer & Pledge. 3. After prayer, raise the Silent R pattern and your hand with the first two fingers crossed for RESPECT, and say the Silent R for RESPECT cheer together. Ask kids how their mealtime manners are going at home. Are there other ways they have found to practice RESPECT? When we RESPECT each other, we are changed for the better! At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help us treat ourselves & others with great love and RESPECT because we belong to you! Play & sing the song below. Say the K4J Prayer & Pledge Copy the Silent R pattern. Mount it on cardstock & attach the words of the Thumbs Up cheer to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
NO MORE MONKEY MANNERS

FEBRUARY YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
No more Monkey Manners (Shake your finger NO, then put your hands in your armpits and act like a monkey) No more Monkey Manners (shake your finger NO, then put your hands in your armpits and act like a monkey) Cuz everyone is important (Point to various people) Cuz we all belong to God! (Put your hands out as if you want to hug the audience and then point up)

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FEBRUARY, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
RESPECT
The Catholic Church TEACHES....

We can only have true respect for life from the moment of conception to natural death when we understand and appreciate that we are brothers and sisters in Christ. CCC: 1931 Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that everyone should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as another self, above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity. No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a neighbor.
IN THE HOME:
Ask family members to make a commitment of RESPECT to each other. Promise to never speak ill of another family member--inside or outside of the home. The family is the one secure place where each person is respected and appreciated just as they are. Help your children learn to RESPECT the beauty of life. Tell them about the day they were born or adopted. Remind them of how happy you were to have a new life enter the family! Read the February Parents Perspective found in the child SendIt-Home packs for great ideas about how to bring RESPECT into the home!
DEFINITION:
We treat ourselves and others with great importance because we belong to God.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids learn to show RESPECT for themselves and others because we are all created in Gods image and likeness. They practice good mealtime manners at home and learn other habits of respect through the Escape from the Jungle card game!
SCRIPTURE:
God created man in his own image. Genesis 1:27a
HOLY HERO:
BL. MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA, INDIA God still loves the world and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor. Mother Teresa was a Catholic sister who worked with the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, India. She found Jesus in each person who was hungry, sick, and suffering, and taught the other Missionaries of Charity to do the same. Mother Teresa treated everyone with great importance because she knew that each person belongs to God. Mother Teresa gave her heart to Jesus. Jesus gave Mother Teresa his love to share with each person she met. Jesus, help me to treat each person with great importance because they belong to you!

Check out the Parents Corner of the web site for the February Body Language tips for RESPECT. Find K4J Stations of the Cross booklets for kids to print out & assemble! Start a K4J Club for up to 10 kids. Its a ton of fun! Click K4J Clubs. Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the February No More Monkey Manners Mission found in the child packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the kids in your family practice RESPECT. This month, kids receive materials to practice the No More Monkey Manners Mission of the Month. Kids cook up a quiet conversation and other respectful mealtime manners. The Escape from the Jungle card game included in each age-level packet helps kids reflect on using respectful manners choices. If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.

Teach kids this cheer and practice raising their hands with fingers crossed for sign language R! You can speak loudly without being heard -(cup hand behind ear) RESPECT yourself and others without saying a word! (cross fingers & raise that hand) Crossed fingers is sign language for the letter R, and that means RESPECT! Any time you want to speak today, please use the this signal as you raise your hand.
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K4J VIRTUE:
Sacrifice
sacrIfIce: Do good things, and offer them with love to Jesus!
MARCH, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The
Secret Sacrifice
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in MARCH! 1. Show kids how to do the March Secret Sacrifice Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Make Secret Sacrifice strings with the supplies in the packs! Practice the Secret Sacrifice Sign and chant. 2. Teach the Secret Sacrifice Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD. 3. Hand out and discuss the St Therese Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the March K4J Send-It-Home packs with the Secret Sacrifice strings inside, and a copy of the March Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Secret Sacrifice Mission & share it with their parents when they use their Secret Sacrifice strings at home. Apostles develop the habit of making selfless acts of love, then offering them with love to Jesus!
Help kids learn that sacrifices, made in love, help others. They help our consciences become strong, too.
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You will need: March K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J Mission tabletop card from pack constructed Sacrifice string for demo supplies from the packs to construct Secret Sacrifice strings scissors; tape to wrap the end of the string for easy threading Geronimos Silent Sacrifice pattern posted to card stock with handle attached March Mission song, SECRET SACRIFICE, CD player, lyrics & motions March Parent Newsletter copied per child; K4J packs and St Therese holy card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT! S Say...

