Our Christmas symbols are rich with meaning … some we don’t even know! I found a song that teaches about the Christmas Tree, and the kids love it. Continue Reading
Christmas for Preschoolers
Grace Catholic Preschoolers Visit Nuns
We took our Christmas program on the road to St. Mary Monastery this week. The children enjoyed themselves thoroughly, as did my Sisters! Enjoy a short recap and some pics!
St. Nick and Santa for Catholic Preschoolers
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is one of my all time favorite books, so I love using it in class. This week, it’s our shared reading book. In fact, it’s almost a whole unit! Continue Reading
A Jesus Moment
WOW! It hard to believe the 1st semester is about over and we are on Christmas break.(Whew.)
Every year I feel this way but seriously, where has the time gone? 🙂 Continue Reading
Grace visits Benedictine Sisters
Whenever you put elders and toddlers (that’s Sister Mary Jane Wallace with her young pen pal on the left) together, you get magic. We sure had some of that yesterday when Grace preschoolers visited the monastery!
(Of course it was chaotic and everyone needed a nap afterwards … kids and Sisters both!) Continue Reading
Christmas comes to St. Mary Monastery in time for Grace kids
The first sign of Christmas coming has gone up inside the Monastery, as Sr. Mary Core has prepared for Grace preschoolers to visit on Wednesday.
(We also have hung wreaths next to our doors … but that’s outside.) Continue Reading
Christmas Fun and Learning
In the classroom this week we started to work on Christmas. Although I try to keep the 1st week of Advent sacred, we do start Christmas early (along with the rest of the country … although we don’t start the Christmas season at St. Mary Monastery till a week or so before Christmas). Continue Reading
Keep Celebrating Christmas!
We are happy to be together again after Christmas vacation. The kids are excited to tell and share what they received on Christmas and did over break.
Most of them don’t realize the Christmas season is not over yet! (In fact, the Christmas season doesn’t begin the day after Thanksgiving and end on Dec. 25. It begins when Advent ends – the last Sunday before Christmas – and ends with the Baptism of Jesus following Epiphany – Jan. 9 this year.) Continue Reading
