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Catholic Letter of the Week Worksheets and Coloring Pages for Preschool – 1st Grade Post Preview: Encourage learning about letters and letter sounds as well as our shared faith with these printable packets.
I’m really excited today to be able to share with you the first part of a project that I have been thinking about working on for years. Seriously – it’s kind of ridiculous how long I have put this off, all because I got too caught up in how to do it and made myself feel paralyzed and like I couldn’t even start it.
So, what is this big project? A Catholic Letter of the Week Worksheet and Coloring Page set for preschool and kindergarten (and some first graders).
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Although it was designed for Catholic kids, there are actually many other Christian denominations that this may be perfect for. I spent most of my life in the Episcopal Church and this is pretty close to a perfect fit there too. There may be some pages that don’t work as well, but mostly yes.
This is great for most denominations that recognize saints and have similar services/parts of the church as Catholics. Plus, I have included many pages that are Christian without specifically being Catholic, as well as secular pages.
I really love how it is coming together now that I finally made myself start, and I hope you will love it too.
A – E Bundle (175 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities)
F – J Bundle (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
K – O Bundle – (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
P – T – (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
U – Z Bundle – (210 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
A – Z Bundle – (910 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities) – The bundle is 50% off the price of buying them each individually. It’s also a 30% savings off the price of buying all five of the specially-priced smaller bundles.
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Catholic Letter of the Week Worksheets and Coloring Pages for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade
Because the packet for each letter is currently 35 pages long, I have them broken up into individual packets as well as bundled into five letters per bundle. This way, you can grab just the individual letters you want or you can grab a bundle.
Each packet provides parents and teachers with a variety of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities to work on:
★ Correct letter formation
★ Identifying letters
★ Understanding and recognizing initial letter sounds, including when letters make more than one beginning sound (such as both the hard and soft C sounds or hard and soft J sounds, for example)
★ Learning more about our shared faith
Note: If it is important to you that the items included for a letter only make one particular sound, then you may find that there are some pages in some of the packets that you won’t want to use. For example, in the C packet, Saint Cecilia is included even though her name begins with a soft C sound.
I wanted to put an emphasis on the faith aspect, so I didn’t want to be tied to just one letter sound. Also, I always introduced multiple sounds that a letter could make early on with readers (both at home and when I taught in the classroom), using a mix of phonics and whole language, so it felt more natural to me to set it up like that. But, I wanted to be sure to mention it.
What ages are the Catholic Letter of the Week Packets best for?
These Catholic Letter of the Week packets are perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. These would also work well for many first grade students. Some of the pages will also work well for second grade students, though not every page would quite as perfect for them.
Do I Really Have to Finish One Packet Per Week?
Since each packet has 35 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities, you can opt to spend longer than a week on each of the Catholic Letter of the Week Packets. However, you might be able to get through it all in one week.
Conversely, you can just pick and choose what to do in each packet and make sure you get done in one week.
I Don’t Want to Read The Post. Just Take Me to the Packets!
Fair enough. You can read more about the packets in the shop, actually, if you want.
You can just click through here to go right to the shop area of Real Life at Home. You’ll be able to see all of the current Catholic Letter of the Week individual packets and bundles.
What is included in each Catholic Letter of the Week Packet?
While each packet has some variation, the packets pretty much have the same style of content in each packet, but it just changes up for each letter. I found that while I was teaching in the classroom (and later at home with my own children), my students were most comfortable when they knew what to expect in an activity. This will give your children or students a greater comfort level while working through all of the packets.
Each packet in this bundle includes The following pages
I will give more details about each page in the individual letters sections.
★ A Terms of Use Page
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages
★ Two Letter Maze Pages
★ Letter Recognition Page
★ Two Line Tracing Pages that link a Letter to a Picture that Starts with that Letter
★ Letter Coloring Page
★ 12 Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages in each packet (though you will probably just pick your preferred style and only use one set). All are religious in nature and include saints, objects found in a church, people or items from Bible stories, etc.
