Guiding principles for the L2/L3 Paperwork Shelf:
- Paperwork is to be gathered in one area or shelf. When you walk into an Atrium it should be the materials which catch your eye and attention, not paper extensions. By gathering all of the art materials into one place the catechetical materials are really able to shine.
- Paperwork includes anything which contains paper that is consumable: tracing packets, collage work, map making, the liturgical calendar sheets, free art, etc.
- In the descriptions below "bold" indicates that it is available immediately in the Atrium year after a very brief overview of how we use paper in the Atrium. All other paper materials must be presented before being used. "Underlined" items are needed only if the Atrium space is also serving L3 children.
Example of a L2/L3 Paperwork shelf:
- Shelf 1:
- Writing cups: each cup contain a writing pencil, a full set of colored pencils, an eraser, and a glue stick
- A basket of beanbags / rocks to use with timelines
- Booklet making (to be used when at least 5 pages have been made)
- Rulers
- A container of paperclips
- Shelf 2:
- Paper for Prayer Cards, Scripture Cards, Booklets, etc. including full sheets of blank paper and lined paper, 1/2 sheets and 1/4 sheets of blank paper, 1/2 sheets and 1/4 sheets of colored construction paper, slightly bigger than the blank paper. (The full sheets of colored construction paper are in the grey bin on the left side of the bottom shelf.)
- 1/8 sheets of blank paper for the first letter of an illumination
- Envelopes for altar collage pieces and orange paper (and an example) for the back of the large altar collage
- 11x17 paper for map making by a tray of watercolor pencils for map making
- Clipboards for writing when working on the floor at a mat or timeline.
- Shelf 3:
- 1st black holder: two large altar collage sheets on the top two shelves
- 1st black holder: third shelf has the liturgical calendar paper
- 2nd black holder: the Books of the Bible paperwork extension
- Timeline paper for the Blue Unity Strip with a tray of construction paper strips to serve as the ribbon as well as a roll of adding machine paper to make a personal fettuccia with the same materials
- A small tray with a circle and cross stencil for making a 3 Moments Chart
- A holder for L2 Missal Paper and L3 Timeline paper
- L2 Missal Paper: 1/4 sheets blank (illustrations), 3/8 sheets lined (text), 1/2 sheets of green, yellow, orange, and grey for backs and white cardstock for covers.
- L2 Extended Missal Paper: all of the above plus 1/2 sheets of white and light blue.
- L3 Bridgework Timeline paper: 1/2 sheets of paper or cardstock or construction paper in dark blue, tan, yellow, and white.
- Shelf 4:
- Grey bin of colored construction paper booklet covers for full sheets of blank paper.
- Calligraphy Pens
- Whiteout with oilcloth
- L3 Vertical Calendar (2 sheets)
- Lined paper (cardstock) to use behind full sheets of blank paper (with paperclips) when making booklets
- (Between shelf and wall) Art mats for use when gluing
- Reserved materials:
- Cup of scissors
- Cup of gold, silver, and flesh colored pencils
- Large chart paper
A second example of a L2/L3 paperwork shelf from another Atrium:
- Shelf 1:
- Bin of children's work folders, Tray of pencil cups, Additional supplies (scissors, paper clips, gluesticks. ets), Cursive writing chart, Rulers, basket of beanbags for timelines/etc
- Shelf 2:
- Photocopies for: Altar collage, liturgical calendar (L2), vertical calendar (L3), Blue Unity Strip, and Books of the Bible
- Shelf 3:
- Paper for map making, tray of watercolor pencils for mapmaking, tray of bible bookmarks for looking up and marking Scripture, Altar collage example, orange base paper, envelopes for loose pieces, white container of sheets of white and colored paper (1/4 and 1/2 sizes for booklets and prayer cards), lined writing paper, blank 8.5x11 paper, 4 types of bordered paper, 9x12 colored construction paper, and some resource books.
- Shelf 1:
- Booklet making tray, timeline scroll (back), L2 Missal paper (lined, blank for pictures, 4 colors for backings plus white and light blue for extended L2 Missal) as well as blue/tan/yellow/white for L3 bridge work, bin of children’s work folders
- Shelf 2:
- Calligraphy pens, Pen and Ink trays, L3 Missal pens (black and red), Missal paper, 4 colors 8.5x11 backings plus white, binder of sheet protectors, folders, lined paper to put behind white Missal paper when writing, tray with white-out supplies only for Missal work, tray with glue, brush, and bone folders for making “The History of the Kingdom of God and My Place in It" booklet
- Shelf 3:
- Continued resource books, bin containing folders for making the Order of Confirmation (red) and the Order of Baptism (blue) as well as 3 Ring binders for Missals, more resource books, finally shelf of supplies for making a set of cards for the felt base typology materials and paper supplies for making “The History of the Kingdom of God and My Place in It" booklet