First graders learn to pray the Rosary
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
The first grade is chock full of basic life lessons, which form the foundation for future years of education.
And for the first-grade classes in All Saints Regional Catholic School, Manahawkin, this year’s curriculum included a very important lesson in faith: how to pray the Rosary.
“They just love to learn,” said Kathrynann Rienzi, a first-grade teacher in the elementary school. “In the month of May, we were praying to the Blessed Mother.”
Rienzi said that during class, she would teach the students about the prayers that are included in the Rosary.
Students brought in their own Rosary beads, and Rienzi provided student handouts that explained how to say the prayers, and in what order they should be said.
“They would ask me when we (were) going to pray the Rosary,” she said. “At this age, they love to learn,” she continued. “I think the younger they learn how important it is to embrace their faith, the longer it might stay with them.”
While speaking with The Monitor over the phone in her classroom, Rienzi put her hypothesis to the test.
“When you are in second grade, will you remember it?” she asked her class of students, who at the moment were in the midst of enjoying snack time and finishing a project.
A quick, energetic reply from the youngsters resounded through the classroom: “Yes!”
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The first grade is chock full of basic life lessons, which form the foundation for future years of education.
And for the first-grade classes in All Saints Regional Catholic School, Manahawkin, this year’s curriculum included a very important lesson in faith: how to pray the Rosary.
“They just love to learn,” said Kathrynann Rienzi, a first-grade teacher in the elementary school. “In the month of May, we were praying to the Blessed Mother.”
Rienzi said that during class, she would teach the students about the prayers that are included in the Rosary.
Students brought in their own Rosary beads, and Rienzi provided student handouts that explained how to say the prayers, and in what order they should be said.
“They would ask me when we (were) going to pray the Rosary,” she said. “At this age, they love to learn,” she continued. “I think the younger they learn how important it is to embrace their faith, the longer it might stay with them.”
While speaking with The Monitor over the phone in her classroom, Rienzi put her hypothesis to the test.
“When you are in second grade, will you remember it?” she asked her class of students, who at the moment were in the midst of enjoying snack time and finishing a project.
A quick, energetic reply from the youngsters resounded through the classroom: “Yes!”
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