tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17928336493693866692024-03-05T08:54:56.110-05:00The Wonder CircleFeasting on God's Stories at the Table of Godly PlayRebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-48875598634872573302015-11-07T13:54:00.003-05:002015-11-07T13:57:29.436-05:00I've Moved. Please Come Visit!Hi everyone! I'm glad you stopped by, but I've moved to a new blogging home. Please visit me at <a href="http://www.beckyramsey.com/godlyplay/">http://www.beckyramsey.com/godlyplay/</a> for posts and pages all about nurturing faith through Godly Play. When you drop in, feel free to sign up for the mailing list so that I can send you ten free Godly Play style scripts for use in your church or ministry setting. I hope to see you there!<br />
Love, BeckyRebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-79613936997247859512015-11-02T11:29:00.003-05:002015-11-02T11:29:45.266-05:00The Ark and the Temple<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Hi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
Welcome to the Ark and the Temple, the Godly Play story scheduled for this Sunday, November 8.</span></span><br />
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a girl who could spend days moving furniture and little people around a
dollhouse, I simply adore this lesson! I also love it because it
explores the idea of God's abiding presence and helps us question
exactly where God is. Where can we meet God? If it is in a church or
temple, how do we keep that space sacred? If God truly meets us
everywhere, anywhere, then what does that say about the sacredness of
the space we occupy in our everyday lives? Which makes me think of a
favorite song of mine, but that's another story. (Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiypaURysz4"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>, if you want a treat!)<br />
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This story works wonderfully as a continuation of last week's story, The
Ark and the Tent. Before, the people took the tent with them as they
traveled, and learned that God goes with them wherever they go. Now, the
people have settled and learn that God is not only present during times
of transition but in ordinary times of daily life.<br />
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Another interesting theme to address is the idea of the usefulness of <i>things</i>
in the worship of God. When the ark and the commandments were taken
during battle and they didn't physically have them in the tent, were
they really lost? When King David returned them, dancing into Jerusalem,
what was he really celebrating?<br />
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Another very important theme to cover is that there is no physical place
that can contain God. I'll have Solomon's temple dedication prayer
typed up and in your room by Wednesday night this week. If you'd like to
make it into a scroll to read during the lesson, as the script
suggests, feel free. I believe we have some dowel sticks in the resource
room. Balling up the paper and staining it with tea makes it look older
and makes for a more dramatic presentation, if you like.<br />
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One other thing I didn't mention last week was the idea of
making/offering sacrifices. Do we still offer sacrifices to God today?
What kinds of sacrifices would God love? What kinds are important and
why?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some activity ideas to help the children get started:</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Pieces of the temple</span></h3>
<a href="http://godlyplayblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ark-and-tent.html">here</a>.) <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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A few of the classes began last week making special parts of the
temple/tent. You could continue that this week, and you could even set
up the items in a temple of your own making. Kids could make an ark,
the ten commandments, a table with 12 pieces of bread, a menorah, a
laver, and an altar. (See all the ideas and photos <br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Could we make edible versions of all these things? And then make an edible temple? See my pinterest site <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/beckysramsey/solomons-temple/">here</a>, for ways to do this. :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Make a temple </span></h3>
Could we make a temple out of a shoe box? (I've got several, let me know
if you want them.) Or maybe draw a temple? Make one out of lego?
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Make a scroll with Solomon's Prayer</span></h3>
Depending on the age of the children, you could have them copy the
prayer (or use a preprinted version), ball it up and then smooth it out,
dye it with tea, and attach dowel sticks.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Research and draw/paint a priest in Solomon's temple</span></h3>
I've got a good book that illustrates the kinds of garments priests of
that time wore. Some children might enjoy discovering that and
reproducing it in some way.<br />
<br />Have fun, y'all! And please take photos to share.
Thank you for all you do!
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-77780101438898239802015-10-26T13:10:00.001-04:002015-10-26T13:10:46.910-04:00The PsalmsHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
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Welcome to The Psalms, the Godly Play story scheduled for this Sunday,
Nov 1, based on the book of Psalms. I've emailed you the story
script, which includes the first part of the David story from last week,
found in the pink Enrichment Presentations for Fall, p.81. If you are
not a Sunday school teacher at FBC Greenville and would like a copy of
the Psalms story script, just email me and I'd be happy to send it to
you.<br />
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In the script, we use the first part of the David story and then explore
the idea that the Psalms writers went to God with all kinds of
different emotions. We discuss how we can pray to God when we feel
afraid, happy, angry, peaceful, sad or worried, and joyful, or when we
feel sorry for what we've done. With each different emotion, we share a
Psalm (or 2 or 3) that the Psalm writers experienced and shared with
God.<br />
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written by Marie-Helene Delval and illustrated by Arno. In this book,
Ms. Delval has adapted the psalms for children in a way that is so easy
to read and to relate to. I've purchased one for each class (except for
3rd grade, which already had a copy.) You'll find it in your story
basket, which I left near your Bible bookcase. I put it there to remind
you (and me) that you'll need the Bible Bookcase as you tell the story.
