The elementary children had a special Atrium session this past week as they explored some of the Old Testament prophecies which give "clues" to help the people recognize the Messiah. These prophecies are ones we look at each year in the Atrium and hear again and again during the liturgical celebrations of the Advent season. While much of the work in the Atrium is done individually, the elementary children have the developmental need to work in groups. Thus, their drawings of the prophecies took place in groups of two to four children. They decided what they were going to draw before they began and everyone agreed to the plan! Each child contributed to the illustration and helped to explain it when we gathered to match the prophecies with their depictions. One group took fifty minutes to begin to draw...and their illustration is the one posted above as a "synthesis." It took time for them to agree on how to show all they wanted to express, but the time spent in collaborating was well worth it!
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Carolyn Kohlhaas
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