Lesson Plans

Week 1

1. Print Kyrie PDF download  found on the Institute of Christ the King

2. Print Gloria Patri PDF found on the Institute of Christ the King

3. Listen to the Kyrie a few times each day and follow along with the text/PDF handout.
   Alternate recording that follows the musical notation.   
   We are learning Mass VIII De Angelis, but you can choose a different setting from the CCWatershed Kyriale.

4. Tips:  First, speak one phrase, and have your kids repeat it back to you. This is the beginning of memorizing and getting used to the words. Go at your child's pace. Listen to the chant again. Follow along and try to sing with the video. 

• Bonus: Listen to the Litany of Saints for their feast day on November 1st! (Note the Kyrie? It is not just prayed at Mass.)

Week 2

1. Finish learning the melody of the Kyrie if you need to.  Listen here. Or here.

2. Begin copywork & illustrations to aid meditating on the text. Use this to review the Gloria Patri, too.

3. Read a short history of the use of Greek in the Mass.
   
    

Week 3

1. The focus is now on the Gloria Patri.  Print the Gloria Patri PDF found on the Institute of Christ the King. We are learning number VII.

2. Use this pronunciation guide it that's helpful.

3. Listen and follow along. The Gloria Patri starts at 0:54 in the video. (P.S. We aren’t learning the Asperges, yet, but it’s one of my favorites.)

4. Memorize what you can; maybe the first half of the prayer.

5. Finish copywork & verse illustrations.

   
    

Week 4

1. Solidify memorization and keep singing

2. Teens/Adults: Watch the 3rd episode of On a Sacred Note "The Motet" from CatholicTV.org

3. Children: Listen again to the Litany of Saints