(You'll take the Psalms book out and place it on the underlay in part of
the story.<br />
By the way, the Psalms in this book are shared in order (by number.)
They're so short that I think you'll find it hard to stop reading them!<br />
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To help the children follow along with the different emotions we'll be
discussing I've made emotion cards for each class.<br />
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Older children might enjoy comparing the Psalms as written in the Bible
with Marie Helene Delval's adaptations. They might like making their own
adaptations as well. You might want to choose one Psalm to focus on,
like #23 or 139.<br />
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The wondering questions are included in the story script.<br />
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Ideas for Your <i>Give a Gift to God</i> time:</h2>
1. Writing our own Psalms--Have children pick an emotion that they
sometimes feel and write God a prayer or song that they might pray or
sing while feeling that way.<br />
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2. Write a psalm showing how you feel today. Draw a picture to go with it.<br />
Or read a psalm to a friend that shows how you feel.<br />
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3. Illustrate a Psalm. Choose a psalm and illustrate it, like Arno did in <i>Psalms for Young Children</i>. (Any Psalm would be good. If you want, you could choose the psalm for the children, like #23 or 139.)<br />
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4. Write a psalm together as a class, and then let the children illustrate it individually or together.<br />
5. Work out a tune that fits a psalm that you like. Or write your own to sing.<br />
6. Make instruments to play while singing a psalm. You can find directions to make a simple tambourine <a href="http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Music/Paper_Plate_Tambourine/Paper_Plate_Tambourine.html">here</a>, and a lyre <a href="http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_8650895_construct-roman-lyre-out-paper.html">here</a>. <br />
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I hope you enjoy the lesson! :)<br />
Love, BeckyRebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-82764033244221300162015-10-19T09:58:00.003-04:002015-10-19T09:58:57.402-04:00The Story of DavidHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
Welcome to the story of King David, the Godly Play story scheduled for this
Sunday, October 25, based on 1 Samuel 16-31, 2 Samuel and 1Kings 1-2. You can find the script for
the story in the pink <i>Enrichment Presentations for Fall</i> book, p.78-85.<br />
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This week's story is another one (like Ruth and Samuel) that fits nicely after the
story of the ark and the tent. And it follows right into the next story
on our schedule: the Psalms, (to be followed by the Ark and the Temple.)<br />
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Some of the story's themes which you might want to help the children think about:<br />
1. We can come to God with all sorts of feelings (as in the Psalms---we'll explore this one more next week)<br />
2.God can help us be brave enough to do what is right and needed.<br />
3. Friendship is a gift from God. <br />
4. God uses people, even with their faults. <br />
5. God forgives our mistakes when we ask for forgiveness.<br />
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Ideas for the Make a Gift for God Time:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some children drew symbols of David's life on stones. You can see another made an ark of the covenant.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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story in some way.<br />
* Make a <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5676132_make-cardboard-harp.html">harp</a><br />
*Make a <a href="http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Wearables/craftfoamcrown/craftfoamcrown.html">crown </a>for King David<br />
*Make an ark of the covenant<br />
*Make a parable box for the parable that Nathan told David (there is plenty of felt in the resource room)<br />
*Make a drawing of Jerusalem- or a watercolor.<br />
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2. Children could paint symbols of David's life (shepherd's crook,
bottle of incense, two friends, crown, ark, etc) on small stones. There
are stones in the resource room.<br />
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3. Children can celebrate David's childhood by making David with the sheep. Go to the site <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/animal-crafts#module111222891">here</a>, for plenty of options for crafting sheep. (Scroll down to "sheep")<br />
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4. Children could sculpt a David and Goliath out of play clay.<br />
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5. The class could work on a mural of David's life with one long piece
of butcher paper- assigning parts of his life to individual children to
illustrate.<br />
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6. Children could focus on the friendship between Jonathan and David and explore what kind of friendship God celebrates.<br />
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I hope these ideas help!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-53651671583379255262015-10-12T13:50:00.000-04:002015-10-12T13:50:58.564-04:00The Story of SamuelHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
Welcome to the story of Samuel, the Godly Play story scheduled for this
Sunday, October 18, based on 1 Samuel 1-28:3. You can find the script for
the story in the pink <i>Enrichment Presentations for Fall</i> book, p.72-77.<br />
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This week's story is another one (like Ruth) that fits nicely after the
story of the ark and the tent. And it follows right into the next story
on our schedule: the story of David.<br />
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The story of Samuel is also very interesting to children for a couple
reasons: they relate to the idea of a child growing physically and in
relationship with God and they think about how God communicates- and
probably wish that God would call their names in an audible voice.<br />
Themes you might want to help the children think about:<br />
1.God answers prayer<br />
2. You can serve God even as a child. <br />
3.God plans to take care of you (if you want a memory verse, you could use Jeremiah 29:11)<br />
4.God asks us to stand up for what is right, as Samuel did. <br />
5.Obedience (Samuel obeyed God even though he was not happy about what the<br />
people wanted-a king)<br />
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Ideas for the Make a Gift for God time:<br />
Remember that one of the strongest parts of Godly Play is the child's
ability to choose how he responds to the story. We want to give the
child as many chances to have say so in what she does as possible.<br />
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Reproduce the story in some way- make pieces, such as the ark, a Baby
Samuel, robes of different sizes, (showing how Samuel grew during his
service in the temple), a sleeping mat, a crown<br />
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2. Children could make a life size drawing of themselves and caption it:
I can serve God right now! This could be done by having another child
trace around their body on butcher paper. They could draw clothes on
their body or use fabric from the resource room. Maybe they could hold
something in the drawing that gives a hint to how they can serve God
right now.<br />
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3. A collage or drawing of how children can serve God right now.
