As a Catholic educator, you most likely know that the Internet is a valuable resource for CCD teaching ideas.
To supplement the curriculum your parish uses, you can find hands-on activities, crafts, age-appropriate explanations, and activities on sites throughout the Web.
Here at Suite 101's Catholicism page, we've got articles on everything from first-day icebreakers to last-day parting gift ideas for your students.
Click on the links below to see articles on specific topics.
CCD Teacher Resources
Christmas Gifts for Students: Holiday Presents You Can Make Yourself for Your Religion Class
First-Day Activities: Activities to Start a New Religious Education Year
First-Day Icebreakers: Getting to Know Your Students with Fun and Games
Games: Teach Lessons and Review Material Through Game Playing
Gathering Activities: Fun Things for Students While Waiting for Classes to Start
Gift Ideas for Students: Inexpensive Religious Gifts from Teachers to CCD Class Children
Lenten Fasting and Abstinence for Children: How Kids Can Observe Lent by Sacrificing and Abstaining
Lesson Plans and Planning: Advance Planning for the Year is Essential for CCD Teachers
Little Known Catholic Facts All Kids Should Know: What CCD Children Don’t Know About Their Church
Memorization Helps: Methods for Memorizing Facts, Passages and Hard-to-Remember Lists
Plays, Skits and Role Playing: Acting Out Lessons in Catholic Religious Education Classes
Prayer Tables: Setting Aside a Place to Pray
Substitute Teaching CCD: Ready-Made Lessons for the Religious Education Sub
Take-Home Lessons: How to Connect Your Students’ Lives With Your CCD Class
Visual Aids in CCD Lessons: From Altoids to Zoo Animals, Everyday Items Can be Teacher's Props
Lesson Topics
Advent: Catholic Classroom Projects Leading to Christmas
Creation: Telling the Story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Easter: Religion Teacher Techniques for Easter Lessons
Environment: Catholic Religious Education Lessons in Saving the Environment
Epiphany: Teaching the Visit of the Magi in the Catholic Classroom
Halloween Stories: Pumpkin Stories for Catholic Religion Classes
Halloween Saint Activity: A Halloween Saint Graveyard Activity
Lent: Prayer Pots Teach Lessons from Ash Wednesday through Lent
Matrimony: Catholic CCD Lessons on Marriage in the Church
Morality: How Religious Educators Can Teach Teens Moral Decision Making
Nativity Story: Lessons on Jesus’ Birth in Religious Education Classes
Old Testament: Catholic Lessons on the Stories of Hebrew Scriptures
Peace: Catholic Kids’ Lessons Promoting Peaceful Solutions and Justice
Prayer: How to Introduce Types of Prayer to Children and Teens
Reconciliation: Getting Kids Past the Fear of Confession
Rosary: Making Rosaries and Religion Class Crafts
Saints: Teaching Children About the Lives of Our Catholic Role Models
St. Nicholas: Celebrate the Old European Custom of December 6
Temptation: When the Church Says ‘Just Say No’
Ten Commandments: God’s Ancient Laws Still a Good Catholic Lesson for Kids Today
Thanksgiving: Teaching Children to be Thankful for God’s Gifts
Thanksgiving Lessons from the Mayflower: Religion Class Themes of Sacrifice and Freedom
The First Thanksgiving: Catholic Lessons in Compassion, Cooperation and Hospitality
Trinity: Teaching Children The Great Mystery of the Catholic Faith
Valentine's Day : Religion Lessons in Love, Compassion and Kindness to Others
Topic Resources
Advent Wreath: The Season’s Countdown to Christmas in Your CCD Classroom
Advent Wreath Craft Ideas: Three Easy CCD Class Projects to Prepare for the Christmas Season
Christmas Crafts: Quick, Easy Holiday Ornament Projects for the Classroom
Christmas Crafts for Preschoolers: Ornaments and Holiday Projects for CCD Children
Christmas Crafts for Primary Grades: CCD Holiday Projects for First and Second Graders
Christmas Crafts for Middle Grades: Holiday Projects for Third- and Fourth-Grade Religion Classes
Christmas Crafts for Tweens: Holiday Projects Perfect for Middle School CCD Grades 5 – 8
Christmas Crafts for Teens: Holiday Projects for Youth Groups and High School CCD Classes
Examination of Conscience: Kids: Preparing Young Children for Reconciliation
Examination of Conscience: Tweens: Pre-Teens Preparing for Reconciliation
Examination of Conscience: Teens: Teen-agers Preparing for Reconciliation
Lenten Prayer Pots Activity: Prayer Pots Teach Lessons from Ash Wednesday through Lent
Prayers for Young Children: Teaching Helps for Praying with Catholic Preschoolers
