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  • 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...
    Leader Resource | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and LED/battery-operated candle Cloth for altar or centering space Group Covenant (Session 1) Chalice-Lighting Words (Session 1) Leadership Chart (Session 2) Preparation for Activity Select an area where the group can comfortably sit in a...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for several minutes, perhaps repeating a word or phrase to separate yourself from the activities of the day. Take a few minutes to ponder what it would mean in your life to live with simple abundance....
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • Adapted from Christian scripture. There once was a father, who had two sons. The younger son wanted to leave home and travel to distant lands. He asked to have his inheritance. So the father divided his wealth and gave each son his half. The older son stayed at home, continuing to work with his...
    Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Children, Christianity, Ethics, Family, Fathers, Home, Joy, Letting Go, Reconciliation
  • Activity Minutes Opening 5 Activity 1: Earth Ball Name Game 5 Activity 2: Story — Enough Stuff 10 Activity 3: Recycle Relay 15 Activity 4: Birthday Brainstorm 10 Activity 5: Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars 10 Faith in Action: Enough Stuff Birthday Party Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Welcoming Web...
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • People overestimate the pleasure they'll get from having more stuff. This does not apply to new rose bushes, crayons, or yarn stashes. — Dr. Sun Wolf This session helps children identify the difference between need and want and introduces relevant actions that make a difference in caring for the...
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Labyrinth, with participants' name stones placed on it Basket for name stones Optional: Index card or post-it, bold marker, and tape Preparation for Activity Review Hy...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • A book about finding family home in a non-traditional setting is Coming Home: from the life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper (New York: Philomel, a division of Putnam and Grosset Group, 1994).
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Blank paper for all participants Long letter envelopes and postage stamps Crayons, markers, and items to decorate cards Text messages made from Leader Resource 2, Home and Away Cards, scissors (including left-handed scissors), and rubber cement or...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Labyrinth Basket of name stones Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write the chalice-lighting words on newsprint, and post. Memorize the...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Leader Resource | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • Some children at this age have gone away from their homes and returned more than once. Others have never spent a night away from home. There may be some in Creating Home who have left a home and settled into a new one, never to return to the first....
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • From the Pinwheels for Peace website, copyright 2005, Ayers and McMillan. Published with permission. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Handout | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • On the top of the pizza box, use a ruler and a marker to draw lines parallel to three sides of the box, 1-inch in from each edge. Use a box cutter or sharp scissors to cut along the three lines, to make a flap in the lid of a pizza box. Fold this flap up so it stands when the box lid is closed....
    Handout | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Lost and Found Game 5 Activity 2: Story — The Lost Son 10 Activity 3: Welcome Home Poster 10 Activity 4: Stick Puppets 15 Activity 5: Rhythmic Chant 10 Faith in Action: Home and Away — Long-term 30 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: On the Path Home 10...
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Sit or stand in the middle of the meeting room and close your eyes. Slowly breathe in, hold for a count of four and breathe out. Slowly read the story, "The Lost Son." What word calls to you? Think about that word. Concentrate on feelings surrounding that word....
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Ball of yarn Preparation for Activity Clear an open space where the group can sit in a circle. Make sure you know each participant's name so you can prompt others in the circle. Description of Activity This activity makes the concepts of...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Photo-sensitive paper, nature objects Water source Preparation for Activity Decide whether the children will gather nature objects as part of the activity; if not, gather the objects before the session. Note: This activity requires a sunny day!
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
  • We have to celebrate, because this brother of yours ... he was lost and has been found. — Christian scripture, Luke 15:32 In Creating Home, children discover and think about the journey that we as individual Unitarian Universalists take as we move between our family homes and our faith home. When...
    May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint from Activity 3, Stand Up to Save Energy Cardstock for bookmarks; poster board for posters Markers or crayons Preparation for Activity Cut cardstock into bookmark size strips (approximately 8.5 x 2 inches). Post newsprint from Activity 3...
    Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder