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  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    The Program The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose....
    December 17, 2015 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    February 24, 2015 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    February 24, 2015 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    February 24, 2015 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • Leader Resource 1 Chinese Characters for Kindness
    From the website Quotable Kindness. Together, this pair of Pinyin Chinese characters, pronounced "ren" "ci," describes someone performing a kind action. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Leader Resource | December 4, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Materials for Activity Recorded square-dance music and appropriate music player Preparation for Activity Make sure you have a large, open floor space for this activity. In square dancing, a "caller" calls out the steps of the dance. Find recorded square-dance music that includes the calls....
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Cardboard boxes, empty food containers, dowels, Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, string, wooden chopsticks and other interesting items for constructing a model playground Tape, scissors and color markers Newsprint, markers and tape Toy figures to pl...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Barn-raising See photographs of a barn-raising in Texas on the Homestead Craft and Children's Fair website....
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Think about the many communities you belong to, for example, your household, extended family, congregation, neighborhood, and workplace. Our affiliations change over the course of our lives. This ebb and flow are part of modern adult life, yet the possibility of participation and joy in community...
    November 9, 2014 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Percussion instruments Preparation for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Percussion instruments Description of Activity The children learn a simple song and movements that embod...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity 8 X 11" sheets of card stock or construction paper cut into 5 X 8 pieces Magnet strips Fine markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils for decorating cards Glue, if magnet strips are not self-adhesive Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activ...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    The author of Be Here Now (San Cristobal, New Mexico: Lama Foundation 1971), Ram Dass lives on the island of Maui, Hawaii and continues his work as a spiritual teacher via an online community.
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Recording of the song, "Sing When the Spirit Says Sing" and appropriate music player Optional: A guitar, piano or other instrument Preparation for Activity Prepare to teach the song, "Sing When the Spirit Says Sing," to the group....
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Gather books, pictures and information about the platypus. If you have access to a computer during the session, plan to share multimedia resources. Your local library may have Platypus! by Ginjer L. Clarke, illustrated by Paul Mirocha (New York:...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • Handout 1 My Animal Friend
    Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Handout | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Toy or stuffed animals for all participants A copy of chalice-lighting words and words for blessing the animals Optional: Table or box, cloth covering, and an LED/battery-operated chalice Preparation for Activity In advance of this session, invite...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Kinds of Kindness The two Chinese characters in Leader Resource 1 are pronounced "ren" and "ci" in Mandarin. Together they describe someone performing a kind action. Another word for "kindness" in Mandarin is "shan," which describes a more passive sort of kindness, a quality of someone who is...
    November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 60 minutes Preparation for Activity Look for ways the children can create a Chinese New Year celebration to share with the larger congregation. Gather information about how Chinese New Year is celebrated in Asia and in the U.S. Talk to congregants or others you know with Chinese or...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • Leader Resource 3 Climb the Mountain Animals
    Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Leader Resource | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
  • A weathered bell sits atop a stone base surrounded by yellow desert flowers. There is a welcome sign behind glass, and people milling about in the background.
    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of Leader Resource 2, Song: "Children Helping Children" Optional: A copy of the book, May This Light Shine : A Songbook for Children and Youth (Charlotte, NC: Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network, 2006) Preparation for Activity Print out...
    Activity | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
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