Metody katechizowania dzieci przedszkolnych

Abstract

The aim of the pre-school child's catechizing in the first place is not to assimilate the knowledge but to form the correct religious attitude, representations and experience. So the aim of catechizing at this age is to help the child, to feel and experience God and all that is connected with religion. The pre-school catechizing considers the most important, that the first conscius experienc.es of the children: cognitive and tendency direct them to God. It would be ideal to continue the children's catechizing in co-operation with their parents. Of great importance in the pre-school catechizing is to take into account the principle psychical of the children. A little child improves mostly though playing. Therefore in order to bring up a child at the age of pre-scliool the forms of playing must be taken into consideration. Of course the playing must be subordinated to the aim of catechizing. We can distinguish some games as subject, constructional, motorial and didactic ones. As the teaching aids for the catechist we distinguish: picture, photomontage, flannelgraph slide and drawing. Catechizing should be full of joy, free from compulsion and it should bring the child into the community of the Church.