If you teach school you know how much fun 100th Day can be. If you teach preschoolers, well, you can double that fun. 🙂
To start the day, we read Preschool Day Hooray! by Linda Leopold Strauss. It is fun and funny … just a good way to kick off the celebration of being 100 days into the children’s preschool year. (Where does the time go???) Continue Reading
This year Feast of St. Blaise was on a weekend. No problem for us: we celebrated mid-week instead!
St. Blaise is a wonderful saint for children. For one thing, he saved a young boy from choking to death on a fish bone (which is why he is the patron of throat ailments – very important this time of year!). For another, he is also the patron saint of wild animals (he cured many, and even talked a wolf into letting a poor woman’s pig go). The kids love this! Continue Reading
Yesterday we played Bingo and ate ice cream to celebrate Day #4 of Catholic School Week. It was a noisy, laughing, fun and funny great time!
And as an added treat for all of us, we invited area Catholic Sisters to join us. Why? Continue Reading
This week we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week (our “Preschoolasaurs” demonstrate how we did it this morning). It is great to celebrate who we are and why we are different!!
I believe Catholic education is one of the most important things we do as a church.
As Archbishop Charles J. Chaput states, “Catholic schools exist, first and foremost, to form Catholic Christians; people of the Gospel, people of justice, mercy and charity.” Continue Reading
A stretch of cold weather means a stretch of indoor recess … not a favorite time for teachers! The little ones need to get outside to run, play and scream. Lucky for us, this year we’ve had pretty decent weather. Last week, though, we were indoors. Again, lucky for us, we were able to use the gym. Continue Reading
Each month my Benedictine Sisters devote a day to silent prayer. They observe silence, spend time in reflection and engage in private prayer on the first Wednesday of every month. It’s heaven! Continue Reading
Each week I prepare my students for the upcoming Sunday Gospel. Last Friday we talked about the Baptism of Jesus.
Of course, with preschoolers one always begins with a review: Christmas, The Feast of the Holy Family, Epiphany. To introduce Jesus’ baptism, we watch a clip from the movie, Jesus of Nazareth. Continue Reading
Before my students left for Christmas, I sent a note home saying we would celebrate Epiphany when they returned by giving a friend in class a gently used book. We also were to pray for our friend over Christmas vacation. Continue Reading
If you’ve ever wondered how a community of Catholic Sisters celebrates Christmas, I know how you feel. I used to wonder too!
My community of monastic Benedictine Sisters has its own traditions which I am happy to share. (I’m not sure how apostolic communities celebrate, or if they even gather together on Christmas Day. They don’t live in community as monastics do. In fact, they often live far away from the Motherhouse. As a monastic community, we live together and celebrate holy days together.) Continue Reading
Well, the last day of school has arrived for the year amid a flurry of activity. We had ornaments to make, songs to practice and a concert to perform. In the middle of it all, we visited the monastery. What fun!
The monastery trip was our Christmas Concert rehearsal, service project and super snack time. Since I live there, the kids call the field trip a visit to “Sister Stefanie’s house.” 🙂 Continue Reading
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