Kathryn Bojczyk, Ph.D., identifies five strategies for including music, ritual, and drama in religious education for three- and four-year-old children. Watch the below video for a preview of the strategies, and then read the full article that inspired the video: The Role of Ritual, Song, and Drama in Religious Education for Preschoolers.
Approaches/Techniques
Movie Time
When planning my weekly faith formation lessons, I tend to look for certain types of activities that I’m comfortable teaching. In addition to the textbook, I usually include worksheets (crossword puzzles, word searches, etc.), classroom games, and journal writing. Every once in a while we will do a craft or physical activity, but with a group of almost two dozen kids, this can quickly turn into chaos. We’ve spent the last few weeks learning about […]
Newsworthy
What I Have Learned So Far – An Inspirational Video
I just saw this very inspirational (and brief) video that shows Marquette University students reciting a poem by Mary Oliver – What I Have Learned So Far – that challenges us to be passionate about “the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy.” Beautiful. httpv://www.marquette.edu/inauguration/video-poem.php Print Friendly
Liturgy and Sacraments
Going to Mass with Your Children
Let’s be honest, at one time or another in our lives we may have struggled with getting ourselves or our family to Mass. Whatever the reason, we can always go to Mass with a better attitude. And so what can we do to allow the experience of the Mass to truly be an encounter with Jesus? For more on getting the most out of Mass as a family, read my book, The Catholic Parents’ Survival […]
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