You might need to adjust the readings a bit to match the time you have in Advent and time you want to be off school for the season. Here's the schedule I used for the those who read on their own. (One way to combat that hastiness is to follow the Mater Amabilis™ recommendation to cut back on some of the other readings during Advent the children then really have more time to appreciate the liturgical year readings.) It's possible they were more focused on just finishing the reading for the day. In some ways, independent reading provides a great opportunity for a child to immerse themselves in these meditations, but I wasn't able to see whether either of them really took advantage of that opportunity. (That's our Morning Time / Morning Basket / whatever it's called now.) Reading aloud allowed me to control the reading rate, encouraging contemplation and a prayerful attitude.Īs families change, so did our time all together, so the other three children read it on their own. When First Son was in Level 1A, I read both of these books aloud, a few pages a day, while the children ate breakfast. The illustrations are stylized (much as you see on the covers) with brilliant colors. These are two beautifully illustrated books. Perhaps my response was stronger because I had little babies myself when I first read it.
I was afraid the children would be upset by the page on Herod's killing of the Innocents, but they seemed less saddened than I was. The second section provides information on the saints of the season: Mary, Joseph, Zechariah, Elizabeth, John the Baptist, Angels and Shepherds, Wise Men, the Innocents, Simeon, Anna, Nicholas, Lucy, Stephen, John, Thomas Becket.
Based on the Gospel stories leading up to the Nativity and through the infancy of Jesus (coming of the Wise Men, flight into Egypt, return to Nazareth), it provides the same kind of contemplative artwork. The Way to Bethlehem contains more text than The Life of Mary.
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