Lost and Found (p. 40)
Children who have difficulties with attention or impulse control might find it challenging to focus long enough to find the hidden objects. Encourage them to find one object at a time by putting their finger at the top left corner of the image and moving it from left to right and from top to bottom (like when reading words on a page). This will help them to scan the full image without missing any details.
Jesus, Our Shepherd (p. 43)
Children with reading difficulties (such as dyslexia) and children with intellectual/developmental delays (such as autism) might need help reading the words in this activity. Guide each child’s finger over the letters that form words to describe what the Good Shepherd offers us. Then encourage each child to circle those words. As an additional option, have the children look closely at the words listed in the instructions on the page. Say each word and the letters used to spell each word. Then have the children look for these words in the word search puzzle. Suggest looking for just the first letter of each word to help find the words.
Celebrating Reconciliation Individually (p. 45)
Children with reading difficulties (such as dyslexia) might need help reading the words in this activity. Do this activity together with these children, so they will know which descriptions to match with each step.
The Act of Contrition (p. 46)
For children who have difficulties with attention or impulse control and children with intellectual/developmental delays (such as autism), it may be helpful to pray this prayer one line at a time. Say each line first, speaking clearly and slowly. Then have the children repeat the same words. You may also consider adding hand gestures to this prayer by showing the children what gestures you would like them to make as they pray along with “The Act of Contrition” (track 19) from the Our Family Prayer Collection CD.