S Sssh! This months mission is a SECRET -- it is a Secret Sacrifice. Do you k know what a sacrifice is? A sacrifice is any good thing that you do that is offered in love to Jesus. This Lent we remember that Jesus made the i greatest sacrifice of all when he died on the cross for love of us -- so we g could live with him forever in heaven! We can make sacrifices too, and ofc fer them in love to Jesus. Remember -- keep your sacrifices secret, and do f them cheerfully -- with a smile! t St Therese, the Little Flower, was a great saint. When St. Therese was S young, she used to keep a string of beads in her pocket. She would sey cretly pull a bead each time she did something good that was hard to do, c then she offered it with love to Jesus. Show how a bead is pulled, and pass t around the string so the kids can try it. One more bead is pulled each time a another sacrifice is made. a Look at the tabletop Mission cards. Kids may put a sticker on the card each day L they use their Sacrifice String! t
Geronimos Silent SacrIFICe
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Make Secret SacrIFICE stringS!
1. Help each child construct their Secret Sacrifice string, using the materials in the March K4J packs. 2. Tell the kids: You can carry your Secret Sacrifice string each day. When you make a Secret Sacrifice - when you do a good thing & tell Jesus you are doing it because you love him you pull down one more bead!
Show the kids this sign and say: Geronimo knows how to make the Secret Sacrifice of his Silence: Sssshhh! Lead the kids to say: Ssshhh! in unison with finger over lips. Whenever you want kids to make the sacrifice of being silent in class, raise this sign!
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Secret Sacrifice
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remind kids to make secret sacrIFICES each time you meet This month! 1. Play Secret Sacrifice as the kids enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Prayer & Pledge. Say: Jesus you made the biggest sacrifice of all by dying on the cross for us. Help us to make small sacrifices and join them to your big sacrifice of love! 3. After prayer, raise your Geronimos Silent Sacrifice sign and say: Geronimo knows how to make the Secret Sacrifice of his Silence: Sssshhh! Lead the kids to say: Ssshhh! in unison with finger over lips. Ask the kids how their Secret Sacrifices are going. Have they been using their Secret Sacrifice strings? How? At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help us offer secret sacrifices to you. We want to learn to sacrifice so we can love others, become strong inside, and love the way you love! Play & sing Secret Sacrifice, below.
Say the K4J Prayer & Pledge Copy the Geronimos Silent Sacrifice pattern. Mount it on cardstock and attach a ruler or craft stick handle to the back. Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
SECRET SACRIFICE
MARCH YEAR 1 MISSION SONG
I MADE A SECRET SACRIFICE (Pretend to pull a bead) AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS (Shake finger and shake head) I LOOK FOR GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HARD TO DO (Put hand above eyes & look around) AND OFFER THEM WITH LOVE TO YOU, OH JESUS... (Cross arms over heart then point up) I MADE A SECRET SACRIFICE! (Pretend to pull a bead) Sshhh! Dont tell! (Place finger over lips and whisper lyrics) Sshhh! Dont tell! (Place finger over lips and whisper lyrics)

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Geronimo knows how to make the Secret Sacrifice of his Silence: Sssshhh! Lead the kids to say: Ssshhh! in unison with finger over lips. Whenever you want kids to make the sacrifice of being silent in class, raise this sign!
Geronimos Silent Sacrifice sign
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VIRTUE:
SECRET SACRIFICE

