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Posted: Jan 20 2010 at 12:17am | IP Logged Quote MommyD
My sister is studying to be a Montessori teacher and she gave my kids a really nice Mass kit for Christmas. Unfortunatly, she isn't far enough in her studies to have tell me what to do with it . I can't afford the Home Catechesis from Our Father's House. Any other suggestions?
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Posted: Jan 20 2010 at 11:34am | IP Logged Quote Marcia
do you have an altar yet? and some kind of cabinet for storing things?

Get those in order first.

then make the altar cloth (use can make it pretty with lace on the edge or just use some kind of no fray glue to keep the edges nice)

Then only use the crucifix, candles, paten, chalice and altar cloth as things in the cabinet.

Use the Montessori three period lesson to teach the names of each of these and where they go.

1st time you say...this is the altar..point to altar.
This is the altar cloth
this is the crucifix...etc. until the altar is all set up.

You can then light the candles and sing a song about Mass or eucharist or anything that the child may like to remember this moment.
As you put away each thing name them again.

Tell the child they are free to get these things out and set them up and you will light the candles for them when they are ready.


2nd day or 2nd moment
As you get out each thing name it again.
After it is all set up ask the child. point to the chalice, show me the candles. etc.

3rd moment.
Let the child set it up for you without you near. Then join the child to ask them. What is this? (pointing to any object) what do we call this? etc. Until they can show they know all the objects.

Later you can add the lectionary and lectern.

Doing the same three moment procedures.

When they have mastered that you can add the other items-cruets, lavabo bowl, lavabo towel, corporal, paul, etc. You may have to make some of these...and now you have plenty of time to get those ready while they learn the first moments.

(ps I was CGS trained)   You can spend some time reading living liturgy or Religious potential of the child 3-6 to learn more about the gestures that are taught next after this moment.

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Posted: Jan 20 2010 at 1:12pm | IP Logged Quote MommyD
I have zero space for anything like an alter or a cabinet. Everything she gave me is in a wooden box and we're going to have to use it on the dining room table. I'm also going to make one of those cute "Fr.Oak" things to work on the liturgical colors. Can you recommend any web-sites or books that tell me what all the proper names of things are and what they are used for?
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Posted: Jan 20 2010 at 1:23pm | IP Logged Quote Marcia
an altar can be a small lap table for in bed that had legs that fold down.
A cabinet can be the wooden box she gave you set up on it's side.

I use white contact paper that I cut into the shape of the object in my wooden box to let the kids know where each thing goes.



The Mass explained to children by Maria Montessori is a good reference.

photo of altar and cabinet with child

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There is a lesson book that comes with the mass kit at Our Father's House, and it sounds like what you are looking for. It outlines lessons as well as having worksheets for identifying the different pieces. I do not see it listed separately on the site, but if you contact them explaining your situation, they may be able to sell you the lesson book on its own.

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CrunchyMom wrote:
There is a lesson book that comes with the mass kit at Our Father's House, and it sounds like what you are looking for. It outlines lessons as well as having worksheets for identifying the different pieces. I do not see it listed separately on the site, but if you contact them explaining your situation, they may be able to sell you the lesson book on its own.


That's what I was going to suggest. I couldn't find it on the site, either.

Basically the altar materials/mass kit is for nomenclature -- understanding the names of the sacred linens and vessels and how they are set up on the altar. It is done in reverence.

But since you're short on space, that doesn't limit you. Just find a small table, piano bench or something that can be set up as an altar. You can keep the materials in a box to bring out when you are doing this.

The Mass Explained to Children by Maria Montessori is a beautiful way to explain the vessels. This is for the Extrardinary Form of the Mass, 1962, not the Ordinary Form/Novus Ordo.

I can't seem to find my copy of The Good Shepherd and the Child: A Joyful Journey but if someone has one, maybe you could check to see if it has some script for the altar work.

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