In Level III, the work with the Liturgical Calendar continues. The typology study on Exodus provides an opportunity to discuss how the date of Passover is calculated and, alongside it, how the date of Easter is determined each year. The children are then able to discover when Easter will fall for the upcoming year, the year of their birth, or any other year they have interest in. In addition to all of the extended work with the Liturgical Calendar there is a final expansion to this material which they were first introduced to so many years ago. The Vertical Calendar provides each child with an opportunity to create a personal calendar for the upcoming year with the weeks and seasons labeled, solemnities and days of obligation recorded, as well as one's favorite saint's days and feasts added in.
The Liturgical Calendar is one of the most well developed materials in the Atrium. The work is prepared for with the liturgical colors material, offered to the 3yo. The calendar itself is often presented during the 4yo year in the Atrium. The wooden calendar was developed by Maria Montessori and while the Level I children build the calendar, taking in the sensorial impression of purple (preparation), white (celebration), and green (growing time) in the cycles of Christmas and Easter, the material grows with the child. The Level II child learns that each Sunday, each prism, has a name, and he has the opportunity to label each Sunday with its name ticket, then create his own calendar with those labeled Sundays, illustrating and embellishing the great feasts and celebrations of the year. In Level III, the work with the Liturgical Calendar continues. The typology study on Exodus provides an opportunity to discuss how the date of Passover is calculated and, alongside it, how the date of Easter is determined each year. The children are then able to discover when Easter will fall for the upcoming year, the year of their birth, or any other year they have interest in. In addition to all of the extended work with the Liturgical Calendar there is a final expansion to this material which they were first introduced to so many years ago. The Vertical Calendar provides each child with an opportunity to create a personal calendar for the upcoming year with the weeks and seasons labeled, solemnities and days of obligation recorded, as well as one's favorite saint's days and feasts added in. Comments are closed.
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Carolyn Kohlhaas
CGS Catechist and Formation Leader (Levels I, II, and III) Categories
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