Children could make these individually and then put them together as a
class project. (Ways include how they treat others, through prayer, in
worship at church, helping others...) <br />
4. Children could think about how they might like to serve God in the
future. How does a doctor or teacher or engineer or scientist serve God?
They could explore this in a drawing or make a model with play clay.<br />
5. Children could act out the story of Samuel hearing God's call and
going to Eli--and the rest of the story as well. (Be sure to video!)<br />
6. Hannah makes Samuel a new robe each year and brings it to him in the
temple. Children could make a "robe" from a paper grocery bag as we
often do with Joseph, as shown <a href="http://thebigmamablog.com/1460/joseph-and-his-coat-of-cost-cutting-prices/">here</a>. (Scroll down and see the girl modeling hers!)Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-51721627872300002802015-10-05T10:24:00.000-04:002015-10-05T10:24:08.990-04:00The Story of RuthHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
Welcome to the story of Ruth, the Godly Play story scheduled for this
Sunday, October 11, based on the book of Ruth. You can find the script for
the story in the pink <i>Enrichment Presentations for Fall</i> book, p.66-71.<br />
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As the book describes, this story doesn't "unroll" like many other
stories, from left to right in chronological order. Instead it moves
from the Promised Land (specifically Bethlehem) to Moab and back to
Bethlehem. The whole felt block is shown throughout the story.<br />
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The story of Ruth follows the story of the Tabernacle, in which great
emphasis was put on being one of the chosen people of God. It's
wonderful that we now can share the story of Ruth, not one of the chosen
People of God, but a Moabite, yet she was clearly valued and loved by
God. She married one of God's People, Boaz, and eventually became the
great grandmother of King David (and an ancestor of Jesus!) The story
gives us a wonderful opportunity to remind children that God values
"other-ness," that <u>all</u> are included in and welcomed into God's love and care.<br />
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Idea sparkers for the Give a Gift to God time:<br />
There are several ways children and teachers can go with this.<br />
1. Focus on the story itself.<br />
a) Let the children act out the story.<br />
b) Draw the scenes of the story or make a three dimensional representation of the story.<br />
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Help the children learn the meaning of "gleaning" by giving them a
chance to do a modified form of it in this "gleaning game" (from the
site <a href="http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/495103178/m/133103514">here</a>.)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhGeiO9SOkmxIn4u94xJSnKkNOzmQlk6C-f_6fws4G3nsMHxXlHC-OuPTpkWK5dSMo2xj7fDTgdiqbAfkF-J1p1awtBINqcd2W3RZDlWFcN8KFmFP8b8xOQG3gnz844FJG_QuxeuYXNTE/s1600/IMG_1181.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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"Fill 2 roasting pans or cookie sheets with 2 lbs.
of cornmeal and a cup of rice and place it in the center of the blanket. Set the
paper cup to the side. Explain to the children that they will be gleaning grain
just as Ruth did for Naomi. Divide the kids into two groups. Have each group
stand around their pan. Ask them to work together to fill the cups with rice,
one grain at a time. Tell the children not to put any of the rice into their
mouths since it is uncooked. For a fun challenge, set a timer for three minutes.
Ask the children to see if they can fill the "bushel" before the timer goes off.
But remind them to be careful - if someone knocks over the cup they'll have to
start all over again."<br />
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d) Let the children explore wheat. Give each child a single spear (I
bought some from Hobby Lobby in the dried flower section) and let them
try to separate the grains.<b> Let me know by Wednesday if you'd like me to buy some wheat for your class.</b><br />
e) Weave wheat into an ornament/hanging as described <a href="http://www.pioneerthinking.com/crafts/crafts-general/dth_wheatweaving.html">here</a>.<br />
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2. Focus on friendship between Ruth and Naomi.<br />
You can concentrate on the theme that friendship and the loyalty that
goes with it is a gift from God. a) Children might make friendship
bracelets, like those shown <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/friendship/mbracelets.htm">here</a>.
Or for younger children, make simple strings of beads made into
bracelets. We have tons of material for these in the art storage room!
