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On a different thread, someone (Willa?) mentioned teaching Religion as a family instead of individually with each child.
I am wondering how one would approach doing this? We have always used F&L as our primary text, each child doing their own grade. We do have family read-alouds of books such as Devotional Stories or various saint stories. But what format or materials would I use to gather kids ages 11 and under to teach them the Faith?
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Hi, Molly.......I am pretty sure it is not Willa, knowing her style, as I do 
......but I have done just that as you mention, successfully........and I am planning to restart this fall..........please nag me till I tell you........I do not have the time right now 
Blessings this night!
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I have always taught my dc the faith together. My oldest is 14 (next month!!) down to 3 (not counting the baby). Over the years we have read Bible stories, many saints stories, books like CAtholic storeis for boys and girls, at present we are reading St Patrick's Summer by Marigold Hunt. For Catechsim from time to time we use the Baltimore Catechism. We read and discuss orally, we have lovely talks  In the last year I have found that the older two were ready for the next book and the younger three, 10,8 and 5 do the other book. Sometimes I find the 5 year old is not really interested in what we are doing so I have to do something younger with her. Like at present St Patrick's summer is too wordy for her, she just plays and later I read some of the Treasure Box stories to her. At the moment I am considering doing some rote Catechism from the old penny C(just watching what is outdated re days of obligation etc) when we finish SPS.
Hope this is of some help.
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We are going to attempt to do most of our religion together this year except for the 11th grader. We are doing a Mass unit study (3x a week), we are reading St. Patrick's summer and The LIfe of Christ. My oldest ds 14, will do his own Bible history instead of the Life of Christ. We will also read saint stories and I am going to have the youngest 3 school age children listen to Once upon a time saints and my 14 year old read Vision saint stories. We are also going to slowly go through the BC catechism questions. My 14 year old is almost ready to do all on his own and that is the reason I am having him to some alone.
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Perhaps you were thinking of Helen? I find so much of what she writes on her blog inspiring, this series on Sunday Mass Preparation for example.
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The Mercy Academy has a multi-level course on Christian Doctrine available (printable from an online account). It is primarily based on the Baltimore Catechism which has several levels and line up fairly easily according to topic (they get more in-depth for older children).
Likewise, there are several levels of "Bible History" books from TAN books which line up stories fairly well: Knecht's Bible History (the slim blue volume) for ~K-3, Schuster's Bible History for 3-6, and the Bible History by Johnson, Hannan, and Sr. Dominica for 7-9 (the first two books have the same illustrations). High school students could read the aligned passages from the Bible.
Round that out with saint's biographies and living the liturgical year (maybe have older students do independent reading in apologetics), and you've got a pretty well-rounded family-centered religion program.
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Family Faith Formation is an excellent program prepared by Church of St. Paul. It encompasses K-6, I believe. I would think that all ages would benefit - I know I have. Basically, the church sends out a packet for each month. The lessons and materials for ALL your children are included. The scripture readings and themes follow the liturgical year. I've used this program for 2 years now and plan to again this year. I've also used the First Reconciliation/First Eucharist programs with my two oldest. They are thorough. We've received many useful items over the years in our packets. One of my favoites is a laminated rosary keytag. Beautiful pictures and sturdy enough to be handled by littles at mass. And some of my favorite Lenten traditions have come from this program. We do ours on Wednesday nights right after supper. Then when the lesson is done we have dessert. For the littles I usually give them a coloring picture or playdoh or a few legos at the table to keep them busy while we read and complete any activity. Often times everyone can get involved.
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I just found a book I forgot we had called Father McBride's Father McBride's Family Catechism. I was thinking yesterday that we'll use this together as a family, and am thrilled with the idea of doing family catechism together this year with our family (7th-12th grades). Here it is at Amazon where you can see it:
Father McBride's Family Catechism
You can only buy it used there, but if you do a google search, will find it many places, including the EWTN catalog:
EWTN catalog
I think it's a great idea to study our precious Faith together as a family!
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This older thread has been helpful in answering my questions of how to approach religion as a family (thank you to those who posted). Anyone else have other ideas on religion as a family? I really liked the 'Christian Doctrine' idea from Mercy Academy that Valerie mentioned, but for some reason I can't get it (computer issues). 
Thanking you kindly in advance.
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