I was given the opportunity to review
Saints Scripts Series Two from
Equipping Catholic Families which was a collaboration of mom and daughter. Her daughter, Kelly, provided the wonderful and unique artwork and Monica did the rest! They're a great team to teach others about the Saints and Mary! Each saint kit includes 20 full color saint cards with picture and biography. Each kit ALSO includes 20(+1) half page black and white templates with the colorable picture, plus information format for kids to research and fill in the Saint details. Monica includes instructions and suggestions for different ways of using each Saint Scripts Cathletics Craft Kit at home or in the classroom! Once you purchase a saint kit, then Monica sends you the link to download it to your computer.
This weekend, I brought them to my Homeschooled Religious Education class that meets once a month. During the rest of the month, the parents are teaching their children at home. My job is to assess their progress and help fill in the gaps if needed. Our syllabus doesn't address saints until early next year, but Monica sent them to me so I could review the kit during the month of November so I brought them in.
Here is what I did: I had printed out the saint cards on cardstock for durability. I placed them out on a table and my class gathered around. I have young students from 5-7 years of age so some are early readers and others are just learning. They're first reaction was to guess who the saint was and they were able to tell some of them from Kelly's artwork.
Kelly's artwork is really special. It has a fun and youthful tone to it.
Then the readers in the group, took initiative and read the saint names aloud.
This started a discussion of what each saint was holding and why they were holding it.
They especially liked the archangels and Mary.
I had out the black and white templates and waited for their response.
It was as I suspected, can I do this one? Can I take it home?
They were eager to learn about the saints!
It worked wonderfully well at exciting my class with learning about the saints.
The illustrations drew their interest and the map made it real that these saints once lived and walked this earth. And that they too, can be a saint.
Thank you Monica and Kelly for giving me this opportunity to review one of your saint kits! I intend to print out a second copy of the colored ones to be used for a memory game and will let them pick a saint from the pack of black and white templates to learn more about with their family.
Peace & Blessings,
Noreen
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