Or make a necklace for a friend, as shown <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/friendship/mnecklaces.htm">here</a>.<br />
b) Children could make a mural together of what it means to be a friend-
what friends do for each other. Each child could work individually or
in pairs- and put the works together as a mural or for a bulletin board
in your classroom.<br />
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c) Make a Friendship wreath for your classroom, as shown <a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/friendship/mwreath.htm">here</a>. <br />
d) Examine the song, "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds" and let the children illustrate it.<br />
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3. Focus on God welcoming all people. <br />
a) How are we welcoming to others who might be different? Children could make a collage for "God Loves Everyone"<br />
b) Make a God's Love Note for a friend- like the ones shown <a href="http://www.sundayschoolkids.com/menu-love.htm">here</a>.<br />
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I hope these ideas help, y'all!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-33823911800359704602015-09-28T15:33:00.002-04:002015-09-28T15:34:12.849-04:00The Good Shepherd and World Communion Sunday<span style="font-size: small;">Hi Godly Play Teachers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to The Good Shepherd and World Communion Sunday, scheduled for this Sunday, October 4, 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This lesson comes from The Complete Guide to Godly Play, 20 Presentations for Spring, by Jerome Berryman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How wonderful for our children, who will be celebrating World Communion Sunday in worship, to have a chance to explore this idea of Christ as Shepherd of our world during Sunday school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's a great time to remember the parable of the shepherd and apply this to World Communion Sunday, as well as a time to think deeper about communion-what it is and what it means. It's a pretty short lesson, so that leaves plenty of time to discuss these big ideas. Children may want to talk about what communion is like for them. At our church some families include children in participating and others prefer that their children wait until they are baptized. It's good for children to remember that whether or not we join in on the eating and drinking, we can be with God in our prayer during the communion time. God loves and wants to commune with everyone, no matter what.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Make a World Communion Circle for your class. Each child could make their own contribution- a clothespin person or the world out of paper or felt and put it all together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Children could make their own elements from the story: Jesus as Shepherd, the sheep, the fence, the table, the chalice or plate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> 3. Or children could focus on the World part of World Communion Sunday...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Use Model Magic to make it in 3D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The children might enjoy a field trip to look at our world in tiles from a few years back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">4. You could also celebrate communion on your own in your classroom with juice and crackers. Bring me clean receipts and I'm happy to reimburse you! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Love, Becky</span><br />
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Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-45364907166626885432015-09-21T11:16:00.002-04:002015-09-21T11:16:28.517-04:00The Ark and the TentHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3R_ixXPW5deQ1AB45aBG2Ec8AsJhyphenhyphenPdweDoV8-iI-aecWq3qCs5oBQzs5nMsYvRhkk6XMBPxKFEGKvNvO6SrJcO8HpVZ1QWHfPugJKG5OCKfLSTXE-XszWbav2lUulImL0QXvx-m7d3X/s1600/DSC_4471.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3R_ixXPW5deQ1AB45aBG2Ec8AsJhyphenhyphenPdweDoV8-iI-aecWq3qCs5oBQzs5nMsYvRhkk6XMBPxKFEGKvNvO6SrJcO8HpVZ1QWHfPugJKG5OCKfLSTXE-XszWbav2lUulImL0QXvx-m7d3X/s400/DSC_4471.JPG" width="400" /></a>Welcome to the Ark and the Tent, the Godly Play story scheduled for this Sunday, September 27, based on Exodus 25-31, 35-40. You can find the script on p.81-86 in the orange book (The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol 2, 14 Presentations for Fall, by Jerome W. Berryman).<br />
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Children always get so excited about this story. They love the little
pieces belonging to the tent, I think partly because each piece comes
with a tradition. We all know how kids LOVE traditions--knowing the
proper way to do things and the reasons behind why we do them. Bringing a
sacrifice for the altar, washing at the laver before entering the tent,
burning incense, placing 12 pieces of bread on the table, lighting the
menorah...it all has meaning, centered upon being ready to meet God.<br />
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There are different approaches to this lesson that teachers can take. Of
course we can all go through a study of each of the steps of getting
ready and the tools mentioned above to help them get ready. Many
churches still use several of these today. Are there any that we use?
Are there new ones not included with the tent?<br />
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We can also think about how we get ready to do different things in our
lives--to go places that are important to us, for example. How do we
get ready to hear our Godly Play stories? Why is that important? How do
we get ready to be with God? What do we do? How exactly do the routines
we do help us get ready? Can we practice getting ready to be with God
when we're at home too? How would we do that?<br />
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One thing that the Godly Play script doesn't highlight which you may
want to include is the idea that all the people of God were invited to
give something of their own to creating the tent of meeting--not just
jewelry or fabric or wood, but their own craftsmanship. It was created
by the people of God, for God.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u>Ideas for Art Response Time</u></span></h2>
This story is practically BURSTING with ideas for little hands--and big ones too!<br />
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I can easily see the activity time for this story beginning this Sunday,
but continuing at least one other Sunday. Soon we'll do the Ark and the
Temple, so the work could easily continue with that story too.<br />
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Here are some that I came up with to add to your own. (And please, do feel free to write a comment to share your own ideas!) <br />
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Children might like to make their own collection of <i>getting ready</i>
pieces like a menorah, an incense holder, a laver, an ark. They could
make tiny pieces with clay or boxes or pieces of wood or whatever
materials we have.<br />
Or they could spend more time on making individual pieces. The menorahs
above are made from a big clay "worm" in which popsickle sticks (which
have been colored with crayons) are inserted. Sequins and beads have
also been pressed into the clay.<br />
Here are some websites with more great ideas and directions:<br />
How to make a potato menorah: <br />
<a href="http://www.jewishappleseed.org/apple/potatomenorah.htm">www.jewishappleseed.org/apple/potatomenorah.htm</a><br />
How to make a menorah from clay: <br />
<a href="http://www.familyfun.go.com/crafts/clay-menorah-666608/">www.familyfun.go.com/crafts/clay-menorah-666608/</a><br />
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Of course our children will come up with more creative ideas than we can!<br />
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Some things to ask them:<br />
How could we make a laver?<br />
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What do we have in our classroom which might make a good altar?<br />
A table for the 12 slices of bread?<br />
An ark of the covenant? How about decorating a box with gold wrapping paper for the ark?<br />
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What about the poles that carry it?<br />
(Wouldn't it be fun to light some incense and see what it smells like?)<br />
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If we're going to make all those pieces, why not make a tent of meeting in which to put them?<br />
A table turned on its side could give us the framework.<br />
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There are a few tablecloths folded up in the art supply room to serve as the tent fabric.<br />
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What if we brought blankets from home? We could even have a four layer tent, much like the tent is described in the Bible.<br />
Once the tent is made, we could put all the pieces we created inside it. How would we separate the Holy of Holies?<br />
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Or we could make a small tabernacle out of cardboard and fabric.<br />
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There's so much to think about. I can't wait to see what your classes
create! If you take photos, please share them with me. I'd love to add
them to the parent newsletter!<br />
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Have fun, y'all!
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-92166529582702219172015-09-14T10:36:00.001-04:002015-09-14T10:36:28.851-04:00The Ten Best WaysHi Godly Play Teachers!<br />
Welcome to <i>The Ten Best Ways</i>, the Godly Play story scheduled at
our church for this coming Sunday, Sept. 20. You can find the story in
Exodus 20:1-17, Deuteronomy 5:1-21. The Godly Play script can be found
in the 14 Presentations for Fall book (the orange one), p73-80.
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I love that Godly Play refers to the Ten Commandments as The Ten Best
Ways and places them in a heart shaped box. This helps us remember that
our God is not a supreme dictator who exists just for the chance to
squash us when we don't adhere to his rules, but is instead a God who
loves us enough to want to give us boundaries, so that we can fully
enjoy the life God meant for us.<br />
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In preparation for teaching the lesson, it's good to look back at the
session that precedes it: the Exodus. God has led his people out of
slavery, away from Pharaoh and the soldiers chasing after them,
through the sea, into freedom. Now they can live where they want, do
what they want, be who they want. As the story script says, "Now that
the people are free...where will they go now? What is the best way?"<br />
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Thank goodness (and thank God!) that God provided divine guidance, motivated completely by love. <br />
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What to focus on? Here are some <u>general ideas</u> :<br />
1. The younger classes (first grade and younger) might choose to keep
things simple by focusing on the first heart in the box: Love God, Love
People, God Loves You. Or, depending on the children, you could go
deeper and study all the commandments. You probably have an idea of what
the children can handle best.<br />
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2. Study each of the commandments by reproducing them in some way.<br />
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3. Explore the idea of Moses being the only one with the courage to