★ My Letter (specific letter) Mini Book (secular) – Makes an eight page mini book (eight half size page)
★ My Letter (specific letter) Mini Book (religious) – Makes an eight page mini book (eight half size page)
★ Two Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name.
★ Two Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase page and a lowercase page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Get the Letters A – E Packet Bundle
If you would like to skip the individual packets and just go straight for the bundle, you can get the bundle of letters A – E. You save money when you get a bundle instead of individual packets. Plus, you’ll get 175 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities!
Get the Letters A – E Bundle Here
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A – E Bundle (175 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities)
F – J Bundle (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
K – O Bundle – (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
P – T – (175 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
U – Z Bundle – (210 pages of coloring pages, worksheets, and activities)
A – Z Bundle – (910 pages of worksheets, coloring pages, and activities) – The bundle is 50% off the price of buying them each individually. It’s also a 30% savings off the price of buying all five of the specially-priced smaller bundles.
More Details about Specific Packets
Catholic Letter of the Week for The Letter A
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages – featuring both religious and secular objects (separated on different pages – three pages are religious and two pages are secular); some word examples: angel, ambo, Saint Andrew, acorn, award
★ Letter Maze Pages – one for uppercase A to find the way to an angel and one for lowercase a to find the way to an apple
★ Letter Recognition Page – one page where students can find and color all the lowercase and uppercase A’s
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★ Line Tracing Pages – two pages of line tracing to help with fine motor skills and writing practice. Students will trace between a Letter A to a picture of something that starts with an A. All items are secular, such as aquarium, apple juice, and acorn
★ Letter Coloring Page – Color or paint a striped uppercase A and lowercase a
★ Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages. Pages included: Saint Agnes, Saint Augustine, Saint Andrew, altar, ambo, angel.
★ My Letter A Mini Book (secular, 4 pages) – Eight page mini book. Some words included are award, ant, art, acorn.
★ My Letter A Mini Book (religious, 4 pages) – Eight-page booklet (each page is a half-page). Some words included are altar bells, Saint Albert the Great, Saint Anne.
★ Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name. Saints included in the A Packet: Saint Agnes and Saint Augustine.
★ Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase A page and a lowercase a page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Purchase the Letter A Packet
Catholic Letter of the Week for The Letter B
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages – featuring both religious and secular objects (separated on different pages – three pages are religious and two pages are secular); some word examples: Bible, Saint Barbara, baptism, boat, bird
★ Letter Maze Pages – one for uppercase B and one for lowercase b
★ Letter Recognition Page – one page where students can find and color all the lowercase and uppercase B’s
★ Line Tracing Pages (2 pages) – Students will trace between a Letter B to a picture of something that starts with a B (all objects are secular, such as ball, butterfly, bike)
★ Letter Coloring Page – Color or paint a striped uppercase B and lowercase b
★ Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages. Pages included: Saint Blaise, Saint Bernadette, Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Jesus Breaking Bread, Baby Jesus, Bible.
★ My Letter B Mini Book (secular, 4 pages) – Eight-page mini book. Some words included are bee, bacon, ballerina, banana.
★ My Letter B Mini Book (religious, 4 pages) – Eight-page mini book. Some words included are Bible, Saint Benedict, Boy with a Bible, Saint Basil.
★ Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name. Saints included in the B Packet: Saint Blaise and Saint Barbara.
★ Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase B page and a lowercase b page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Purchase the Letter B Packet
Catholic Letter of the Week for The Letter C
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages – featuring both religious and secular objects (separated on different pages – three pages are religious and two pages are secular); some word examples: church, Saint Clare, cross, cake, cow.
★ Letter Maze Pages – one for uppercase C and one for lowercase c
★ Letter Recognition Page – one page where students can find and color lowercase and uppercase C’s
★ Line Tracing Pages – two pages of line tracing to help with fine motor skills and writing practice. Students will trace between a Letter C to a picture of something that starts with a C. All objects are secular, such as cat, cactus, crab
★ Letter Coloring Page – Color or paint a striped uppercase C and lowercase c
★ Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages. Pages included: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Saint Clare, Saint Cecilia, Cross, Commandments, Church.
