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 Flowers, one for each child plus some extra Slips of paper, one for each child plus some...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a story book, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Gather a variety of baby-related items, such as baby stuffed animals, diapers, baby...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: The Wedding by Eve Bunting, 2003. On her way to town, Miss Brindle Cow meets a host of animals who are late for a very important wedding....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a story book, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Two stuffed bears (or other stuffed animals) Wedding-related items Preparation for Activity Collect wedding-rela...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a story book, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Alert families that this week's topic is loss and death, and invite them to send in wit...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley, 1992. Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions, or from any of the books suggested for in Session 11, Activity 4, Story: Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman, 2009. A toddler spends the day with their daddies (the...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Family Snack Party Invitation Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, story books, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Adapt Leader Resource 1 to...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: A Cup of Light by Pamela Baxter (2010). Include this book as many times as is appropriate to help young children understand the symbol of the chalice....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, story books, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you are expecting and set these out with a f...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Obtain this book: A Cup of Light by Pamela Baxter (2010). Include this book as many times as is appropriate to help young children understand the symbol of the chalice. Children of this age like repetition as...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a story book, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you are expecting and set these out with a few blank na...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: The Family Book by Todd Parr, 2010. The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in....

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, story books, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you are expecting and set these out with a f...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham, 2008. In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground. The Lion and the Mouse by...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, story books, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Preparation for Activity Make name tags for the children you are expecting and set these out with a f...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: It’s OK to Be Different by Todd Parr, 2009. It’s also okay to need some help. It’s Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the important messages of acceptance,...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, a story book, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Optional: Props that acknowledge differences, such as multicultural dolls, child-size crutches that...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Story book Preparation for Activity Choose a story from the following suggestions: That’s Not a Daffodil! by Elizabeth Honey, 2011. When Tom’s neighbor Mr. Yilmaz gives him a brown bulb, Tom can’t believe it will grow into a flower. “That’s...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Name tags and markers Variety of free play options, such as toys, a puzzle, story books, manipulatives, dramatic play props, and markers and paper Bean seeds spread on a tray, surrounded by paper, crayons, and markers Preparation for Activity Make...