climb up into the fire and smoke to meet God. Children will find it
interesting that God wanted to protect Moses from his powerful presence,
so God put him in a crevice in the rock and put his hand over him until
he had passed by, allowing Moses to see his back. I love the line,
"When we see God's back, we can follow God all of our days."<br />
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4. The older children may benefit by exploring the conflict that comes
when we find ourselves stuck between two commandments, like when Grandma
gives you a present that you don't like and asks you what you think of
it. How do we love others and still stay true to the truth?<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>We should also address more close to the heart conflicts, like divorce.</b> </span>
Many of our children are experiencing divorce and will be listening
especially to the Best Way of honoring marriage. We need to be sure to
include in our session a focus on grace and forgiveness. Sometimes
people try their very best to honor the Ten Best ways, and it just
doesn't work out. God always offers love and forgiveness to all. His
love never stops, no matter what. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Art Response Ideas:</span></h3>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">* Thanks to
Charlie Bryan, we still have 35 beautiful pieces of slate and granite that could
be used for a Ten Best Ways project. Keep in mind that most classes except our first graders did this project last year, so you might want to do something different- or maybe not. A class could let each child paint
or write one commandment on each piece for a classroom set, or each
child could have his own and use sharpie markers to write all ten on one piece of stone. I'll have them on a cart in the hallway.</span></span><br />
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* Give the children big construction paper hearts divided into the
sections Love God, Love People, and God Loves You. "I wonder how you
could illustrate each section?" Children could choose whether to draw
or cut pictures from a magazine or paint with watercolors. Or children
could work together on one huge heart of butcher paper, contributing
illustrations for each section. (This idea is especially for the younger
children.)<br />
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*Let each child make a set of commandments, painting the tablets with
watercolors after they write their version of the Ten Best Ways. It's
beautiful...see <a href="http://www.preschools4all.com/bulletin-boards-ideas.html">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NePV97RxPkAkBxshc5EPeq5qZYgUKGwQP2aUscVtJoT2MmYRizckNizxwsqAt2rcIuL7n7-1YoXaB4zOWN_66Ru5r17btYu9APtOLphN6ZJ3W5AVGREqXzZC4K17DuWZO3xN3EJm_3JN/s1600/photo-11.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NePV97RxPkAkBxshc5EPeq5qZYgUKGwQP2aUscVtJoT2MmYRizckNizxwsqAt2rcIuL7n7-1YoXaB4zOWN_66Ru5r17btYu9APtOLphN6ZJ3W5AVGREqXzZC4K17DuWZO3xN3EJm_3JN/s320/photo-11.JPG" width="320" /></a>*See this version done on slate.<br />
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* I wonder if we could make a Mount Sinai? (With a cleft for Moses to
hide in!) Could we make Moses out of a clothespin? How would we make the
Ten Best Ways?" The youngest children might need ideas from which to
choose.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9egnRhEP9syHWGQG_J3gJOBiaSn7oaUWKc8WGBEPFuHvcZM7EynMOQXYhYOTfA5Le_URgOPWZ2OgG1zl8L4qJ8nsopMTFI7LI4e129i5uXzVDaxuYCT1npmUkJGtKicVdeLTCMUZu_156/s1600/IMG_0312.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9egnRhEP9syHWGQG_J3gJOBiaSn7oaUWKc8WGBEPFuHvcZM7EynMOQXYhYOTfA5Le_URgOPWZ2OgG1zl8L4qJ8nsopMTFI7LI4e129i5uXzVDaxuYCT1npmUkJGtKicVdeLTCMUZu_156/s320/IMG_0312.JPG" width="240" /></a>*Could
we make a huge set of Ten Best Ways together for our classroom? As tall
as a child? Could we illustrate each commandment? Which one would you
like to work on?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9AEdT3Hp6S9RGmrC_7phOaTLqkSF6VWeG7itw0bw8McmPmrsGiCQB8ufhwOql0ud0V8TvuECyt4WS90Hltr8Et2QhWEr0mYmdcHYDwHjLxJZyCS_pOs4hELZGLXI75YZQwS0uSx2ogtk/s1600/DSC_4484.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9AEdT3Hp6S9RGmrC_7phOaTLqkSF6VWeG7itw0bw8McmPmrsGiCQB8ufhwOql0ud0V8TvuECyt4WS90Hltr8Et2QhWEr0mYmdcHYDwHjLxJZyCS_pOs4hELZGLXI75YZQwS0uSx2ogtk/s320/DSC_4484.JPG" width="212" /></a>*I
wonder what materials we might use to make individual sets of Best Way
hearts, so that you can take it home with you. (You might want to see
what kind of interesting materials you can find at a craft store. Save
your receipts and I'll reimburse you.)<br />
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*I wonder if you can make up hand motions to illustrate each individual
Best Way? Could you split them up among children and videotape each one,
making a video the whole class can enjoy? (If somebody does this I'd
love to share it with parents!)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODbSFFrmJTPlh3me-nbarnu_98Z2lRfLf1sbRRrqZWrG-NF768XIm5QIMDG_JkuHb3jfFP1pRQwW77zQX_INXavkDooilvkYl9rViCcG6i3CVdsiiQamwUiAudF6kPRP6lK9W18HS32sm/s1600/IMG_0310.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODbSFFrmJTPlh3me-nbarnu_98Z2lRfLf1sbRRrqZWrG-NF768XIm5QIMDG_JkuHb3jfFP1pRQwW77zQX_INXavkDooilvkYl9rViCcG6i3CVdsiiQamwUiAudF6kPRP6lK9W18HS32sm/s320/IMG_0310.JPG" width="320" /></a>*I
wonder which is your favorite commandment? Would you like to
concentrate just on that one, making a 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional
representation of it? (a drawing or collage or making a scene out of
play clay, etc?)<br />
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Obviously, we wouldn't want to present ALL of these options to the
class, as that might be too overwhelming. But it's a list I hope will
help you...and get you started thinking of your own ideas.<br />
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Speaking of other ideas, I'd LOVE to hear yours in the comments section if you want to share!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-31101060053124817482015-09-08T13:58:00.003-04:002015-09-08T13:58:51.150-04:00The Story of the ExodusHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for Sept 13, The Exodus, found in Exodus
