The variety of work in the Level 3 (4th-6th grade) Atrium is always a gift to see and the freedom to chose what to work on, where to work on it, as well as with whom to work (coupled with the responsibility to use such freedom well!) responds beautifully to the dignity of the elementary child as well as their developmental needs for purposeful work and social/communal activity. In this photo there are two boys working at the Cenacle or Last Supper material. One boy has finished His Armor of Light Scripture choice/copy and is watching. The girl to the far left is working on her Level 3 Missal while the girl in the middle is writing about the Spiritual Works of Mercy. The girl at the far table is finishing up a list of ways she can live the Corporal Works of Mercy. Both of these Works of Mercy follow-ups came from a Typology study on the Flood and its New Testament extension into Matthew 25's Judgement of the Nations. The remaining children in the far back of the photo are working on their Missals, copying a Scripture passage to take home as a reminder to live as children of Light during the upcoming week, and finishing up a family tree of Abraham after we concluded our communal reading from Genesis on Abraham's relationship with God and how it grew through time. There are so many ways to work and pray in the Atrium. This photo is a great snapshot of Level 3 children at work. They are working together in the same space, but each is working on a different follow-up activity. The girl on the left is copying a proper to fit into the Preface tryptic (orange paper on wood) related to a particular feast of the year. This work was presented that day to all three girls. The child to the upper right has chosen a verse from the communal work of preparing for the reception of Reconciliation during Lent, called The Armor of Light. She has chosen to copy a portion of Ephesians 5:8-9 which says "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth." The girl to the bottom right is copying the last parts of a family tree of Abraham which the group was tracing in Scripture during their shared readings over the previous few months. In observing this group of girls, who are often working together in this way in the Atrium, there were often moments of chatting as one or another of them lifted up an insight or asked a question of the others, most of which were related to the work they were doing! Comments are closed.
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Carolyn Kohlhaas
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