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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Creating the World of Wonder Mural Leader Resource 3, "We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands" Lyrics Leader Resource 4, Mural Image - Gecko, and tape Taking It Home Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder -
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, "We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands" Lyrics Trash bags and/or recycle barrels Disposable plastic or latex gloves Optional: Rakes or other seasonal yard tools Preparation for Activity Consult with your congregational leadershi...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice and LED/battery-operated candle Cloth for altar or centering space Optional: Poster board Preparation for Activity Select an area where the group can comfortably sit in a circle....Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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“The Magic Vase” was adapted from "The Magic Vase" as retold by Margaret Silf in One Hundred Wisdom Stories from Around the World, compiled by Margaret Silf (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2003), 41-42. Used by permission, all rights reserved. There was once a poor family who lived in a drab...Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Depression, Direct Experience, Family, Home, Mystery, Teamwork -
Labyrinths Learn about the history of labyrinths and their contemporary spiritual and educational uses, as well as how to draw or build a labyrinth, from the website of The Labyrinth Society....May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home -
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. When you feel settled and relaxed, consider: What does interdependence mean to you?...May 17, 2013 | From World of Wonder
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Labyrinth, folded or rolled to conceal its design Basket or bowl of stones Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Write the chalice-lighting words on...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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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 cards or post-its, markers, and tape Optional: One copy of Singing the...Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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We did not weave the web of life; We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, We do to ourselves. — attributed to Chief Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Nation This session introduces our human relationship to the earth, the basis for this program which is expressed in our seventh...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Arts and crafts materials Tape or approved mounting material for use at residential facility Bottle(s) of hand sanitizer Preparation for Activity In advance, contact an elderly housing or assisted living facility in your community....Activity | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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To reflect on today's session, ask yourself: 1. How have my/our expectations about today's time been met? 2. What surprised me about today? 3. What can I do differently as a leader next time to meet the needs of this group? 4....May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Every adult has a unique ancestral history. As a leader, you will model for participants the way you embrace and honor your own. Your history with the word "home" is likely to creep into your presentation of this program....May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Background Reading for Leaders The Gift of Faith: Tending the Spiritual Lives of Children by Jeanne Harrison Nieuwejaar Second Edition (Boston: Skinner House Books, 2003) Welcoming Children with Special Needs: A Guidebook for Faith Communities by Sally Patton (Boston: Unitarian Universalist...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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All 16 sessions in World of Wonder follow the same structure. Between an opening and a closing ritual, participants engage in up to five or six activities. The opening includes a chalice-lighting and a community-building activity. Every session revolves thematically around a central story which...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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I want to remind myself and others that our homes can become sacred places, filled with life and meaning. — Gunilla Norris This session is the threshold of a journey that leaders and participants will take together, an exploration of the spiritual sense of home. In Session 1, children will learn...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote seven Principles: ...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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As you adapt sessions to fit your resources and the needs of the group, take care to preserve the intent of a session and its purpose in the overall program. Read each session at least several days before leading it....May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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Labyrinths Session 1: On the Threshold provides information and links to help you make or obtain a floor labyrinth for use with Creating Home. In the Session 1 Resources section, see “Leader Resources” for instructions and helpful web links for making a labyrinth. Web links under “Find Out...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
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Every congregation has its own approach to structuring religious education. You can implement the World of Wonder program with any model your congregation uses. As leader, you will choose the combination of activities for each session. You know best how to shape the World of Wonder program to fit...May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of Wonder
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All sixteen sessions in Creating Home follow the same structure. Between an opening and a closing ritual, participants engage in up to six activities. The opening includes a chalice-lighting and an experience involving the group's labyrinth....May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From Creating Home