Grade 2 - Family Life Education

Families: A Living Communion of Love

Families: Called to be in Relationship

Families: Created in Love, Wonderfully Made

Demonstrate an understanding that God, who is love, is ever-present in families. (AL 59: “The mystery of the Christian family can be fully understood only in the light of the Father's infinite love revealed in Christ.") [FC 28, AL 315, CCC 1604, 2780 – 2782]

Communicate how the love in families is an expression of God's gift of love.

Describe how they come to understand God's presence and love in their families.

Identify how God invites them to participate in families at home, at school and at Church.

Demonstrate an understanding of how families support one's God-given vocation and purpose. [AL 260, CV 253-255, CCC 2222-2230]

Illustrate gifts and talents of self and family members.

Identify how gifts and talents are unique to each person's identity and are shared, encouraged, and developed in families.

Explore how families celebrate God's love by using their gifts and talents to serve one another (e.g. at home, at school at Church).

Understand the family as domestic church or 'home' or 'little' church. [LG 11, FC 21, AL 67, DC 226-227, CCC 1666,2204-2206]

Explore how family rituals and traditions contribute to being a domestic church and a community of grace and prayer (e.g. praying at the crucifix and icons, creating sacred spaces, using prayer bowls and holy water, participating in family customs and celebrations, etc.).

Connect how each member of the domestic church is responsible to contribute to passing on the faith (e.g. grandparents/elder storytelling, parents teaching prayer, children helping in the home, etc.).

Communicate ways in which the domestic church celebrates the sacramental life of the Church (e.g. prayers before bed, prayer in the car, celebrating notable feast days, celebrating Sacraments of Initiation, etc.).

Demonstrate an understanding that family relationships are a gift from God. [FC 15, CCC 2201 – 2206]

Identify and describe the special people in their family (e.g. parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.). (RE LC1.3)

Examine ways in which people in their home and school families help them to grow in friendship, love, mercy and faith.

Communicate how people in their parish and community help them to grow in love and faith.

Demonstrate an understanding that the Holy Family accompanies the Christian family as it forms and develops relationships. [AL 65, CCC 1655-1657]

Explore God's plan for the relationship between Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and God's plan for each person to be born into a family.

Connect the promises and commitments of the Holy Family to families today.

Articulate that marriage is a gift from God, and families are meant to serve each other and the community.

Demonstrate an understanding of the duties, rights, responsibilities, and decision making within the family and community. [FC 17, CCC 2207-2213]

Practice decision-making scenarios that require positive actions such as helping, sharing, caring, self-control, consent and respect. (RE ML2.2, RE ML2.3 and HPE A1.6)

List and describe duties and responsibilities that characterize and support families/family relationships.

Analyze and describe characteristics of healthy and trusted relationships in families and community. (HPE A1.4)

Demonstrate an understanding that human beings are created body, mind and spirit, in the image and likeness of God. (Gen 1:26-27) [GS 24, 29 FC 11, AL 10 – 11, CCC 222-227, 299, 356-361]

Describe new life as God's unique and loving plan for all creation.

Explain how the human body, as male and female, is a sacred gift from God. (HPE D1.4 and HPE D1.5)

Communicate their understanding of being wonderfully made and inherently dignified. (HPE D2.3)

Understand that God desires abundant life for us as healthy, whole persons, gifted into families. [CCC 50-53, 2288-2289]

Identify ways in which they use the gift of their senses to learn about the world God gave them. (HPE D1.4)

Describe how identifying feelings can help develop healthy habits (e.g. prayer, Rosary, Sunday Mass, walk in nature) and healthy family relationships. (HPE A1.1, HPE D1.6, HPE D2.5, and HPE D3.1)

Investigate how caring for and appreciating their body as a gift, leads to health and well-being (e.g. being active, eating well, getting enough sleep, developing good oral health habits such as brushing, flossing their teeth and going to the dentist). (HPE D1.5 and HPE D2.4)

Demonstrate an understanding of human growth and development as graced from conception to natural death. [FC 30, AL 83, CCC 2258, 2318-2319]

Illustrate how families are called to be places where new life is nurtured and grows.

List male and female body parts (e.g. sperm, ovum, cells, uterus, birth canal, breasts) that participate with God to bring about new life.

Explore the healthy ways in which people grow and change throughout the stages of human development (e.g. conception, infant, child, adolescent, adult, older adult) with a focus on infancy. (HPE D1.4)