Practical Life & Toddlers:
Join Kel with his occasional practical life lessons for toddlers. Kel is an AMI Assistance to Infancy guide and a Level 1 CGS catechist with specialized training in the spiritual development of toddlers. His joy is helping the littlest among us enter into the abundant joy-filled life with the Good Shepherd using their whole bodies.
Toddler Making Silence
Join Kel in a demonstration and conversation about the Montessori practice of Making Silence with Toddlers. This presentation is the beginning lesson that culminates with the 30 month child able to make silence for quite a while – maybe even 5 minutes.
Toddler Flower Arranging
Kel shows how to offer a young Toddler a lesson on flower arranging. This is layered with nomenclature of small, medium, large. Come enter into the realities of working with Toddlers.
Free Forums
Monthly hang out with our community and ponder theological, practical, and pedagogical speed bumps and conundrums, so we can root deepen in our lives and broaden our understanding of our place in God’s project.
It’s a place is to deepen our roots and grow new branches. The topics are chosen by questions folks send us and by what our collaborators observe and wonder about.
Holy Land Geology
Video Seminar
Join Elizabeth for a romp through the formation and geology of the Holy Land. This adult seminar is designed to give you a quick overview to how the tectonic cycle and the works of water and wind created the Holy Land. We offer a 20,000 foot view of places and prepare you for discussions about Jesus and his ministry.
Refresher – Level 1
Refresh your notes on topics ranging from pedagogy and practical life to the Infancy narratives and classroom management. Share, ask questions, try to out ideas, and settle into the 3 to 6 year old’s atrium life with more peace. Anita’s emphasis is on the theological underpinnings, how to sit with the child and their questions, and how to shift with children’s needs.
Master Classes
Want to understand more deeply. Master classes can be taken in total or broken up so you can purchase just the modules you want.
Refresher Cohorts
“We hear from lots of catechists that they need a little support. They may be in their first year and are feeling overwhelmed and unsure. They may have been out of the atrium for several years and would like to remind themselves of the pedagogy.” Anita
Spend seven week in with a group of folks who have questions, too. Refresh your notes on topics ranging from pedagogy and practical life to the Infancy Narratives and classroom management.
Refresher – Level 1
Refresh your notes on topics ranging from pedagogy and practical life to the Infancy narratives and classroom management. Share, ask questions, try to out ideas, and settle into the 3 to 6 year old’s atrium life with more peace. Anita’s emphasis is on the theological underpinnings, how to sit with the child and their questions, and how to shift with children’s needs.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Formation Courses
Committing to the rigorous formation required to be certified as a Catechist in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a prayerful decision. Formation is a process of reorienting and reorganizing your approach to children, theology, and even your own self. There is so much joy found in the formation community. Your cohort wrestles along side you through uncertainties, discoveries, and prayers. They journey forward with you as an ongoing sounding board.
Is it challenging, absolutely. Is it worth it. Absolutely. To understand more about the requirements, visit here.
St. Tikhon’s folks – the Practical Life Supports are live. The Course Supports are still beta and not accessible yes.
CGS Formation Level 2
To guide 6-9 year old children, adults are required to enter into a 96 hour formation which includes theological contexts, pedagogical lectures, presentation, material creation, and Socratic conversations about the themes discussed.
CGS – Formation Level 1 – Supports
CGS – Formation Level 1 – Practical Life
This is the practical life portion of the St. Tikhon’s formation course.