Coloring Sheets for K-1 Stories!
Two Tapestry of Faith programs, Creating Home and Wonderful Welcome, now provide a black-and-white, original illustration to use as a coloring sheet for each core story. Invite kindergarten/1st grade children to color while they hear a story. Or, have them color afterward to revisit the characters and what happened.
Online, each illustration is presented alongside its story so that you can download and copy the single sheet. Also, a multi-page packet of drawings is available for all the stories in Creating Home (PDF, 18 pages) and another for all the stories in Wonderful Welcome (PDF, 17 pages).
Above: Illustration (coloring sheet) by Paul Gray for "A Barn-raising in the City," the Session 16 story in Wonderful Welcome.
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What is the value of a gift given? Is it just the dollar amount on the price tag or are some gifts worth much more? Let me tell you about a gift that was not worth much monetarily, but which made a wealthy woman richer than she could have imagined....Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Class, Generosity, Humility, Poverty, Wealth -
A wisdom tale from Japan. On the top of the hill lived the village curmudgeon. No one knew why the farmer was so ornery, yet he never seemed to have a kind word to say. No one knew why he was so inhospitable, yet he would not even open his door to visitors....Story | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Community, Courage, Generosity, Sacrifice, Solidarity, Trust
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A wisdom tale from many cultures, including Buddhist.A wise woman, a teacher, was passing through a forest. There, among the leaves, was something shiny. She wiped away the leaves and dirt and beheld a beautiful, large gem. "My, this is pretty," the wise woman said. She put the jewel in her pouch...Story | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Freedom, Generosity, Simplicity
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Hannah Salwen looked left. She saw a man who was homeless, sitting on a fence. She looked right, at the Mercedes beside them at the intersection. "Dad," she said, "if that man"—she pointed to the Mercedes—"had a less nice car, that man there" —she pointed to the man who was homeless—"could...Story | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Class, Family, Generosity, Privilege, Sacrifice, Wealth
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A retelling of a Sufi wisdom tale. Once there was a woman who prayed to understand what path she should take in life. One night, after praying, she dreamed of walking in the woods. The next day, she journeyed to the woods, searching for the answer to her prayers. It was quiet and peaceful....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Animals, Caring, Compassion, Discernment, Generosity, Islam, Limitations, Service -
Adapted from "The Real Heroes and Sheroes of New Orleans" by Lorrie Beth Slonsky and Larry Bradshaw. Original story appeared in the Socialist Worker. The sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region in August, 2005....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Connections, Creativity, Generosity, Healing, Hope, Hospitality, Humanism, Imagination, Interdependence, Justice -
From the All Folk Tales website. Used with permission.A long time ago in the village of Ipetumodu, there lived a poor woman. This woman was so poor that she did not have any soup for her eba. The eba is a starchy paste made from cassava flour and it is rather unappetizing to eat all by itself.Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anger, Equity, Food Justice, Generosity, Greed, Humanism, Humility, Interdependence, Justice, Poverty, Privilege