(Sara): As you probably all know, the Good Shepherd presentation is the main one in this
catechesis, hence the title of the program!! The whole aim of
catechesis is to teach young children about God, and when the original catechists began exploring how to do this, they tried presenting God from a variety of true approaches: God as Father, Creator, Saviour, friend, and so on. The one image that all the children seemed very much attracted to, however, was the idea of God as our
Good Shepherd. Children 3-6 understand well their need for protection and are fascinated by the idea that the Shepherd calls each of the sheep by name...
I highly recommend reading the 4Real thread Amy linked to in the previous post after reading your presentation in Moira's album.
I'll attach an old photo of our sheep fold; last year I added a gate made from sticks also. I have read that CGS materials may vary by culture, and most of the fences where I grew up are made from limbs. The base spins; it was an old, wooden cake server I found in my mom's basement! My mother-in-law made us a shepherd figure out of Sculpey. Although 2D figures are standard for this presentation, I have not asked dh to make them for me. Yet.
2 comments:
Sara, I laughed when I read that: CGS materials vary by culture but most fences where you grew up are made from limbs. Well, most of the fences I've seen must be white picket fences!! Haha, not really.. It's just what we could find without have to make them. I wanted something sturdy and this seems to do the job. That made me chuckle. Yours is probably more authentic. :)
I was tucking my ds3 in last night and he said, "but mom, when Jesus was on the cross, he couldn't take care of the sheep anymore."
I was suprised that he had thought of that by himself... We talked about the Resurrection, and how Jesus would never die again, and so he can take care of the sheep now, "forever and ever and ever."
When St. Teresa of Avila was a child, she absolutely loved that phrase and often repeated it - so I've been trying to share it with my kids where it's applicable!
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