Whenever we do something good and offer it to Jesus with love, we are uniting ourselves to his mission to save humanity. It is especially beneficial for us to offer our small sacrifices with Jesus during the offertory at Mass. CCC: 1368 ...In the Eucharist the sacrifice of Christ becomes also the sacrifice of the members of his Body. The lives of the faithful, their praise, sufferings, prayer, and work, are united with those of Christ and with his total offering, and so acquire a new value. Christs sacrifice present on the altar makes it possible for all generations of Christians to be united with his offering.
IN THE HOME:
Praise your children when you see them making sacrifices for the family. These little sacrifices (eating what I dont like, not insisting on getting my way, helping, smiling when I dont feel like it...) strengthen them for future sacrifices that will be greater. Remind your children about the sacrifices they made as they go to Mass on Sunday. Tell them to offer them to Jesus during Eucharist. Let them know Jesus is happy to sacrifice for us and very happy when we join him in his sacrifice. Read the March Parents Perspective found in the child Send-ItHome packs for great ideas about how to help your children make SACRIFICES.
DEFINITION:
We look for good things that are hard to do, and offer them with love to Jesus. (Do it with a happy heart, and Ssssh -- dont tell!)
OBJECTIVE:
Kids learn they can learn to love the way Jesus loves by making secret sacrifices. They can do good things, even those that are difficult, and offer them with love to Jesus!
SCRIPTURE:
Allow only your Father in heaven to see your sacrifices. And your Father who is in heaven will repay you. Matthew 6:18
Holy Hero ST THERESE

St Therese of Lisieux, France, called the Little Flower, is a great saint. When Therese was a little girl, her mother taught her to keep a string of beads in her pocket. She would secretly pull a bead down the string each time she did something good -- even when it was something she did not want to do! Therese did it anyway, and she offered it with love to Jesus. This was a Secret Sacrifice! Therese soon discovered that making Secret Sacrifices was a great way to love as Jesus loves, and a very quick way to become a saint! Jesus, help me do little things well, even when they are hard to do, and offer them with love to you!

Check out the Parents Corner of the web site for the March Lenten Love Knots recipe. Find K4J Stations of the Cross booklets for kids to print out & assemble! Start a K4J Club for up to 10 kids. Its a ton of fun! Click K4J Clubs. Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the March Secret Sacrifice Mission found in the child packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the kids in your family learn the virtue of SACRIFICE. This is a very important virtue in a family. Each day there are many opportunities to practice the Secret Sacrifice Mission. The kids make a string of Secret Sacrifice beads just like St. Therese did! All materials needed are enclosed in the March Send-It-Home packs. pre-K4J kids have 3 beads to pull; K4J and Apostles ages receive 10 beads. Each time a child makes a sacrifice (with a smile), he/she pulls a bead. When they have pulled all the beads on their string, they have completed their mission for the day. If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Geronimos Silent Sacrifice sign
Show the kids this sign and say: Geronimo knows how to make the Secret Sacrifice of his Silence: Sssshhh! Lead the kids to say: Ssshhh! in unison with finger over lips. Whenever you want kids to make the sacrifice of being silent in class, raise this sign!
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April, Year 1
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Joyful obedience: I do what I am asked right away. I Jump for Jesus!