★ My Letter C Mini Book (secular, 4 pages) – Eight page mini book. Some words included are carrot, coffee, crown.
★ My Letter C Mini Book (religious, 4 pages) – Eight-page booklet (each page is a half-page). Some words included are church, chalice, Saint Clare, Saint Catherine of Siena.
★ Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name. Saints included in the C Packet: Saint Teresa of Calcutta and Saint Cecilia.
★ Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase C page and a lowercase c page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Purchase the Letter C Packet
Catholic Letter of the Week for The Letter D
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages – featuring both religious and secular objects (separated on different pages – three pages are religious and two pages are secular); some word examples: dove, Saint Damien, Saint Dominic Savio, dog, daisy.
★ Letter Maze Pages – one for uppercase D and one for lowercase d
★ Letter Recognition Page – one page where students can find and color lowercase and uppercase D’s in circles
★ Line Tracing Pages – two pages of line tracing to help with fine motor skills and writing practice. Students will trace between a Letter D to a picture of something that starts with a D. All items are secular, such as doctor, diamond, donut
★ Letter Coloring Page – Color or paint a striped uppercase D and lowercase d
★ Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages. Pages included: Saint Juan Diego, Saint Damien, Saint Dominic Savio, Daniel, donate, dove.
★ My Letter D Mini Book (secular, 4 pages) – Eight page mini book. Some words included are dog, day, dinosaur.
★ My Letter D Mini Book (religious, 4 pages) – Eight-page booklet (each page is a half-page). Some words included are donate, dove, Saint Damien of Molokai.
★ Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name. Saints included in the D Packet: Saint Juan Diego and Saint Damien.
★ Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase D page and a lowercase d page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Purchase the Letter D Packet
Catholic Letter of the Week for The Letter E
★ Five Handwriting Practice Pages – featuring both religious and secular objects (separated on different pages – three pages are religious and two pages are secular); some word examples: Eucharist, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Eve, eel, eat.
★ Letter Maze Pages – one for uppercase E and one for lowercase e
★ Letter Recognition Page – one page where students can find and color lowercase and uppercase E’s
★ Line Tracing Pages – two pages of line tracing to help with fine motor skills and writing practice. Students will trace between a Letter E to a picture of something that starts with an E. All items are secular, such as eat, Earth, eggplant
★ Letter Coloring Page – Color or paint a striped uppercase E and lowercase e
★ Coloring Pages – There are 6 coloring pages included in two different styles for a total of 12 coloring pages. Pages included: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint John the Evangelist, Garden of Eden, Earth, Eucharist.
★ My Letter E Mini Book (secular, 4 pages) – Eight page mini book. Some words included are egg, eat, eel.
★ My Letter E Mini Book (religious, 4 pages) – Eight-page booklet (each page is a half-page). Some words included are Eve, Joseph in Egypt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
★ Puzzle Pages – Two pages to cut apart with saint pictures and then to put back together to spell their name. Saints included in the E Packet: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
★ Alphabet Craft Pages – There is an uppercase E page and a lowercase e page. Each page features a large plain letter that students can color, paint, glue ripped colored papers onto, or decorate in any way they want.
Purchase the Letter E Packet
Other Catholic Packets for Preschool and Kindergarten
Here are some other packets that would be perfect to use with the Catholic Letter of the Week Packets:
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Kate Gnida says
Hi Angie-I am a CRE and I love you letter packets, but I was wondering if there was any way
to be able to get just certain pages, i.e. the religious mini book, the puzzle pages-there isn’t
enough time to do all the pages. since we only meet once a week. Thanks.
Angie Kauffman says
Hi Kate!
My plan is that after all of the packets have been released, then I’ll probably make packets of some of the things together. For example, all 26 religious mini books would be available in one packet. However, that definitely won’t happen until at least October or November.