Using Montessori principles of education over a three-year cycle, the catechist listens with the children to Scripture and ponders together the person of Jesus including the infancy narratives, the narratives of the Last Supper, Easter, and Pentecost.  They also listen to the parables of the Kingdom of God.  The children are given materials that allow them to mediate through the work of their hands, on each Scripture they have heard.  There are also materials to lead to a deeper understanding of and then participation in the Mass and sacraments, such as a model altar and sacristy cabinet, vestments and liturgical colors, gestures of epiclesis and offering, and baptism.  Classes are structured to offer a time of prayer and song, a time for “presentation”, and a time for individual work by the child.  The work of the child becomes an opportunity for meditation and prayer.