Decorating my Classroom for CCD

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All Things Bright and Beautiful God Created Them All

Last year was my 6th year teaching first grade CCD at our local parish. Four years ago, our hall was built and we finally had our own classrooms.  I was thrilled because I could finally decorate the room for the kids. My first year I did sheep. My second year I did a fisherman theme with fish. Last year I did a creation theme for the classroom. The kids loved it!

I created a tree using brown mailing paper and green tissue paper. I printed out various animals that God created and had the kids help me add them to the picture.

We even had a snake.

It's hard to make out, but the owl in the tree was the favorite of all the kids.

Another section I add to our classroom is our prayer wall. Here each student received a bird with a bird's nest. The nest had the 5 prayers written on it that we would work on throughout the year.

Sign of the Cross

Our Father

Hail Mary

Glory Be

Guardian Angel

As the kids learned their prayers, we checked them off, and when they had completed the prayers they received a special prize. The students who had learned all their prayers quickly eagerly helped the other students. Don't worry, we are not mean teachers, every student got a special prize. Even if a child hasn't learned all the prayers, they are still given their prize at the end of the year. 

Out of the 40 students I've had over the past 4 years, only a couple have struggled. Sadly, these tend to be the students who don't attend Mass. I'm always thrilled with what they do learn. 

Last year, I added a Twelve Apostles wall. The kids loved reading this wall and it helped them know who the apostles are, especially when we played our fishing for the apostles game.

Another cute idea, my assistant added to our classroom was the Good Deeds jar. Each week the kids tell us about a good need they performed. We write it down and add it to the jar. When all the kids have gone, we add some special glitter dust and sing a little song while we shake it up. The kids goal is to fill it up. Some years this is easy of we have tons of kids. We only had 7 kids last year, so they had to work especially hard to fill it up. 

I'm happy to report the did it!

Stay tuned for until next week when I share what my classroom theme is and what other great things I I've added to the room!

Till Next Time,

Monique