Day 19: My Favorite Lesson

Jamie-Anne thought Snow White was boring. :/

For about five years now, I've been teaching Kindergarten Catechism at my parish. Although it is tough and tiring working with five year olds, I enjoy it very much! As I teach almost the same topics each year, I realized that today's lesson was/is my favorite lesson from my workbook!

The lesson is titled: Jesus Wants Us To Pray
I grew to like this lesson a lot because it delivers a great discussion. It's difficult trying to engage the children in a discussion without any distractions and side topics. However, with this particular lesson, the children actually paid attention and participated. The discussion went on so long that there was only 15 minutes left for the activity! Here's an outline of how our discussion went:

1. Where do you pray? [church, home, table, room, boat, school, park, hospital, airplane, train]
2. Who do you pray with? [mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma, priest, teacher, friends, dogs, cats, bunnies, cousins, classmates]
3. What do you pray about? [family, friends, helping others, caring for others, people who are sick, the poor, people who are hungry, people with no kids, people in Chile, the soldiers in war, old people, bad guys, good guys, people you love who died, safety]

It is quite interesting what they all came up with. I love how children think and respond. Adults should never underestimate the minds of children, especially my batch of kids. They are well aware of what is going on in the world, which amazes me because some people my age don't even care to acknowledge the issues surrounding nature, war, and poverty.

Annnnyyways, what my kids got out of this lesson: You can pray anywhere, with anyone, about anything. Do not be afraid to talk to God. No matter what you tell him, good or bad, he will always listen to you and will always love you. Always.

So why don't you stop right hea, take one full minute, and pray. Say anything that comes to mind. C'mon, you can do it. I believe in you. Right now. Ready....Set......GO!