As the mother of five children, one granddaughter, and two
more grandchildren due this month; children are an integral part of my life. Whether
we currently are raising children, occasionally see our grandchildren or have
no real contact with children; we were all children at some point in our lives.
I know this is stating the obvious, but sometimes we forget how important childhood
is in the development of adults.
As I kid I was raised catholic and had to attend CCD
classes, which were designed to teach us how to be good Catholics. The material
we learned with was usually age appropriate and designed by catholic educators.
This made learning somewhat fun.
As a Pagan/Magickal parent I really didn’t have any teaching
materials available to offer my children. I looked for teaching material
similar to the material I was given as a child growing up Catholic, but I never
really found what I was looking for. I
do remember running across Lora Craig-Gaddis' Pooka Pages for Pagan Kids,
but at the time my older children were in their teens and were not interested
in the material and my youngest was an infant. I Loved Pooka and Elsie and
their adventures, I wanted to share them with children, but like I said, at the
time I didn’t have any in my life (who were interested) to share this material
with.
Now that my youngest is showing an interest in my spirituality, I have
found
Pooka Pages once again. I am thrilled to see the familiar characters of
Elsie and Pooka are still brewing up magickal stories that teach little ones. As my grandchildren come in to this world and grow, I hope their
parents will let me share Pooka Pages and other similar materials with them.
Have a Wicked Good Day!
Molly