Wordless Wednesday ~ Outside my Window…
Saint Joseph Lap Book
Last March Rascal made a 3-D Cut & Color St. Joseph Altar and started making a Lap Book in honor of St. Joseph.
That same week my Grandfather passed away and we ended up spending March 19th, the feast of St. Joseph, in the car traveling out of state to attend his funeral. Needless to say, Rascal’s Lap Book never was completed. A year later (I can’t believe it has been a year!) I finally pulled it back off the shelf so he could finish it up in time for this year’s feast!
I’ve included links (and uploaded any of our own documents) in case anyone would like to use them as well.
Books Read
Other Resources:
- From An Angel in a Dream: The Story of St. Joseph
- Favorite Prayers to St. Joseph
- The Virtual St. Joseph Altar
- SQPN
Cover
For the cover Rascal colored this picture of St. Joseph. (Charlotte also has a lovely coloring page and you can find even more options here.)
Inside First Folder
For the left flap of the first folder we pasted the Litany of St. Joseph. (Here is my document to download.)
In the middle, a the top, we included a 2 Flap Flap Book for the two “Feasts of St. Joseph.” (You can download my file here – the font is different since it was originally made on my other computer. Rascal completed this part of the lapbook last year, otherwise I probably would have had him write it in himself.)
- On the outside of the first flap we pasted placed a picture of St. Joseph holding the baby Jesus and on the inside it says “March 19th ~ St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary”.
- On the outside of the second flap we pasted a picture of St. Joseph working, and on the inside it says “May 1st ~ St. Joseph the Worker”.
Next we printed out a “Petal Pentagon” and wrote five things that St. Joseph is the patron of on the five different “petals,” and “St. Joseph, Patron of…” in the center. Although St. Joseph is patron of many things, we choose the ones he is most known for: 1) Universal Church; 2) Workers; 3) Families; 4) Fathers; and 5) the Dying / Holy Death. Rascal added illustrations as well.
We then added a 2 Flap Book to list the two main symbols used by The Church for St. Joseph. On the outside we wrote “Symbols of St. Joseph.” On the inside flaps we wrote “The Lily” on one, and “Carpenter’s Square” on the other. In the very middle we have an image of St. Joseph holding both. (Here is my document to download.)
At the bottom of the page Rascal wanted to write his Blue Knights prayer to St. Joseph:
“Dear St. Joseph, who took such good care of the baby Jesus and His Holy Mother Mary be our protector too. Guide us on a path that is safe and sure and be with us all the way to heaven. Amen.”
For the right side flap of the first folder, we made a Nine Layer, Layered Book for the Nine Day Novena to St. Joseph. We pasted this image on the cover and titled it “Nine Day Novena”. We then placed the nine days of prayers, in order, on each of the nine layers and added “Day One, Day Two, etc…” on the bottom of each layer. (And here is this document. You’ll need to make the Layer Book yourself, though you can use the 7-Layer Book at this link to get you started.)
Inside Second Folder
On the left flap we included the Blessing of the St. Joseph Altar.
In the center we included a picture of our mini St. Joseph Altar, which Rascal made using this pdf. I printed out this image (at 150%) to frame our picture.
Beneath our picture of our homemade St. Joesph Altar, we printed out and added the history of the Saint Joseph Altar from Viva San Giuseppe by St. Joseph Guild.
On the right flap we placed a couple pockets for our St. Joseph Memory Match Playing Cards.
Back Cover
Rascal colored a beautiful stained glass coloring page (pdf here) and glued it to a piece of cardstock. We glued the side and bottom edges of the cardstock and attached it to the back cover creating a pocket.
We used the pocket to store the St. Joseph Paper Doll we downloaded, colored, and cut out, from Paper Dali.
Additional Activities
Since Rascal still has a little room on the outside of the two end flaps, we are planning on using a few of the ideas from Domestic-Church’s Exploring Saint Joseph. Our favorites were:
- Interview your Dad about his childhood (Prepare a list of questions in advance and use a cassette tape recorder to record the interview. This could be a real treasure in the coming years. — They provide a list of suggestions.)
- Complete the Sentence (Have the children complete that following sentence in as many ways as they can. Saint Joseph…. Some suggestions: was a hard worker, was a virtuous man, taught Jesus, was a loving father.)
- Saint Joseph and Dad(Discuss with your siblings how Saint Joseph and Dad are alike. How are they not alike? Is Dad getting more and more like Saint Joseph?)
