Ember Days for Kids | Seasons of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Father Thomas introduces Ember Days as seasonal times for prayer, fasting, and thanksgiving. Spring seeds, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter stillness become reminders of God's gifts.
The teaching resources focus on gratitude, care for creation, and prayer for priests and those preparing for ordination. Activities for children use prayer and charity with adult guidance; they do not assign food restriction.
Available free on YouTube since December 8, 2025. Watch the complete video above. Runtime: 3:08. Suggested ages: about 7–11.
Free teaching resources
Use these printable materials at home, in a Catholic classroom, in homeschool, or in parish religious education. The complete four-page packet includes a two-page leader guide with discussion questions, answer cues, an activity, prayer, and teaching notes, plus two student response options. Choose Draw & Tell or Read & Write to suit the child. PDFs are US Letter and suitable for black-and-white printing.
Talk about it together
What are Ember Days in this lesson?
Which seasonal gifts does Father Thomas describe?
Whom does the lesson invite us to pray for?
How can a child take part safely?
Four seasons of thanks
Divide a page into Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Draw seeds, growth, harvest, and stillness in the matching sections. Add one thank-you prayer in each. In the center write a prayer for a priest or someone preparing to serve the Church.
A note for parents and teachers
Fasting practices depend on age, health, and Church guidance. This children's lesson assigns prayer and charity, not food restriction or a universal Ember Day obligation.
This resource is bound to the creator's detailed public story description because captions were unavailable. It does not assert extra scenes or timestamps. Ember Day observance varies by local calendar. Children should not restrict food; prayer and charity are suitable responses with adult guidance.
Pray together
God, thank you for your gifts in every season. Bless our priests and all preparing to serve your Church. Amen.
Learn more
Original video release: December 8, 2025. Website article and teaching resources added October 3, 2026.
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