Bread, a rosary, a dove and other signs of faith on a wheel that a child turns by hand.
The Wheel of Faith Symbols is an outdoor religious unit: a rotating wheel with symbols important to Christians. A description by each symbol explains what the sign means, and the task next to it turns it into a good deed, a prayer or an answer in the child's own words. It stands at parishes, in faith schools and kindergartens, at shrines and in after-school clubs.
The child turns the wheel and stops it at one of the symbols. First they read what the symbol means, then they do the task that goes with it.
The description of the meaning is short, and the task next to it asks something of the child straight away: a gesture towards another person, a moment of prayer or an answer of their own. In this way, learning a symbol ends in action.
The symbols include signs of the Eucharist, Christmas, the rosary and Bible stories, so one wheel covers the liturgy, feast days and everyday devotion.
Signs a child sees in church and at home are gathered in one unit. Each can be looked at closely and named.
A child asks what the fish or the lamb means, and an adult can answer right at the wheel.
The wheel needs no help from an adult: the child sets it in motion and decides when to move on to the next symbol.
A younger child recognises a symbol by its picture, an older one reads the text alone and answers in their own words.
Turning the wheel and doing the tasks at the symbols take place outdoors, away from the catechesis room, on the move and in a group.
The wheel is made in Poland and designed for year-round use. Damp, frost and sun do not damage the materials.
After the service, the wheel gives children something to do by the church, close to their parents.
Symbols of faith in a religion lesson, in a form the child can turn and touch.
Short tasks and prayers fit into the break between services.
Good deeds and reflection support the everyday formation work with children.
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