The Christian calendar gives a family a rhythm most of the year runs through anyway. The moments here are the ones where a young child can hold something real in their hands during it, not just watch.
A colouring page gets four minutes of attention and a spot on the fridge. A candle a child decorated for the Easter Vigil, or a booklet they carry on a Lenten prayer walk, gets used at the actual moment it was made for — and that is the difference this whole guide is built around.
Wording, prayers and exactly how a parish observes each moment vary a great deal. We describe what a child can make and how families use it; for the words that go with it, your own parish or priest is the right source, not us.
A booklet carried on the real prayer walk, not just coloured at home.
Made at home, carried into a real candlelit service.
A candle craft that echoes the one lit at the real Vigil.