Rosary.

We've settled into a good system with praying the Rosary together. We pray a decade each weekday night in October and May, the months of the rosary. Weekends are reserved for a Marian hymn to keep things different and allow space to introduce new material. 

With the rosary, we present three options to engage with the prayer. It's interesting to see how the children have each found a method that suits them best. It's starting to look like the youngest ones start off here:

progress to:

And finally:

The older children's godma gave them a set of beautiful rosary beads each on her last visit. Our big boy only just started using these and he says they help him to focus better. That's exactly where we want them to land. So glad to see this.