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Celebrate Advent as a family with the Meaningful Advent Menu V2 (2020 Edition)! This beautiful collection features poems, hymns, and songs coming together to form a simple, open and go way to meaningfully connect over the Advent story. Each carefully selected piece speaks the truth of Christmas and tells the story of Christ's birth and points to the crux of the advent season, which is that he was born to die so that we can live.
Who's it for?
Meaningful Menus have been curated and designed to bring beauty into your family's daily gathering time (or morning basket time), with all ages in mind. The poetry, scripture memory, hymns, folk songs, and affirmations are encouraging and instructive to family members ages 2-102.
What's included?
The Meaningful Advent Menu includes:
- Christmas Countdown (use dry or wet-erase markers to check off in a menu cover)
- Affirmation: The Athanasian Creed
- Christmas Hymn: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (this version doesn’t include the last 3 verses but is more traditional. This one is modernized and includes all verses)
- Scripture Memory: Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 2:4-6, Pslam 80:1-3 and Luke 1:30-33
- Christmas Carol: Good King Wenceslas
- Poem: The Eve of Christmas by Alfred Lord Tennyson (we included just the first 3 stanzas, but you can find the whole poem here)
- Christmas Folksong: Bring Your Torches (traditional French folksong, sometimes called Bring the Torch)
YouTube versions of the songs are linked above. YouTube video lyrics may vary slightly from printed lyrics.
This special menu includes all new content you won't find in any of our other Volumes. After the cover page, you'll find a beautiful Christmas Countdown where you and your little ones can check off the days as your excitement builds to Christmas Morning. In the place of our usual Charlotte Mason Affirmation we remember the truths of the Athanasian Creed as we recite it together. Next, enjoy the beautiful Christmas Hymn While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (the lyrics are beautiful!)
The Scripture Memory section of this menu is unique, as it includes 4 different passages that each tell a different part of the Advent story. We recommend focusing on one selection per week for each of the 4 weeks of advent.
Next you'll find the first of the two included Christmas folksongs. This one is a traditional English carol called Good King Wenceslas, another favorite from my own childhood.
A beautiful poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson called The Eve of Christmas follows.
Finally, you'll find the traditional FRench folksong called Bring Your Torches (sometimes just Bring Your Torch). I couldn’t stop humming this one to myself after listening to the recording!
I hope the Meaningful Advent blesses your family this season.
This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped.
Philosophy
You can find my statement of faith HERE.
The programs from The Gentle + Classical Press are grounded in the Christian Classical Tradition with a strong emphasis on the Charlotte Mason philosophy.
Books that have influenced these programs heavily are:
Charlotte Mason's Home Education, A Philosophy of Education, and Formation fo Character
The Liberal Arts Tradition by Jain and Clark
The Well-Trained Mind by Susan W Bauer
Tending the Heart of Virtue by Guroian
The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis
You may download any Teacher's Guide for FREE to read a thorough detailing of my heart for Home Education.
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Simply send Whitney an email at CurriculumHelp@lifeabundantlyblog.com, and she will be back with you as soon as possible !
Co-Op + Classroom Licensing
Are you planning to utilize any Gentle + Classical materials with a group of other famlies (co-op) or in your classroom or school?
We are so excited to hear that and feel honored to be considered!
We do want to share the information about our co-op/classroom licensing with you. This also applies to daycares OR ANY OTHER SETTING in which non-family members are gathered to utilize G+C materials in any capacity.
What qualifies as a "daycare, classroom, or co-op"?
We define a co-op, classroom, or daycare setting as: 2 or more households coming together in a group with the intent of using Gentle + Classical materials for their lesson or gathering time.
Digital Licensing
Co-op licensing costs $7 per student/per curriculum/per year (Preschool, Primer, and/or Nature). The licensing includes access to our full digital curriculum so that the lead teacher can print and use the curriculum and supplementary materials in the classroom setting only. It doesn't include licensing to print materials for students to use at home with their families. Families who wish to use the curriculum in their own homes should purchase the curriculum for home use.
We also offer licensing for our unit studies, such as On Mission, Morning Virtues, Christmas, Autumn, and Easter. The co-op licensing for each unit study is $3 per child/per digital issue.
Interested in printed materials for your group or classroom?
We are happy to provide you with a customized quote! We provide bulk discounts for these types of orders.
How to Proceed:
To use co-op licensing, we will verify your information so we can correctly invoice you and provide the desired curriculum. Then, we'll create an invoice for you for the number of students using the curriculum. Once you've paid the invoice, we will send you access to the full digital curriculum so that your lead teacher can print and use the materials during your co-op meeting times.
For a print quote, we follow the same protocol.
Please email us at erin@lifeabundantlyblog.com for a quote for your group!
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