Joyful Obedience
APRIL, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The
Jump for Jesus
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in APRIL! 1. Show kids how to do the April Jump for Jesus Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Play Jumpin Bugs with the Jumpin Bugs and Target game board in the packs! 2. Teach the Jump for Jesus Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD. 3. Hand out and discuss the Sts Joachim & Ann Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the April K4J Send-It-Home packs with the Jumpin Bugs & Target game back inside, and a copy of the April Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Jump for Jesus Mission & share it with their parents at home. Children learn that Jesus obeyed the Father when died for us. Jesus loves us and Jesus loves his Father, who is all good. Jesus always obeyed his Father. Each time we obey our parents, we are doing Gods will and obeying him too! Children learn that when they practice JOYFUL OBEDIENCE, they are happy.
Ready...
You will need: April K4J Send-It-Home packs K4J tabletop Mission card from pack Target pattern included in this guidebook (or use the Target game board included in the Apostles packs) April Mission song, JUMP FOR JESUS, CD player, lyrics & motions April Parent Newsletter copied per child; K4J pack and Sts Joachim & Ann holy card to send home
K4J Send-it-home Pack CHAT! S Say...

J Jesus obeyed his Father, even when it was hard. We have a chance to be like Jesus each time we obey. We have to try to everything we are asked l right away. When we do that with a smile, even when it is hard, we are imir tating Jesus. I want us all to know how much JOYFUL OBEDIENCE makes t us happy. Lets practice it together! u Name some of the ways kids can practice JOYFUL OBEDIENCE throughout the day (When it is time to get up in the morning, when it is time to clean up, t when it is time to go to bed...) etc. w Look at the tabletop Mission cards. Read the JOYFUL OBEDIENCE virtue definiL tion and the Jump for Jesus Mission of the Month. Help kids understand that t when they obey, they are doing Gods will. That will make them happy now w and in the end. (It is easy to show how disobedience leads to unhappiness.) a Show the kids where to put a sticker on the card each day they do the Jump S for Jesus Mission. Now play Jumpin Bugs! f
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Play Jumpin Bugs!
1. Have kids practice jumpin their bugs from the packs. Split kids into groups of 2 or 3 and give each group a Target game board from the packs. 2. Tell the kids: You can teach your bug to Jump for Jesus! Just say, JUMP... as you press down on its back (demonstrate), then say, ...for Jesus! as soon as it starts flying. Now, aim your bugs at the TARGET to find out how fast they can learn to OBEY! Groups keep track of each players points as they take turns commanding their bugs to Jump...for Jesus!
Jump... For Jesus!

Teach kids to make their bugs jump by saying: JUMP... when they press down on the bugs back, and: ...for Jesus! as the bug goes flying!
APRIL, YEAR 1
2.
Ready...
Jumpin Bug
religious ed!
The
Jump for Jesus
Mission
remind kids to Jump for Jesus each time you meet This month! 1. Play Jump for Jesus as the kids enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Prayer & Pledge. 3. After prayer, raise your Target poster and try to hit it with a Jumpin Bug. Say: JUMP... as you press down on the bug, and have the kids respond: for Jesus! Ask the kids how on-target they have been with JOYFUL OBEDIENCE this week. Have they been jumping to do what they are asked right away? How? At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help me to obey right away this week, whenever I am asked. I do it all for you! Play & sing Jump for Jesus! Say the K4J Prayer & Pledge Copy the Target poster. Use it as a motivator each week! Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
JUMP
FOR
JESUS!
APRIL YEAR 1 MISSION SONG

When I JUMP (Jump!) for Jesus, (Cross arms over heart) I JUMP (Jump!) with joyful obedience. for Jesus (Cross arms over heart)
Well, I JUMP (Jump!) Wherever I go.
(Cross arms over heart)
(Nod head up and down) (Repeat chorus)
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Offering Prayer
Jump... For Jesus!

Teach kids to make their bugs jump by saying: JUMP... when they press down on the bugs back, and: ...for Jesus! as the bug goes flying!
BE...
You jump up whenever you hear your name called!
You jump up to be the first one to help!
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APRIL, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
JOYFUL OBEDIENCE