11:1-15:21. The Godly Play script is in the yellow (Fall) book, p. 65-72.<br />
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When we left Moses last week, he was getting ready to go with Aaron to
speak to the Pharaoh and to do what God told him to do: set the people
free. Would he have the courage? Would God help him? How would it all
play out? This week we get to celebrate the answers to these questions.<br />
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I would suggest telling the story as the script describes, and then,
when Moses enters the scene, recap last week's story before moving on,
so that children can connect the two stories.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXhyphenhyphenFpThgjN_UoG_IpglggJCWyPQWz7S5WN7VMOaBJ4qwe_Y1SKsf8TdcihEymL8PIchqbP9giNNakdlNssdu8d30YGJX_XRyqAyixZDpPQk-vbR3W1j36syDEh9gkylkwsgeDHUIxSab/s1600/IMG_3629.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXhyphenhyphenFpThgjN_UoG_IpglggJCWyPQWz7S5WN7VMOaBJ4qwe_Y1SKsf8TdcihEymL8PIchqbP9giNNakdlNssdu8d30YGJX_XRyqAyixZDpPQk-vbR3W1j36syDEh9gkylkwsgeDHUIxSab/s1600/IMG_3629.JPG" width="320" /></a>I'd also suggest that it would really be fun and meaningful for the
children to celebrate the story with an exploration of the seder meal,
if you like, as described below. If you're not up for that,<span style="background-color: yellow;"> <u>I'll at
least have matzo for each classroom for the children to try.</u></span><br />
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I've changed the wondering questions a little bit:<br />
1. I wonder what part of the story you like the best.<br />
2. I wonder what part is the most important.<br />
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4. I wonder what you might have felt as you saw the sea part and a path emerge.<br />
5. I wonder what part of this part of this story is about you, or what God is teaching you about Himself in this story.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Create a Gift for God Time</span><br />
1. Children could recreate the story scene of the crossing of the Red
Sea. Let children decide how they want to recreate this. They could make
the pieces of the story- like the chain, the felt water that can be
parted, the people, etc.<br />
There's an amazing example <a href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2010/03/kids-crafts-for-pesach-krias-yam-suf-the-splitting-of-the-red-sea-diorama.html">here</a>. Take a look!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/judyjowers/4321082811/">Here's</a> another example. <br />
I'll have blue paper and felt.<br />
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2. Children could work together to create a long chain, symbolizing the
slavery the people of God had to be freed from. Here's a pic of last
years chain from 2nd grade.<br />
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3.This would be a perfect time for the children to celebrate the seder
meal. We did this in VBS two summers ago and last year at Camp Prism and the children might remember
enough to teach you about it! Just bring me a clean receipt and I'll be
glad
to reimburse you. The meal is so full of meaning, all centered around
this story.<br />
<a href="http://www.just4kidsmagazine.com/rainbowcastle/sederfoodcards.html">Here's</a> a guide with a simple explanation.
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This allows our children to <u>experience</u> the Passover in a small way.<br />
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4. Children could make an instrument like Miriam might have used to celebrate the exodus. Look <a href="http://www.littleblots.com/BibleCraftsPraiseShaker.html">here</a>
for an example of a paper plate shaker. Let the children decorate it as
they wish. I'll have paper plates and jingle bells, if you want to use
them.<br />
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Thanks y'all, for helping our children not only hear the story of the Exodus, but participate in it as well!<br />
Love, Becky
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Welcome to our lesson for Sept 6, The Story of Moses, found in Exodus
1:8-17:7, 19:1- 40:38. The script is adapted from the story found in the
pink Enrichment
Presentations for Fall book, p.58-65. Sunday school teachers, I will
emailed you a copy of the adapted script. If you'd like a copy, feel
free to email me and I'll try to send it out to you.<br />
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What an exciting story- and one children always love. Perhaps as we
think about Moses' humble beginning, our children will reflect on their
own beginnings and know that they can be used by God to do great things
for God's kingdom as well. Most all of us can identify with not feeling
up to the task or equipped to serve God. Moses' story shows that
willingness is all that it takes, that God will take care of the rest.<br />
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The timing of this story works well too with our story schedule, since
we just shared the lesson of Joseph and will cover the Exodus story
next. This adapted script ends right before Moses goes to talk with the
Pharaoh, so the Exodus story can be shared as written in its Godly Play
script. Be sure to end this story helping the children enjoy the
suspense for next week's lesson. It would be wonderful for them to go
home asking what happens next, and reflecting on the story of the day.<br />
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Here are the wondering questions:<br />
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story?</div>
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mistakes. </div>
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</span></span></span>I wonder what Moses did to get ready to speak to
the Pharaoh about setting the people free.</div>
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What fun the children will have in our <u><span style="color: blue;">Make A Gift for God Time</span></u>!<br />
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Here are some ideas to get the children started in planning their work:<br />
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1. Children can recreate the Moses in the Reeds scene, as shown <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/Bible-Themes-Moses.html#Miriam">here</a>.
