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What is home? A roof to keep out the rain? Four walls to keep out the wind? Floors to keep out the cold? Yes, but home is more than that. It is the laugh of a baby, the song of a mother, the strength of a father, warmth of loving hearts, lights from happy eyes, kindness, loyalty, comradeship....Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page -
Awaken to the universe's simple gift of the butterfly. Watch with fascination and joy as a jeweled treasure glides by and gently touches your soul. — Kristen D'Angelo, freelance writer, blogger, and photographer IN TODAY'S SESSION... we learned about metamorphosis in both butterflies and frogs....Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page -
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit at home, and when you walk along...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. — Henry David Thoreau, 19th-century Transcendentalist If you want to save animals, you have to save the Earth, and to do that, you have to be green. — Marisa...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. – Henry David Thoreau IN TODAY’S SESSION… Connecting our human homes to nature is...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life—learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. — Robert Fulghum, author and Unitarian Universalist minister IN TODAY'S SESSION... we learned the importance of balance in the web of life. We considered...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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Perhaps the most radical thing we can do is to stay home, so we can learn the names of the plants and animals around us; so that we can begin to know what tradition we’re part of. – Terry Tempest Williams IN TODAY’S SESSION… We spent a wonderful time getting inside animal homes of all kinds.Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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No shade tree? Blame not the sun but yourself. — Chinese proverb IN TODAY'S SESSION... we learned about trees' vital role in our lives. We used our bodies to build a tree and then experienced a guided meditation in which we grew from acorns to mighty oak trees. We represented our interdependence...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. – Henry David Thoreau IN TODAY’S SESSION… During our discussions of finding home in a particular place, the Creating Home group learned about the homes of other animals and compared some of them to our homes. This session explored what...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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Your deepest roots are in nature. No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation. — Charles Cook, founder and director of Wild Earth Adventures IN TODAY'S SESSION... we learned about some interesting partnerships in...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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We see in the world around us many symbols that teach us the meaning of life. You could notice if you wanted to, but you are usually too busy. We Indians live in a world of symbols and images where the spiritual and the commonplace are one....Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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We did not weave the web of life; We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, We do to ourselves — attributed to Chief Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Nation IN TODAY'S SESSION... we heard the story, "The Grumpy Gecko," which showed that all living beings on the Earth are connected on...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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I want to remind myself and others that our homes can become sacred places, filled with life and meaning. – Gunilla Norris IN TODAY’S SESSION… We began our exploration of home by talking about thresholds – places of entrance and exit where we begin and end our journeys. We created name...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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We Are Surrounded by Love Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.Handout | September 26, 2012 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsCurriculum page -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, Making Promises, Making Covenants Optional: "Making Promises, Making Covenants" coloring sheet (PDF), and crayons Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to tell it, rather than read it from the page....Activity | May 9, 2012 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful WelcomeCurriculum page -
Dear Parent, Next week, on (day, date), the Love Surrounds Us group will have a Magic Penny Party. Please send fewer than 50 pennies in a small bag with your child. We will combine the pennies to make a donation to the American Red Cross in the name of Clara Barton, its founder and a Universalist.Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsCurriculum page -
Teach participants these sounds and actions. Invite them to listen for your cues to act them out during the story. 1. Gallop a gallop a gallop (slapping hands on legs) 2. Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop (slapping hands on floor) 3. Taking care of you (patting your neighbor on the shoulder) 4....Story | By Betsy Hill Williams | October 27, 2011 (reviewed June 2025) | For Grades K-1, Grades 2-3, Families | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Children's Faith Development, Compassion, Courage, Dignity, Health, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Salvation, Service, Universalism, UU History, War, WomenCurriculum page -
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Blank booklets, one for each participant Large, stick-on labels Crayons and/or markers Preparation for Activity Use a computer to print the words "My Principles Drawings" on each label or write the labels by hand. Stick a label on the front of each...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Read the song in the Description of Activity and practice singing it to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell" so you can teach the group. Description of Activity This activity sets the UU Principles to a commonly known tune, "The Farmer in the Dell."...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsCurriculum page
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, UU Principles Mobile Scissors, including left-handed scissors Crayons or markers: red, green, yellow, orange, blue, indigo, and violet Single-hole punch Yarn Transparent tape Preparation for Activity Obtain permission to hang mobiles whe...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsCurriculum page