Hello Everyone!
I apologize that today’s post was not done on time. I had my last and final surgery on my foot done today and so, it is a little delayed. Thank God this recovery has been very quick.
This week, our Circle Time/Finger Play activities are:
- My Cross
- Brush Your Teeth
- Down By the Bay
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- The More We Get Together
- Mr Sun
For our Saint’s Life today we learned about Saint Seraphim of Sarov. For some reason, I got it mixed up in my head that we were celebrating Saint Sergius of Radonezh, so we read his story (which is beautiful). Then, I double-checked the calendar, and oops, it is Saint Seraphim. So, we had a double lesson. Anyway, Saint Seraphim is one of the most renowned Russian monk. He is known for many things throughout his life, but I focused on a story of when he was a young boy. When he was 10, he became very ill. While he was sick, God granted that he see the Theotokos in his sleep. She promised to heal him. During this time, there was a religious procession in Kursk for the miracle-working icon of the Theotokos. Due to bad weather, the procession took an different route than planned and past right in front of Saint Seraphim’s house. While it was passing, his mother put him up to the miracle-working icon, he recovered rapidly. When he turned 18, he decided to become a monk. His parents gave their blessing for this and his mother gave him the family’s large copper crucifix to take with him, which he wore over his clothing all his life. After this, he entered the Sarov monastery.
For our “Pre-Writing Activity” we worked on tracing our lines.
Then, for our other activity we decorated our bowling pins. I let Theia decide what she wanted to use to decorate. We ended up using markers, glue, glitter, and pom-poms.
That was the end of our day and of our week!
In Christ,
D. Kyriake
Saint Xenia's Academy 