With February right around the corner, I'm looking today at the template for our monthly studies and the "minor feast" that kicks it all off (this name is a play on the "major feasts" of the liturgical calendar; our own major feasts are the ones that kick off the new season). Here is a collection of ideas for the celebration. Next, I'll share what our studies look like for the month of February.
Minor Feast Template
Date: Around the first of every month
Agenda: tea party with lessons and workshops in the liberal and common arts related to our monthly themes and the four cycles of life in the month and season
*Light the seasonal candle and say the monthly grace and prayers for milestones of family and friends that month, sing litany of special saints of the month
* Serve the special themed drink and treat of the month or season, or something related to our monthly studies
*Play the monthly memory work or themed music in the background, reveal the monthly collage-still life and any other art study of the month
*Reading of an overview of what we are studying that month in the four cycles of life-- liturgical calendar, special saints, history and biographies, nature lesson and study. Talk about any special themes, crafts, events, etc. of the month
*Recitation of monthly multilingual memory work: prayer, hymn, poem, quote/proverb, word, storytelling, dance lyrics
*Update family journals-Book of Days, Stories We Shared, Family History…
*Sharing of memories, traditions, stories, etc. associated with the month
*Do a craft or homesteading lesson
*Go for a monthly nature study stroll with journals
*Do a folk dance indoors or outdoors
Minor Feast Template
Date: Around the first of every month
Agenda: tea party with lessons and workshops in the liberal and common arts related to our monthly themes and the four cycles of life in the month and season
*Light the seasonal candle and say the monthly grace and prayers for milestones of family and friends that month, sing litany of special saints of the month
* Serve the special themed drink and treat of the month or season, or something related to our monthly studies
*Play the monthly memory work or themed music in the background, reveal the monthly collage-still life and any other art study of the month
*Reading of an overview of what we are studying that month in the four cycles of life-- liturgical calendar, special saints, history and biographies, nature lesson and study. Talk about any special themes, crafts, events, etc. of the month
*Recitation of monthly multilingual memory work: prayer, hymn, poem, quote/proverb, word, storytelling, dance lyrics
*Update family journals-Book of Days, Stories We Shared, Family History…
*Sharing of memories, traditions, stories, etc. associated with the month
*Do a craft or homesteading lesson
*Go for a monthly nature study stroll with journals
*Do a folk dance indoors or outdoors
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