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Introduction Watch a three-minute video, "The Boar and St. Brigid", and then learn "We Sing a Song to Brigid". Curriculum area: X02a Activity 1 Make a pipecleaner Bridget's Cross. Curriculum area: M06b, M06c Activity 2 Make oat bread. While it's bakin...

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Introduction Watch the 20-minute video "The Life of Saint Phanourios" with storytime and music. Activity 1 Play "hide and seek". Hide small laminated icons of Saint Phanourios around the house and look for them. Activity 2 Using laminated castle wall batt...

Introductory Facts Watch a six-minute video, "Stupendous Squirrel Storage!" Activity 1 Make several nests throughout the house using large boxes, cushions, and so one. Assign each one a number and then look for the correct number of "acorns" (or pinecones, ...

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Introduction Watch the two-minute video "The Story of Saint David" or another slightly longer one, "The Story of St David". Activity 1 Once when he was preaching, people couldn't see David and so a small hill rose up underneath him so people could see him. ...

Introduction Watch the 12-minute video "The Tale of St Piran". Activity 1 Saint Piran floated from Ireland to Cornwall on a mill-stone. Collect different shaped rocks to see if they float; then try floating other objects. Curriculum areas: E06b Activity 2...

Introduction Watch a one-minute video about preparing for a "Family Patron Saint's Day", or a nine-minute video "Slava, Celebration of Family Saint Patron's Day". Activity 1 Look at pictures of different bread (kolac) or koliva (wheat) top decorations, and ...

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Introduction A brief video, rhyme, or hook to set the topic for the day. Activity 1 A gross-motor or sensory activity to get the wiggles out. Activity 2 A more sedate activity, usually involving letters, numbers, or fine-motor. Lunch Snack Ideally theme...

Introduction Watch the four-minute video "Your Super Skeleton!" Activity 1 Read Ezekiel 37:1-4 and sing the "The Foot Bone's Connected to..." song, with actions. Curriculum areas: S05a, S05b, S12b, S12c, X02b, X02c Activity 2 Print out the "bones dice ga...

Introduction Watch a four-minute video, "How to Feel Your Heart Beat", or 7-minute video, "How Your Heart Works". Activity 1 The heart moves about 5 litres of blood per minute. Have the child use a scoop to move water from one container to the other to see ...

Introduction Sing "Them bones them bones" (from "bones" session) again. Activity 1 Find the x-ray images (see attached files) around the house and assemble them into a skeleton. Curriculum areas: S12b Activity 2 Put chocolate sprinkles or cocoa powder on...

Introduction Watch a four-minute video, "How Do Our Bodies Move?" You can also watch two six-minute videos, "How Your Muscles Work" and "The Muscular System". Activity 1 Use playdough to add muscles to a skeleton model. Curriculum areas: S12c Activity 2...

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