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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Luís lived in the Arctic Circle with his parents who were researching the effects of global warming. Luís wondered about that as he went out for a walk. He didn’t think there was much global warming going on today. It didn’t feel warm to Luís, who was bundled up in a snowsuit, mittens, hat,...Story | May 19, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Awe, Change, Commitment, Earth, Earth Day, Ethics, Interdependence, Nature, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, Climate Justice
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Compiled from a variety of West African and South African folk tales. Once upon a time two cousins lived side by side in a village. They worked together in the fields each day and returned home each night to share a meal and some fun in the evening. The young woman cousin's name was Nosa....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Challenge, Conscience, Courage, Creativity, Ethics
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Adapted from Hebrew scripture (Leviticus 19:18) and Christian scripture (Luke 10:25-37). Preparation To make this story participatory: Open up the storytelling circle to include a "stage area." Ask for volunteers. You will need a child to play the Good Samaritan, the wounded man, the priest, the...Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Christianity, Compassion, Empathy, Ethics, Generosity, Kindness, Service
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Adapted from a Jataka tale (Buddhist). Once upon a time on the outskirts of a big city in Japan there stood an old temple. From a young age boys who wanted to study Buddhism would come to live in the temple and to learn from the master teacher, a Buddhist monk....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Buddhism, Challenge, Choice, Conscience, Discernment, Ethics, Good, Integrity, Justice
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Retold by Sarah Conover and Freda Crane. From Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents (Boston: Skinner House, 2010). Kan ya ma kan: there was and there was not a time when Joha and his son set out for the market with their donkey walking along behind...Story | By Sarah Conover, Freda Crane | November 7, 2014 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Amazing GraceTagged as: Ethics
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Once there was and twice there wasn't two old brothers who were inseparable travelers: one was named Life, the other Death. One time, after journeying across a desert, they came to a refreshing green oasis where they were greeted by the spring-keeper. "Would you like some cool water to drink?" he...Story | November 7, 2014 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Amazing GraceTagged as: Death, Ethics
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If Pandora were alive today, she would probably sneak a peek at every gift under her Christmas tree. However, Pandora lived in very ancient times, according to a Greek myth. She herself was a gift, a special gift that Zeus sent to Earth....Story | November 7, 2014 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Amazing GraceTagged as: Ethics, Faith, Wonder
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Genesis 22: 1-13 (New Revised Standard Version) After these things God tested Abraham....Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Authority, Challenge, Children, Conscience, Ethics, Fathers, God, Immanence, Judaism, Listening, Sacrifice
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Joshua 1: 1-3, Joshua 2:1-7,15-18, 21, Joshua 6: 1-25 (New Revised Standard Version) ... The Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun... saying, "... Now proceed to cross the Jordan [River], you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, the Israelites. Every place that the sole of your...Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Choice, Commitment, Courage, Ethics, Family, God, Hospitality, Interdependence, Judaism, Listening
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Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre, text copyright 2008. Used with permission by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.Read the story dramatically and have fun with the sound effects! Trout are made of trees. In fall, trees let go of leaves, which swirl and twirl and slip into streams....Story | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of TreesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Balance, Choice, Connections, Culture, Earth, Earth-Centered, Ethics, Hope, Humanism, Interdependence, Climate Change, Climate Justice
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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 HomeTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Children, Christianity, Ethics, Family, Fathers, Home, Joy, Letting Go, Reconciliation -
Excerpted from the 2006 Berry Street Lecture. When I was seven or eight years old, I lived across the street from a little dog named Amy. Every afternoon after my school let out, Amy and I would play together for an hour. One of Amy's favorite games was a dancing game in which I held her two...Story | By William F. Schulz | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves UsTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anger, Animals, Children, Coming-of-Age, Conscience, Direct Experience, Empathy, Ethics, Fear, Friendship, Guilt
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A retelling of stories from the Ramayana, an ancient Hindu text. Perfect daughter, perfect wife, perfect mother. This is the way Hindus revere Sita. How could she not be virtuous and noble? Sita was the reincarnation of the goddess, Lakshimi. Hindus pray to Sita for moral strength, loyalty, and...Story | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Commitment, Ethics, Gender, Hinduism, Integrity, Patience, Women
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Based on Aesop's "The Belly and the Other Members of the Body."Once upon a time, the various parts of the brain got together to discuss their contributions to the uniqueness of the human being....Story | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: Choice, Discernment, Ethics, Psychology, Reason
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Attributed to Aesop, Greek fabulist, c. 620-564 BCE. A shepherd boy, watching a flock of sheep near his village, grew lonely. He devised a way to get some attention and companionship by playing a trick on the villagers. One morning he yelled: "Wolf!...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Animals, Blame, Choice, Community, Conscience, Dignity, Doubt, Ethics, Failure, Paganism
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In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. Milk grew up in New York, quiet about his homosexuality. He studied mathematics and graduated from New York State College for Teachers in...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Community, Conflict, Courage, Democracy, Equity, Ethics, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Prophetic Words & Deeds
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Originally published in Stirring the Nation's Heart: Eighteen Stories of Prophetic Unitarians and Universalists of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2010). In the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1858, a young woman entered a...Story | By Polly Peterson | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Caring, Character, Commitment, Conflict, Courage, Dignity, Equity, Ethics, Unitarianism
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Transgender individuals face much discrimination in the United States, in part because their struggles and their journeys are not well understood. In the spring of 2007, a public battle arose in Largo, Florida, around the struggle of one transgender person. Susan Stanton, then known as Steve, had...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Authority, Community, Conflict, Democracy, Direct Experience, Diversity, Ethics, Governance, Human Rights, Identity
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Immanuel Kant, a key figure in the field of philosophy, was born in what is now Germany. He grew up in a Lutheran household, part of a family that particularly emphasized piety and vigorous religious devotion. At the age of 16, he enrolled at the University of Konigsberg, and went on to spend his...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Authority, Conscience, Contemplation, Discernment, Ethics, God, Progress, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Responsibility, Science
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leading 19th-century philosopher, father of the Transcendentalist movement. Before he became a philosophical and literary luminary, he was a Unitarian minister and served the Second Church in Boston between 1829 and 1832. In pursuing ministry, Ralph Waldo followed in the...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Authority, Belief, Challenge, Character, Choice, Conflict, Conscience, Discernment, Ethics, History, Unitarianism