Catholic Religious Education Curriculum for Grades K-5
Discover! Finding Faith in Life
Help children fall in love with Jesus, Scripture, and the Church with Discover! Finding Faith in Life, a program that puts the Bible at the center of a Catholic religious education curriculum. Discover! makes learning faith approachable, memorable, and joyful.
Discover! consists of four-day-a-week sessions, each lasting 20–35 minutes. This aligns with most Catholic schools, which typically have weekly Mass, leaving four days for content. Children in Grades K–5 explore the Catholic faith through the Bible and engaging lessons, with digital eLearning lessons to supplement in-class learning. Each purchase also comes with Family Pages, helping families participate in their child’s education. The result is a complete religious education option, all for the price of a Bible!
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Empower your students to not just learn about their faith, but to truly live it.
The Catholic Children's Bible*
28 Activity Books
Online Lessons
Folder
Backpack
The Discover! Kit for Grades 1–5 Includes:
1. The Catholic Children’s Bible*
2. 28 Activity Books
3. Online Lessons
4. Folder
5. Backpack
*Already have a Catholic Children’s Bible for each child? Contact your Ministry Care Team for options: 800.533.8095.
Catholic Religious Education Curriculum for Kindergarten
Bible Story Booklet
Teacher Guide
1. Bible Story Booklet
2. Teacher Guide
In this accessible approach to Kindergarten Catholic school curriculum, students use the Bible Story Booklet, designed just for their age level. Kindergarten also features a teacher guide with complete lesson plans, engaging activities and prayers.
Discover! Kindergarten also features a teacher guide with complete lesson plans, engaging activities and prayers.
A Scripture Focused Catholic School Curriculum
Scripture is central to our Catholic religious education curriculum. Each grade level offers an area of focus, while at the same time spiraling core concepts and foundational understandings to deepen meaning:
The Kindergarten section opens up the series by introducing children to Jesus. Examples of lesson goals include recognizing that God chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus and that Jesus told stories to teach us.
Grade 1 emphasizes God as a central and key part of the Catholic faith. Examples of lesson goals include to recall that God created all things and understanding the Kingdom of Heaven as wherever God rules over people’s hearts.
Grade 2 refocuses on Jesus but with an emphasis on Jesus’ sacrifice and the Eucharist. Examples of lesson goals include understanding that Jesus died and rose for us and identifying sacraments as meetings with Jesus.
Grade 3 emphasizes the Church. Examples of lesson goals include understanding that the Church is made up of different people with different gifts and to recall that we belong to the Church.
Grade 4 relates to the Covenant and works to define the word covenant as a serious agreement between God and people. An examples of a lesson goal includes to identify each one of us as a necessary part of the Body of Christ.
Grade 5 concludes with a focus on the Sacrament. Examples of lesson goals include to review that in Baptism we promise to live as faithful Christians and to recall that Confirmation is one of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation into the Church.
As students enter Grades 1–5, The Catholic Children’s Bible becomes the core text in every lesson.
A Flexible Approach to Catholic Religious Education
A flexible program, Discover! offers a wide array of elementary Catholic religious education resources. The result is an accessible add-on to in-class learning, so your classroom is ready for sick days or snow days!
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Digital eLearning Lessons
Children in grades 1–5 can complete these fun and engaging 20-minute lessons to supplement in-class learning.
Family Pages
Each chapter from kindergarten to grade 5 features a family page in English and Spanish. These pages help families engage in their children’s religious education and grasp core concepts. They include background information for adults and activities for families to reinforce learning.
Breaking Down Our Discover! Religious Education Curriculum
Each grade level is structured in the same manner: four units, each with five chapters equaling 20 chapters per grade level. Each chapter follows a pillar of the Catechism with one chapter specifically focusing on Catholic social teaching. The unit structure for all grades is as follows:
- First chapter: Believe (first Catechism pillar)
- Second chapter: Celebrate (second Catechism pillar)
- Third chapter: Live (third Catechism pillar)
- Fourth chapter: Live: Catholic Social Teaching (third Catechism pillar / Catholic social teaching)
- Fifth chapter: Pray (fourth Catechism pillar)
In addition to the 20 core chapters, Discover! also includes:
- 8 liturgical season lessons, which can be incorporated into the flow of the year as desired to customize lessons
See the table below for a preview of Unit 1: We meet Jesus from the Kindergarten program. For the rest of the K-5 Discover! units, you can view the full Scope & Sequence here.
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