Theme Lesson Learning Objective Faith Formation Goal Story/Poem Scripture Song Prayer 9. We 1.Thank you Understanding: That the children Monday Quiet and Still Grace Before Give God for would also: Morning in Meals Identify some of the Thanks food Malawi similarities and differences Develop a sense of Grace After Meals between what they eat and gratitude to God Mesi’s what children like Enestina for food Evening and Mesi eat each day Be aware of the Compare and contrast a need to share food typical day in their lives with a typical day in the life of Enestina or Mesi Communicating and Participating: Discuss the importance of food in our lives 9.We Give At Mass Understanding: That the children Thank You The Story of We Give Thanks Prayer Service Thanks we give would also: God for….. Creation Identify the aspects of their thanks Develop a sense of (Gn 1:2-3, 26-7) lives for which they are belonging to the local God thankful Church community Created the Daniel in the Pit Name Sunday as the day on World of Lions which the parish community (Dn 6:16-23) gathers together to give Daniel in thanks to God the Lion’s Communicating and Den Participating: Pray ‘Thanks be to God’ as a response to reading from the Bible Participate in a prayer service on the theme of Thanksgiving
Theme Lesson Learning Objective Faith Formation Goal Story/Poem Scripture Song Prayer 9. We Give Thanks 1.Thank you God for food Understanding: Identify some of the similarities and differences between what they eat and what children like Enestina and Mesi eat each day Compare and contrast a typical day in their lives with a typical day in the life of Enestina or Mesi Communicating and Participating: Discuss the importance of food in our lives That the children would also: Develop a sense of gratitude to God for food Be aware of the need to share food Monday Morning in Malawi Mesi’s Evening Quiet and Still Grace Before Meals Grace After Meals 9.We Give Thanks At Mass we give thanks Understanding: Identify the aspects of their lives for which they are thankful Name Sunday as the day on which the parish community gathers together to give thanks to God Communicating and Participating: Pray ‘Thanks be to God’ as a response to reading from the Bible Participate in a prayer service on the theme of Thanksgiving That the children would also: Develop a sense of belonging to the local Church community Thank You God for….. God Created the World Daniel in the Lion’s Den The Story of Creation (Gn 1:2-3, 26-7) Daniel in the Pit of Lions (Dn 6:16-23) We Give Thanks Prayer Service