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The 12-page booklet offers questions for family activities to extend the learning of many of the Creating Home sessions, questions for family discussion, and blank spaces for children to draw pictures related to the discussion. Each sheet includes two pages of the booklet. If you have access to…

Dear Families: Next session, we will talk about re-establishing homes. Children will have an opportunity to tell their stories about moving….

Bees start off life as eggs. The queen is the only female bee that will reproduce and she will lay all the eggs for a colony. Eggs are deposited in cells of the honeycomb. Soon they develop into larvae, which are cared for by the female worker bees. Worker bees feed the larvae a special substance…

1 cup of ground cinnamon 1 cup of smooth applesauce white school glue, such as Elmer’s glue Gradually mix ground cinnamon into applesauce to achieve a dough-like consistency. The more watery the applesauce, the more cinnamon you will need. Add glue to thicken the mixture. This recipe will make…

As you start to walk, think about when you entered this building today. What did you expect would happen here today? What did you expect to find here today? Who did you expect to find? Think upon these questions as you approach the center….

Method 1 For each journal, you will need: six pages of unlined copy paper one page of heavier, card stock paper You will also need a sewing machine and thread, and some glue. 1. Stack six pieces of copy paper together, and fold them in half. 2….

Dear Families: On [day, date, time] the Creating Home program will be talking about being part of a community. As part of this session, the children and leaders will hand out congregational directories to members who need them….

We get up in the morning 1 2 3 hold and we go to school 1 2 3 hold We all come home (hold). 1 2 3 hold We all come home (hold) 1 2 3 hold We go to (name of your congregation) 1 2 3 hold and it’s really cool. 1 2 3 hold We all come home (hold)….

If you have time, you may like to extend Activity 4: Breaking Bread Together by engaging the children in preparing a more complicated snack together, by inviting another group to break bread with the children, or both. One easy snack recipe is to make your own snack mix….

Grace #1 For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything your goodness sends, Thank you! adapted from a grace of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Reverend Phil Lund. Sung to the tune of “Praise God from Whom All Blessings…

Customize this text message. Then, cut and paste it multiple times into another document, so you can print four or five identical messages on one page. Make as many photocopies as you need for the cards you plan to send to college students. Hello, ____________________! I am in kindergarten/first…

(Once children are settled in a comfortable position, invite them to close their eyes. Read the meditation slowly, giving them time to imagine.) You are standing on a grassy hillside looking out over a large field. You see a bunny rabbit hopping in the field and there are bumblebees visiting the…

Dear Creating Home Families: On [day, date,] our group will discuss how our families became involved in this congregation. We will ask each child to share any stories they have about how they first came to this congregation or their early experiences here….

Coleman Barks, translated and used with permission. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.

This reading combines the words of Kenneth L. Patton (Reading 444) and Psalm 133 (Reading 433) as published in Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook. Permission granted for Reading 444….

For each parfait, you will need: half a banana a small parfait glass or clear plastic cup 2 tablespoons granola a plastic butter knife 2 tablespoons honey a plastic spoon 2 tablespoons unflavored yogurt, vanilla pudding, or vanilla ice cream a napkin or paper plate Give each child a napkin or pap…

Adapt and distribute this invitation to parents and adult family members if you are doing Alternate Activity 3: Stories from Our Faith Home. Dear Creating Home Families: On [day, date], our group will discuss how our families became involved in this congregation….

Unitarian Universalist Principles in Children’s Language Use these versions of the Principles to guide a discussion about faith as children prepare to create their own faith symbols in Session 2, Activity 5: 1. We believe that each and every person is important. 2. We believe that all people…

Dear Parents, When Creating Home meets on [insert day, date], the children will learn the song “Spirit of Life,” Hymn 123 in Singing the Living Tradition, and improvise a dance to the song with wrist scarves which we will assemble during the session. If you have a colorful, flowing scarf at home…