Next week, the students will complete their Lenten Journey in the classroom. As a group we will focus on the “Triduum”, the final three days of Jesus’ life before His passion and death, with an emphasis on the Resurrection. On Tuesday, March 27th your student will experience a simplified version of the traditional Jewish Seder meal, also … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
Magnetism
Science sparks a child's interest while simple curiosity ignites their exploration! This month I read a book titled, Mickey's Magnet in which a young boy accidentally spills his mothers sewing pins all over the floor. Mickey's father gives him a horseshoe magnet for safe clean up of this sharp spill. It works wonderfully, Mickey continues to … [Read more...]
Making a Compass
Making a compass gave another purpose to magnetizing the sewing needle in the previous experiment. In learning about the dipoles of a magnet the children instantly connected the poles of our Earth! Maybe due to all the North Pole conversations recently. Conveniently, I linked the previous Geography presentations and Gemology presentations to the … [Read more...]
Burying Alleluias
It's that time of year once again! Each of the children (ages 3 to 12) spent time writing and decorating an Alleluia card this past week in the Atrium. It brought a smile to my face to see the older children enter and exclaim with joy over this yearly activity that they have fond memories of! The elementary children who have experienced this before … [Read more...]
Ash Wednesday Cross Mass
Please keep our 2nd year children in your prayers as they begin to take time away through meditations and retreat, continuing to listen even more closely to the Good Shepherd and pondering the great gift of allowing His sap to flow through their branch on the True Vine. (One child was absent on Ash Wednesday when the 2nd year children … [Read more...]
Gestures: The Offering or Doxology
Last year I posted about the gestures of the Preparation of the Chalice and the Epiclesis. Those entries continue with the following regarding the Offering... During the Mass, the Gesture of Offering (also referred to as the "Eucharistic Doxology") comes after the Epiclesis and the words of the Last Supper. As we kneel in awe of the greatest of … [Read more...]
