Cardinals visit the Meetinghouse

The Cardinals have become quite comfortable with Moment of Silence during our classroom Morning Meetings and our shared Meeting for Worship in the Music room with the other 3’s/4’s classrooms. They have become so relaxed with the experience that we felt it was time to visit the Meetinghouse. So not to overwhelm ourselves with too many friends at the Meetinghouse for a first visit, we decided to join just one other class, the Doves.

Our walk to the Meetinghouse was magnificent! It was a nice cool fall day and one can observe all the stunning fall colors of the leaves. The children walked and/or skipped happily and peacefully, stopping at their favorite tree spot, the “puddle tree.” What a beautiful way to help us relax our bodies prior to entering the Meetinghouse.

The Meetinghouse is a beautiful space and the children were truly captured by it. The experience helped re-acclimate the Cardinals who have been there and familiarized the new Cardinals to the space. Once at the Meetinghouse, the Cardinals and Doves moved into a shared short time of silence.  As we all listened to our own thoughts, some friends felt the need to share and stood up to do so. 

To be mindful of listening and reflecting on the messages shared, the Cardinals have been practicing to count to ten in their heads between messages. In other words, if a Cardinal wanted to share his or her thought and someone else just shared, they would count to ten in their minds and then stand up. Many friends were very thankful for their Mommies, Daddies and other members in their family that makes their family so unique and special.  

 

Afterwards, the Doves invited us to some pumpkin cookies that they “whipped up”. DELICIOUS! We met on the soccer field and had the most enjoyable time snacking chatting and playing together. As one Cardinal stated, “The Doves sure filled our buckets today!”