When we obey joyfully we are doing what God asks of us -- living charity by making things easier for those around us, and using our freedom to choose what is good. According to the fourth commandment, God has willed that, after him, we should honor our parents and those whom he has vested with authority for our good. CCC: 2248
IN THE HOME:
Easter is the time to remember the Joyful Obedience of Jesus. Jesus opened the gates of heaven to us by obeying the Father. When we obey God, good things happen! We OBEY God by asking more of our children. It is not easy today when society pushes against our Catholic faith. If we are strong in guiding them to obey the commandments of God, our children will be stronger and happier. Children are most happy when they know the limits and are motivated to live within them. Read the April Parents Perspective found in the child Send-It-Home packs for great ideas about how to teach joyful obedience at home!
DEFINITION:
I do what I am asked right away. I Jump for Jesus!
OBJECTIVE:
Kids learn to do what they are asked right away and with joy, for love of Jesus. Obeying parents is a first way children learn and respond to Gods will for them.
SCRIPTURE:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: that it may go well with you and that you may have along life on earth. Ephesians 6: 1-3
HOLY HEROES: STS JOACHIM & ANN

Sts Joachim & Ann were Marys parents. They loved God very much and they taught little Mary their strong faith. They trusted in Gods special plan of love for their family, no matter what. This made it possible for God to carry out the most amazing plan of love! God asked Mary to become the mother of Jesus, his Son. How could this be possible? Mary was not sure, but she had learned from her parents to trust Gods word. St Joachim and St Ann had taught Mary to know and love Gods plan by talking with God in her heart. They had taught her to pray! Mary said YES! to Gods plan right away. She became the Mother of Jesus! Sts Joachim & Ann, help me to love Gods plan by obeying my parents right away!

Check out the Parents Corner of the web site for the April Resurrection Rolls recipe. Find K4J Stations of the Cross booklets for kids to assemble for holy week! Start a K4J Club for up to 10 kids. Its a ton of fun! Click K4J Clubs. Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the April Jump for Jesus Mission found in the child packs.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the kids in your family live JOYFUL OBEDIENCE. Kids use the materials included in the Send-It-Home packs to practice joyful obedience through the Jump for Jesus Mission of the Month. They learn to do whatever their parents ask RIGHT AWAY! The pre-K4J (ages 3-K) receive Spark Bunny glasses to wear as a reminder to jump up whenever they hear their name called. K4J (grades 1-2) and Apostles (grades 3-4) receive jumpin bug toys and a game target to aim at that teaches ways to obey -- to Jump for Jesus! If your program has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Target pattern
You jump up whenever you hear your name called!
You jump up to bethefirstoneto help! You jump up when it is time to wake up!
BE...
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Jump... For Jesus!
Kids make their bugs jump by saying: JUMP... when they press down on the bugs back, and: ...for Jesus! as the bug goes flying!
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Flowers for Mary

K4J VIRTUE:
Careful Speech
Careful Speech: When we think good thoughts, its easy to say the right words!
MAY, YEAR 1
1.
Send-it-home
The
Flowers for Mary
Mission
Give this lesson the fIrst time your class meets in May! 1. Show kids how to do the May Flowers for Mary Mission with the supplies in their packs. See Send-It-Home Pack Chat below. Play Grow a Garden game with the game board and pieces in the packs! 2. Teach the Flowers for Mary Mission song with motions on the following page. Use the Year 1 Songs CD. 3. Hand out and discuss the St Philip Neri Holy Hero cards to go home. Send home the May K4J Send-It-Home packs with the Grow a Garden game pieces back inside, and a copy of the May Parent Newsletter with each child.
ObjectIveS:
Motivate kids to live the Flowers for Mary Mission & share it with their parents at home. Kids learn that when they think good thoughts, it is easy to say the right words. When we do, it is like giving a flower to Mary! Kids learn to stop tale-telling and make it a habit to use Buddy Booster words that tell the good things they see instead!
Ready...
You will need: May K4J Send-It-Home packs May tabletop Mission card from pack Grow a Garden game pieces from packs; scissors Buddy Booster pattern copied May Mission song, FLOWERS FOR MARY, CD player, lyrics & motions May Parent Newsletter copied per child; K4J packs and St Philp Neri holy card to send home

