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Question: How do energy conscious people think about wind power? Answer: They're blown away! — United States Energy Information Administration IN TODAY'S SESSION......Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page -
A place will express itself through the human being just as it does through its wild flowers. – Lawrence Durrell IN TODAY’S SESSION… Today we talked about our worship home. It is an important distinction for children to understand that worship is our corporate response to our faith. It is in...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page -
Imagine a glorious full moon coming over the tops of the spruce, big and yellow, shedding a mysterious light on everything... the moonlight had colour, you could see to paint and be able to appreciate the colour of things. — Arthur Lismer, Canadian Unitarian artist, 1948 IN TODAY'S SESSION... we...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. – Chinese proverb IN TODAY’S SESSION… The group talked about ancestors – both family and faith ancestors – and the legacies they leave for future generations. The children heard a story, “The Farmer’s Legacy,” in which a farmer...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way its animals are treated. — Mahatma Gandhi IN TODAY'S SESSION... We considered how kindness is important in the web of life and learned about real life examples of animals who have acted with altruism to save the lives of...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? – Aeschylus IN TODAY’S SESSION… Today’s session focused on the story of John Murray, Universalist minister. A story about John Murray’s arrival in the United States from England was used to start a discussion on...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. — e.e. cummings, 20th-century IN TODAY'S SESSION... we played! We learned that, through play, animals, including humans, learn new skills, get exercise, relieve stress, and form social bonds. We learned that laughter and joy are very healthy for us...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. —Langston Hughes, 20th-century African American poet In today's session... we considered how creativity benefits the web of life. We learned that female bowerbirds select their mates...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; The good, the true, the tender – these form the wealth of home. – Sarah J. Hale IN TODAY’S SESSION… Today we talked about families. Children heard the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins who partnered and raised a chick,...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. —Helen Hayes, American actress In today's session... we explored the amazing abundance and diversity of plants. We heard a version...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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The religious community is essential, for alone our vision is too narrow to see all that must be seen. Together, our vision widens and strength is renewed. – Mark Morrison-Reed IN TODAY’S SESSION… Our focus this week has been on community, and the gifts that each of us bring when we come...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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Life is like a compost heap. The rotting debris of everyday trials just keeps piling up... but if we wait long enough and remain steadfast and strong, even the stinkiest pile will bear good and worthwhile things. —posted on the...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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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
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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
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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