Participate in the 1st Annual St. Joseph Altar Blog Fest. You can find all the information here.
Bake! Lots of recipes for the feast of St. Joseph can be found at Catholic Cuisine.
Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your devine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.
Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls – Pray for me.
St. Joseph Memory Match Playing Cards
St. Joseph Memory Match Playing Cards
My children love playing Mary Memory. (I’m sorry I can’t find a link… It is a Matching Game, using various images and titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was given to Twinkle Toes by her Godparents.)
Since March is dedicated to St. Joseph, I decided to make a set of St. Joseph Cards for my children as well! Since he doesn’t have nearly as many titles as Our Lady, I wasn’t sure how many cards I’d be able to make. I ended up with 18 different cards, which is plenty for playing Memory Match and Go Fish.
If any of you would like to make a set of cards for your children, you can download my documents, print two sets onto cardstock, and cut them out.
Saint Joseph Card Set, Page One
My Daybook :: March 1, 2010
. Very inspiring!
(a late Christmas gift) from my Aunt. I guess she is tired of fighting ours too, every couple years (or so) when she babysits while I’m at the hospital! 😉
. Despite the fact that it is in Spanish with English subtitles, it is one of my favorite movies of all time and has FINALLY been re-released on DVD. (I’ve been praying for years that it would!) My mother-in-law kindly sent me a copy, back in January for my birthday, and I couldn’t have been more excited. It is SUCH an inspiring movie!
. I just had to reclaim my 1st place status in “Soccer Heading.” Yep, I can be a tad bit competitive! 😉 My legs are still sore… - Resume “R” week with the Alphabet Path, since we didn’t have much extra time last week for a few of the activities I had planned.
- Organize the photos on my computer! I just realized that my hard drive is out of room and that I have my pictures in two different folders. Deleting the duplicates will free up over 100GB of space. That should help!
- Continue working on filling those 40 Bags.
- Happy Birthday to my brother Paul (who turns 26) and sisters JoAnn and Mary who turn (18). It seems like just yesterday the twins were turning “7 on the 7th!”
State-by-State Scrapbook :: Maryland
!Highlights from “Q” Week
From this Coloring Book
(While looking at the Flower Fairies Alphabet
We didn’t do that much with Science this week other than learn about Quarks! I didn’t have any picture books to read on the topic, but the girls really enjoyed this coloring book. It is also available to “color” online if you’d rather not print it out.
We also talked about Quarters
and 
, Queen of Hearts, and the Queen of Hearts Nursery Rhyme, then made Queen of Heart Tarts!
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer’s day;
The Knave of Hearts he stole the tarts and took them clean away.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts and beat the Knave full sore
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts and vowed he’d steal no more.
, this resulted in 12 tarts.
(aka Our Lady of Altagracia, since I didn’t have a chance to paint another…)
for with An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
The girls colored the Mary Queen of All Saints pictures from Our Saints Alphabet on CD and did some copywork from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
We also read the beautiful book Take it to the Queen
“Q is for Queen
of both angel and saint
Mary Immaculate
pure without
taint”
~ Q is for Quiz ~
, 
, 
, and 
I went a bit overboard checking out books about quilts from the library (in addition to the ones already on our shelves!) and we are still enjoying them! Our favorites (so far) have been The Quiltmaker’s Gift
Quilt of Saints
or this kit
, but since we already made blankets during B week, we just made Paper Quilts of favorite saints.
by Captain, Rascal, Twinkle Toes and Chiquita
Petit Four Quilt
(Recipe from Heart to Hand: Quilt talk with Wendy)
Q-Tip Dandelions
(This picture was taken before the girls added a cotton ball to the center… Looks like I forgot to take a final picture. You can see one at No Time for Flashcards.)
After nearly quitting “Q” week, we ended finding lots to do and enjoyed every minute! Nevertheless, I was Ready to move on to “R”, and Roses, Rainbows and Red Raspberry Tea Sandwiches!
P.S. I’m not sure why when I publish this post, it is the only one that appears on my homepage? I had this same problem after my last Alphabet Path post…
A couple pictures…
A Good Mail Day
Exploring Creation with Astronomy Lap Book: Part 1
The boys have really been enjoying Science this year! They have been studying Astronomy using (and loving!) Jeannie Fulbright’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy
They are very excited to move on to the next chapter (Mars), especially after seeing what Stephen and Nicholas have been up to this week! How fun!!
Meatless Meals for Fridays
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