Thursday, February 4, 2010

AVE MARIA by Beyonce!!!





A great find via YouTube: beautiful song featuring Ave Maria by contemporary pop singer Beyonce Knowles. Wonderful montage, as well.

Enjoy it!

Visual Reminders of Our Heavenly Friends

Still in rearranging mode, I have continued to change things around in an effort to keep improving our learning centre towards making it more of an "atrium" where, according to Cathechesis of the Good Shepherd principle, the centre is more directed towards the spiritual formation of the child.

Another change that has been warmly received by the children is the addition of our little "gallery of saints."

The top shelf of our puzzle cabinet just below our big Eucharist poster was virtually a blank canvas waiting to be made into a real feature in the study. As it turns out, it was the perfect spot to showcase our collection of (3.5 inch, Roman Inc.) beautifully detailed saint figurines, which has grown from the original 52-piece stocking fillers that the kids "received" from Saint Nicholas last December. Meanwhile, the "faith-filled friends" or soft saint dolls which previously rested here are now neatly stuffed on a shelf inside the cabinet which means it can still be easily accessed if desired, and packed away nicely, whilst being protected from the dust and other damaging elements.



The top of the drab TV monitor (which is only used for educational movies and audiovisual materials) has also been somewhat softened by the placement of figurines of the 7 Archangels: St Michael, St Raphael, St Gabriel, St Uriel, St Barachiel, St Jhudiel and St Sealtiel.



Although these changes have undoubtedly enhanced the appearance of certain areas of the room, its real value lies in the fact that because children are visual learners, these will be such important instruments for them to learn more about our heavenly friends: God's angels and saints, a very important aid in their journey to our True Home.