The Living Stations
One of my favorite activities of the whole kindergarten year is exploring the Stations of the Cross with my munchkins. Some of them have prayed The Stations with their families. Others have never experienced this beautiful meditation before. It is such a joy and pleasure to watch as, over the season of Lent, these little ones truly begin to embrace the story of Christ's passion.
We spent about three weeks exploring The Stations. We made visits to the church to discuss the images on the wall. We read several versions of The Passion and talked about all that Christ went through. We also made our own Stations of the Cross prayer book, where each child illustrated each station in his or her own way. It was a wonderful keepsake and it helped each child internalize what is happening at each station.
One of my favorite activities of the whole kindergarten year is exploring the Stations of the Cross with my munchkins. Some of them have prayed The Stations with their families. Others have never experienced this beautiful meditation before. It is such a joy and pleasure to watch as, over the season of Lent, these little ones truly begin to embrace the story of Christ's passion.
We spent about three weeks exploring The Stations. We made visits to the church to discuss the images on the wall. We read several versions of The Passion and talked about all that Christ went through. We also made our own Stations of the Cross prayer book, where each child illustrated each station in his or her own way. It was a wonderful keepsake and it helped each child internalize what is happening at each station.
As a school, it is a general practice to pray The Stations every Friday. By the time Lent was complete, even the kindergarten munchkins participated fully in the meditation.
And then came the grand finale!
Every year, we are blessed to have our 8th grade class perform The Living Stations. This year, as is the norm, we were given a beautiful performance! We were all (myself included) mesmerized. It was a beautiful way to leave school for our Easter break.
We remember. We celebrate.
We believe!
Many Lenten Blessings!
Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.
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