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  • Send this letter to the Chalice Children families before Session 25. Dear Chalice Children families: For the next four sessions, the Chalice Children are celebrating Teddy Bear Month! Children are invited to bring a small stuffed bear or other favorite cuddly stuffed animal each Sunday....
    Leader Resource | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Teddy Grahams Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with the games and songs listed in Posters for Chalice Children, under Resources in the Introduction. Display any posters you have made....
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: Patchwork Helps a Friend by Gail Greiner, illustrated by Jacqueline Schmidt, 2013. Patchwork, a colorfully quilted stuffed bear, sets forth on a quirky journey and...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Bear-sized boxes, one for each child Felt Materials to decorate boxes, such as color markers, stickers, cloth scraps, glue sticks Moistened paper towels Optional: Digital camera or smartphone Preparation for Activity Gather some stuffed animals to...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Circle Rhymes posters Preparation for Activity Display the Circle Rhymes posters from Session 1. Description of Activity Using the same songs and chants each week will help the children transition smoothly and predictably from free play to Circle Time.
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a storybook, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Items for an activity relating to Teddy Bear Month Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you a...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Reflect on these questions and discuss them with your co-leader: How do we feel about what went on during this session? Why? What was the best part of this session? Why? What preparation do we need for the next session?
    January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home handout Markers or crayons Preschool chalice Optional: Envelope, hole punch, and yarn or ribbon Preparation for Activity Download and adapt Taking It Home and make a copy for each child....
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Description of Activity In the Chalice Children program, sessions begin with Activity 1, Free Play, rather than a formal Opening. The chalice is lit in Activity 3, Circle Time.
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Take time before the session and find a quiet place for reflection. What are some ways that you experience friendship? Do you have friends who live far away? How do you make new friends? How do you keep your old friends? Reflect on these words attributed to C....
    January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity Minutes Activity 1: Free Play 15 Activity 2: Circle Rhymes Transition 5 Activity 3: Circle Time 5 Activity 4: Story 5 Activity 5: Bear Beds 15 Activity 6: Circle Games 10 Closing 5...
    January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • When I am lonely, will you be my friend? — from "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey The theme of this unit, and this session in particular, is that the Chalice Children group (and our congregation) is a place to make friends and to be a friend, and that being a member of this...
    January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Utility | January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Character, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Friendship, Joy, Kindness, Love, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism
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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Familiarize yourself with the games and songs listed in Posters for Chalice Children, under Resources in the Introduction. Display any posters you have made. Description of Activity Gather in a circle on the floor. Play the games and sing the songs.
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Wooden building blocks Toy people, animals, cars, and other items for the neighborhood Blue painter's tape Optional: Digital camera or smartphone Preparation for Activity Clear a space or spaces large enough for children to build cooperatively. Set...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: When I Build with Blocks by Niki Alling, 2012. Step into the block area of a pre-K/kindergarten classroom, through the eyes and imagination of a child. Each block...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice-lighting words, written on newsprint Chalice with tea light flame or other preschool chalice option Feelings Chart or Feelings Flashcards by Todd Parr A bright work lamp or flashlight Preparation for Activity Post the chalice-lighting words ...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Circle Rhymes posters Preparation for Activity Display the Circle Rhymes posters from Session 1. Description of Activity Using the same songs and chants each time you meet will help the children transition smoothly and predictably from free play to...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a storybook, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Items for a free play activity relating to community Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you...
    Activity | January 8, 2015 | For Children, Preschool | From Chalice Children
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  • Explore T… Blocks and Construction Toys: A Guide for the Science-Minded, by Gwen Dewar, on the Parenting Science website. Consider the Stages of Block Development described by Sharon MacDonald. Read "The Work That Is Play," a UU sermon preached by Jeff Merkel, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of...
    January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
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