T This month, we are going to grow Flowers for Mary by saying the right words to others. This is called using CAREFUL SPEECH. w Have kids look at the black and white Garden Tools game sheet in their packs. H The tools are paired with the dirty weed words they dig up and get rid of. T Y You can learn how to stop dirty weed words by using these special garden tools. We dig out dirty weed words and replace them with careful d speech. Each time we say the right words it is like giving a flower to Mary! s Point out and pay special attention to Buddy Booster Backhoe. Buddy Booster Backhoe is the garden tool that takes out Tale-Telling Weed. Buddy BoostB er helps stop tattling. Buddy Booster tells only good things about others. e Buddy Booster knows that everyone would like to try their best, and he B offers words of encouragement to give a boost whenever he can! Buddy o Booster is a real friend. Buddy Booster knows that if we are going to grow B CAREFUL SPEECH flowers for Mary, we have to yank bad thought weeds C by the roots and plant careful speech seeds by saying something kind! Look at the tabletop Mission cards and Buddy Booster shown. Read the virtue definition and the Flowers for Mary Mission of the Month. Kids may put a sticker on the card each day they do this mission. Now play the Garden game!
use Buddy Booster Words - Share what Is good!
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Play Grow a Garden Game!
Kids form groups of two and find the game board, black & white Garden Tools sheet, and cut apart the colored game pieces sheet from their packs to play the Grow a Garden game.
One of the common weeds found in a group of kids this age is Tale-Telling Weed. This month, pull it up by the roots by using Buddy Booster Backhoe. Lead the kids to replace tattling by sharing good things about others instead! Place fingertips together to make a Buddy Booster shape with your hand. Say:
Tale-Telling Weed
Buddy Booster Backhoe
YANK Tale-Telling Weed Use Buddy Booster SPEECH!
MAY, YEAR 1
2.
Ready...
religious ed!
The
Flowers for Mary
Mission
remind kids to practice careful speech each time you meet This month! 1. Play Flowers for Mary as the kids enter the classroom each week. 2. Begin each class session with the K4J Prayer & Pledge. 3. After prayer, show your Buddy Booster sign and make a Buddy Booster Backhoe shape by placing your finger tips together. Say: YANK Tale-Telling Weed - Use Buddy Booster SPEECH! Ask the kids how they have been using CAREFUL SPEECH this week. After the discussion, put a flower for Mary in a vase with an image of Mary taped to it. At closing prayer, say: Jesus, help me use CAREFUL SPEECH and give a Flower to Mary, our Mother! Play & sing Flowers for Mary!
Say the K4J Prayer & Pledge Copy the Buddy Booster pattern and post it to card stock with a handle. Use it as a motivator each week! Image of Mary taped to a vase, flower (artificial or real) Year 1 K4J Mission Songs & CD player
FLOWERS
FOR
MARY
MAY YEAR 1 MISSION SONG

Ive got some flowers for Mary. (Hold fist behind back, then bring it out in front as if it is a bouquet) Ive got some flowers for Mary. (Hold fist behind back, then bring it out in front as if it is a bouquet) Yank bad-thought weeds (Pretend to pull a weed from your ear) an plant careful speech seeds (Point to lips as you nod your head yes) And get some flowers for Mary! (Hold fist behind back, then bring it out in front as if it is a bouquet) (Repeat chorus)

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One of the common weeds found in a group of kids this age is Tale-Telling Weed. This month, pull it up by the roots by using Buddy Booster Backhoe. Lead the kids to replace tattling by sharing good things about others instead! Place fingertips together to make a Buddy Booster shape with your hand. Say: YANK Tale-Telling Weed Use Buddy Booster SPEECH!
Tale-Telling Weed Buddy Booster Backhoe

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MAY, YEAR 1
VIRTUE:
CAREFUL SPEECH

We have to be especially careful to guard our speech and only say what will do good for others. CCC: 2477 Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause them unjust injury. He becomes guilty: - of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor; - of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses anothers faults and failings to persons who did not know them; - of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.
IN THE HOME:
CAREFUL SPEECH is probably the most difficult virtue to master. Scripture is very clear that we should not think ill of others and must use careful speech. James 1: 26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this mans religion is worthless. Most television attracts people with ease. Help your children be critical of examples shown on television. Help them learn not to complain about others and come up with charitable ways to handle what seems unjust. See May Parents Perspective found in the child Send-It-Home packs for ways to teach careful speech!
DEFINITION:
When we think good thoughts, its easy to say the right words!
OBJECTIVE:
GROW A GARDEN FOR MARY! Kids learn to stop tattling, making fun of others and using other dirty weed forms of speech by using the K4J garden tools: Compliment Claw, Buddy Booster Backhoe and others. Each time they use CAREFUL SPEECH, it is like giving a flower to Mary!
SCRIPTURE:
pre-K4J: Shout with joy to the Lord. Psalm 98:4 K4J and Apostles: Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth, a gatekeeper at my lips. Psalm 141:3
SAINT PHILIP NERI St. Philip Neri is known as the Joyful Saint. He helped people overcome their faults by making them laugh! Fr. Philip knew how important careful speech is. One day a man came to him and told him he was having trouble because he could not stop saying bad things about other people. Fr. Philip told him to take a big bag of feathers and go up on the roof. He told him to open the bag and shake the feathers out. When the man did this, the feathers were caught by the wind and blew far and wide throughout town. Fr. Philip then told the man to go and collect every feather. The man looked at him in dismay. Fr. Philip said, Bad words are like feathers. Once they are out of the bag, they spread to all corners of town, and can never be taken back again! Mary, help me to think and speak carefully!
HOLY HERO:

Help your kids Ask Spark for ways to practice CAREFUL SPEECH. Spark represents the conscience. Find him online at the KIDZONE! Renew your K4J Club for next year. Help host K4J Win the World for Jesus: Focus on the Church Vacation Bible School this summer! Print a Mission Badge for your child when he/she completes the May Flowers for Mary Mission.
SEND-IT-HOME PACKS
Help the kids in your family use CAREFUL SPEECH. Kids use this months Send-It-Home packs to practice the Flowers for Mary Mission of the Month. They learn how to recognize their thoughts and speech habits and yank bad-thought weeds and plant careful-speech seeds! Its easy with the K4J garden tools that help replace dirty weed words with what is positive. Each time we use CAREFUL SPEECH, it is like giving a flower to Mary! If your school has not provided Send-It-Home packs, you may purchase them for the year at www.k4j.org or by calling 1-877-543-7638.
Buddy Booster pattern
Tale-Telling Weed
Buddy Booster Backhoe
Place fingertips together to make a Buddy Booster shape with your hand. Say: YANK Tale-Telling Weed Use Buddy Booster SPEECH!
Mary image
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K4J Bucks pattern
Additional Resources - K4J Unity Prayer
K4J Unity Prayer

Jesus, thank you for calling me to your work in Catholic education. Thank you for calling others to work with me. Unite us in your will, Lord. Let our prayers storm heaven with one voice. Let our efforts be filled with your grace. Let our school work as one. Unite us in charity, Lord. Help me look beyond my feelings and love those who criticize. Help me forgive the moment I am hurt. Help my words reflect your thoughts. Unite us in our mission to serve these children, Lord. Give us a love for souls. Give us a zeal for souls. Give us the gifts that attract souls to you. Unite us in helping children hear your call, Lord. Call the children of our school to a greater love for you. I want to help them hear that call. Call more young people to the priesthood and religious life. I want to help them hear that call. Call our kids to live the mission youve planned for each one. I want to help them hear that call. And when things get tough and I want to pretend you didnt call me, call me again. You are the reason my life is worth living. Mary, Mother of the Church, Pray for us! Amen.

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