Source of moral questions to ask children?

[hfwarner3]

I am a father of five children. I have gotten with some of the other catholic dads in our area and we agree that we want to give our children a good moral foundation to build their lives upon. We have come up with an idea on how to teach our kids in a fun way.

We had some of the children pretend to members of a royal family in an ancient kingdom. Another father and I role-played the part of peasants who had a disagreement. We brought the disagreement before the royal family for them to settle it, and since the King and Queen were busy, it was up to the kids.

The sample scenario we used was a farmer who refused to give a man a job and later caught that man stealing food from his fields to feed his starving family. We let the kids hear both sides of the argument, decide what to do, and make their pronouncement. We, the adults, then critiqued their response from a catholic moral teaching perspective.

The kids loved this and we would like to make it a formal part of our homeschooling effort, but we need a good source of moral questions with answers that we know are right.

Does anyone know of a good source we could use?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

[kell0618]

Hello! What an exciting project you have taken on! Have you checked out the Catholic Heritage Curricula website? They also offer a wonderful family activity program called Pilgrims of the Holy Family. It is a Catholic alternative to scouting and 4-H “designed to reflect our own pilgrimage toward our heavenly Father.” Check out under “Exclusives” the retreats they offer for kids. They also offer a collection of plays in the book Praise Him.

Good luck and you serve as in inspiration to other Catholic parents:thumbsup:.

God bless you,

Kelly

 

[hfwarner3]

Thank you for your reply.

I found a Bank of Catholic Moral Theology questions on the internet that is geared towards Religious Ed teachers and they will only give you access if you are a certified teacher in a position, so that leaves us homeschoolers out in the cold. Does anyone know of another resource like this?

boshf.org/moraltheologybank

 

[Mintaka]

The old Baltimore Catechism had a bunch of questions at the end of each chapter, and a lot of them were situational. You might have to change the names and specifics to make them more relevant, though.