Catholic meditations for children

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In my 8 year old daughter’s class at our local catholic school, they have recently been taught by their teacher a version of “prayer” that concerns me as being very similar to a certain practice that is a banned topic here on CAF ;). This teacher is not new-age and seems to be very faithful to the Church, I just believe she is misinformed.

I’m working on addressing this concern charitably to her teacher and would like to offer some solid Catholic meditations for children that may be substituted.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.
 
SarahR said:
In my 8 year old daughter’s class at our local catholic school, they have recently been taught by their teacher a version of “prayer” that concerns me as being very similar to a certain practice that is a banned topic here on CAF ;). This teacher is not new-age and seems to be very faithful to the Church, I just believe she is misinformed.
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Similar is not necessarily the same. Perhaps you should do some investigation to be sure. It wouldn’t hurt to ask the teacher about it in a charitable and amiable manner. 🙂

For alternatives, almost any traditional devotion should be good, like the Rosary, the Jesus Prayer, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, etc.
 
aspirant said:
Similar is not necessarily the same. Perhaps you should do some investigation to be sure. It wouldn’t hurt to ask the teacher about it in a charitable and amiable manner. 🙂

For alternatives, almost any traditional devotion should be good, like the Rosary, the Jesus Prayer, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, etc.
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Oh absolutely. This teacher really loves Jesus and her students.
From everything I’ve heard from my daughter and read from the teacher’s handouts though, it sounds like Catholicism mixed with new-agey practices.
Possibly the teacher’s method is orthodox but the children may be misunderstanding it… in that case it would be good to charitably point it out anyway.

Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut. God bless!
 
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it sounds like Catholicism mixed with new-agey practices.
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Sure, I’m just trying to gently remind you that “sounds like new-agey” isn’t necessarily the same thing as “is new-agey.” Investigate first.

The reason I provide this caution is that I’ve personally encountered well-meaning Catholics who, without first becoming adequately informed, label even ancient and longstanding traditional prayer practices “new-agey.” 🙂
 
Hi, also worth a look is the Godly Play approach: youtube.com/watch?v=GRcKjaKp08w

Although developed by an Episcopalian, it is based on the approach of Maria Montessori, one the great Catholic educators. From what I can see, it’s very compatible with Catholicism.
 
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