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I am wondering if any of you use this resource. If you do, can you tell what you like about it? Also, do you buy one for each kid or share?
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i use this for my ds this year at 8 and last year. my 6yr old is not able to follow along (his reading is not quite at this level yet) and so i don't get one for him. so, no sharing.
my son says what he likes best about the magnifikid is that he can follow along - the missal was too complicated with all the finding of pages based on dates. he also likes the comic strip.
i got a subscription for both my niece and nephew for their first communions - neither cared for it. you might get a sample and see if your children like it before you invest in a subscription. also, if you get a group together you can take advantage of the group subscription rate.
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I have had them for a couple of years and they are great.
We don't allow anything in the pew though for any of the kids.
I find they don't read what they are supposed to, don't pay attention to what is actually happening, etc.. instead of being an aid - it's a distraction for my boys.
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Martha:
Can you describe how you utilize them? We just started a subscription but I don't quite know the best way to use them with the kids.
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We've been getting Magnifikid for over a year for my oldest son (11) and he LOVES it. He brings it with him to Mass every week and uses it to follow along with the liturgy.
We try to look at it before Sunday - round midweek - to read the comic and do the activities. We also use it to read the readings and Gospel aloud to the boys so they are familiar with the message on Sunday. (I just picked up a book called Celebrating the Gospels: Activities and Prayers for Sunday Cycles A, B and C for this purpose. It has a little more direction for each week.)
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dawn, would you let me know what you think of that book? it looks good.
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yes, dawn. i second mary's request. we also subscribe to magnifikids but i wish i were doing something more with each reading. we use open wednesdays sometimes, but i'm ready for an alternative.
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Hi Molly,
We just began receiving Magnifikid last month. Sadly, we didn't really use them while still in vacation mode in August. One of our goals is to prepare our 6yo for Mass each week using them since she is preparing for First Communion. I only got one subscription, thinking that the primary target would be my 6yo, but that my 8yo would prepare for Mass with it, and even my 3yo might get something out of it.
I just wanted to let you know that the price really goes down with a group subscription, as someone mentioned. A friend of a friend sent an email out letting local people know she wanted to get a group together. I'm not sure how many people are in our group, but the price ended up going down to under $15 for the entire year. That's a huge savings. All of them have to be shipped to one address, but our coordinator has set it up that we have a box at my parish's office and she leaves them there for us to pick up at our convenience each month.
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We have used them for quite some time. My ds (8) uses them at Mass, but I also save them and we cut them up and use them on notebook pages and lapbooks. I also use them for Wed lessons to prepare the children for the mass readings.
When we did our first communion notebook he was able to cut out the words for each part of the mass. Additionally, when we make a notebook page on a partiuclar topic or reading, it is handy do have the pictures from the front cover as well.
I love Magnifikid.
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We have used Magnifikid for about 2 years now. We USUALLY read to prepare for Sunday Mass on Wed or Thursday am. I found this coupled with ds attending Kids Liturgy has really cemented a lot in his mind. We bring it to Mass but he really doesn't use it there.
They have some great activities. We love the art contemplation ones, and the family tree a few weeks ago was neat, a game about virtues a few months ago and the stories about the saints.
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My children enjoy Magnifikids as well. They use them to read the Sunday readings and say the morning prayer as part of their own prayer time. I used to have a free link to a web page that offered Sunday reading activities free but lost it:) Here is a different one, scroll down on the page to see the reading:
http://www.catholicmom.com/coloring_pages.htm
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Some kind person that went to the early mass gave me their copy of Magnifikids as we were walking in for the later mass. I thought this would be great for my ten year old to help her follow along, but she was only mildly interested. So I handed it to our six year old and he was fascinated. You would have thought someone had handed him an hundred dollar bill. He held it tight and stared at it the whole mass obviously thrilled that the priest was saying the words that were written in this amazing little book. As we walked out my husband looked at me and asked if I knew how to get those books. I said I had looked at them before, but they are kind of expensive. He said, "Expensive is a relative term." So I think I just got permission to order them.
I would suggest seeing if they would send you a sample copy (I bet they would) or if you can borrow one from someone and see if your children like it before buying it. You just might have a child who would love it.
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We use Magnifikid each week (my sister gave it to the kids' for Christmas -- NOT one for each). My 8 year old is the one who uses it the most. My 5 year old doesn't read yet and my 11 year old reads the comic and that's about it. When I have my act together, I read some of it with them.
One of my favorite things is the glossary at the bottom of the page for some of the tougher words.
I second what Patty said about getting a sample copy to see if the kids are interested. I actually bought a single month (4-5 issues) at my local Catholic book store to try it out before subscribing.
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5athome wrote:
Martha:
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sorry it took me so long to see your request... don't know why it didn't show up under active topics...
anyhooo.
Honestly? I don't do much with them. We do so much faith based being hs-ed and so forth, I really don't feel a need to add more. These are pure enjoyment for them. I hand them out and the kids pretty much go with it themselves. I'll read it myself and sometimes there's some questions a kid or two will have. Mostly though they come home after mass and do the activities as they want during naps or whenever.
I've also "caught" them playing Mass using these.  Which is fun and heart-warming.
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I have been a Magnificat subscriber, and I love it, so after yesterday's CCD class  I decided to get a group subscription to Magnifikids for my students. Anyone use it for catechesis [sp?]? I am so ready to chuck the book entirely, as I thought might happen, but I need something to help bring the Mass to life for the kids.  Er, so to speak. 
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MacBeth, it is so funny you mention the Magnifikids - which we *love* too - I was reading your blog yesterday, and the MKs leapt to my mind. I have been meaning to show them to our DRE. More people comment on those booklets when we are at Mass. I'm surprised so few people have heard of them.
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I am thinking of starting a Magnifikids subscription for my 10yo son. He is just becoming a stronger reader in the past few months and I think he would enjoy this.
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Rebecca, I think your son will love Magnifikid! If you'd like I can mail you a copy for you to look at. We keep them a week or two before recycling in case we need to refer back. 
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