Advent Catholic Activity Packet Grades 2-6 | Advent Wreath & Gaudete Sunday
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Buy on Teachers Pay Teachers Checkout happens on Teachers Pay Teachers.A nine-activity Advent packet for Catholic classrooms, parish faith formation, and homeschools - in two reading levels, with a full answer key and a license that covers your whole school or parish, not just your room.
Dated for Advent 2026 (Year B) with undated pages included, so the same file works in any year.
What is Inside
Level A, grades 2-3 - 14-point type, shorter readings, 9 mm writing rules
Level B, grades 4-6 - fuller readings, two extra activities, 7 mm rules
The content matches across both levels, so a mixed-age class can work side by side on the same lesson. Print whichever level each child needs.
- What Advent Is - the twofold character and both comings
- The Advent Wreath - label the four candles, violet and rose
- Gaudete Sunday - where the name comes from and why rose is optional
- The Two Parts of Advent - before and after December 17
- December on the Calendar - the 2026 month, with every feast and its rank
- The Immaculate Conception - Mary's conception, not Jesus's
- The O Antiphons - seven titles, December 17-23, plus the ERO CRAS puzzle
- Advent Word Search - 10 words at Level A, 15 at Level B
- Law or Custom? - telling the two apart (Level B)
- The Jesse Tree - the custom and why that matters
Plus: a catechist guide with scope and sequence, a complete answer key with word-search solutions, a blank December calendar for any year, a full source list, and a plainly worded license.
What Makes This One Different
Children's Advent materials routinely print devotional custom as if it were Church teaching. This packet keeps the custom, tells the truth about it, and names the document behind every claim it makes. Every content page carries its source in the footer: UNLYC, GIRM, the Catechism, the Book of Blessings, the Directory on Popular Piety, and the USCCB liturgical calendar. Law is marked as law. Custom is marked as custom.
Built for Real Printing
- Black line art throughout; no photographs or full-page color
- One-page print map so you print only what you need
- Two differentiated reading levels
- Room to write: 9 mm rules at Level A and 7 mm at Level B
- Complete sourced answer keys
- Works with one child, a small group, or a full class
- No cutting, laminating, or prep required
License
One school, one parish religious education program, or one family. Print and copy as many times as needed, reuse it in later years, send pages home, and share the file with other catechists in that one program. Please do not post it publicly, resell it, or share it with a different school, parish, or diocese.
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