(Scroll down to the part showing Moses in an Egg Carton Cup) Children
can make their own basket and baby Moses using an a cup cut from an egg
carton or paper bag- and whatever they like to make Moses (paper or a cotton ball for
a head, felt for a blanket, etc). Blue construction paper could be the
river and green for the reeds. They could even make the rest of the
materials in the Godly Play story basket: a paper chain, a shepherd's
crook, the burning bush.<br />
So that they get more invested in their work, allow them to make as many choices as to how they create the scene as possible.<br />
I'll have egg cartons, cotton balls, felt, and construction paper on
hand on the cart at the end of the hall. Be sure to take photos of their
work! :)<br />
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2. What would the burning bush look like? Children can use their
imaginations to recreate it with tissue paper or other materials. Look <a href="http://dltk-bible.com/moses_and_the_burning_bush_craft.htm">here</a> for another way to represent it. I'll have tissue paper and stones on hand for you on the cart.<br />
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3. Younger kids (2nd grade?) would LOVE using a water table and setting
up the scene with baby baskets and reeds as shown on this precious blog,
<a href="http://www.michellepaigeblog.com/search?q=Moses">here</a>.
Really! Check it out! You'll want to join in the fun if you take a look!<u>
I'LL HAVE A WATER TABLE ON HAND in the Children's activity room</u>. Let me know if you want to come in and use it.<br />
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4. Older children might enjoy videoing a news reporter, interviewing
bystanders who've observed different parts of Moses' life first hand.
Children could even set it in modern times, if they wanted to. (How
would it be different if it happened today?) My camera will be in the
drawer. Be sure to video!<br />
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5. The class could make a group mural, collage style. Like this one:<br />
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Thanks, y'all!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-86679592243665716542015-08-24T14:14:00.002-04:002015-08-24T14:14:54.013-04:00The Story of JosephHi Godly Play Teachers,
Welcome to our lesson for August 30, the Story of Joseph, found in
Genesis 37:1-31 and 49:1-6. (The script is found in the pink Enrichment
Presentations for Fall book, p.51-57.)<br />
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Since we just presented the Story of Jacob last week, this is the
perfect time to talk about Jacob's son Joseph. This story will help the
children answer the question of how the people of God moved to Egypt
and became slaves--which will help the Moses story and the Exodus story
make more sense.<br />
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I'm sure that the children will find many parts of the story
interesting- like the idea of Joseph being the favorite son, the sibling
rivalry between the brothers, the enslavement and imprisonment of
Joseph, the idea that dreams mean something, and the repairing of the
relationship between Joseph and his brothers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting Joseph's coat with watercolors</td></tr>
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Ideas for our Make A Gift for God Time:</div>
Remember that the activity will mean more to the children the more
choices they have in how they decide what "work" to do and how they will
accomplish it. <br />
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Children could recreate the story in some way.<br />
1. Children could make a coat of many colors.<br />
There are lots of ways they could do this. Several are described <a href="http://www.ehow.com/info-tip_8032925_bible-josephs-coat-many-colors.html">here</a>.
If the children want to make a coat of construction paper and
trimmings, I'll have construction paper, rickrack, buttons, etc on our
cart at the end of the hall.<br />
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2. You could let the children pick scenes from Joseph's life to draw out
and put them together to make a mural of the different scenes. You
could include in these the dreams he interpreted. We have plenty of huge mural paper.<br />
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3. Kids could make Egyptian costume pieces and act out parts of the story. Costume pieces are shown <a href="http://daniellesplace.com/html/egyptian_crafts.html">here</a>.
We have all sorts of fabric, beads, card stock, etc for the costumes.
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4. You could also help the children explore what God is teaching us
through Joseph's story--how he mends his relationship with his brothers,
despite everything, how he remains faithful to God in the middle of his
troubles, and how God uses Joseph throughout his life. Could the
children sketch and then paint with water colors ( or use marker or
crayon) the scene of Joseph reuniting with his brothers? Maybe this
could be a class project. Watercolors will be on my cart.<br />
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5. Don't forget that one choice for a child's work can always be to
retell the story (using the materials that the teacher used) to another
child. They love to handle the materials themselves and can use the
laminated card to check themselves, to make sure they include all the
parts of the story.<br />
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Hope these ideas help!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-757949066475178502015-08-17T10:53:00.001-04:002015-08-17T10:53:18.567-04:00The Story of JacobHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for August 23,
The Story of Jacob, found in Genesis 25-33,35. (The script is found in
the pink Enrichment Presentations for Fall book, p.44-50.)
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What
a perfect time to present this story. When we finished last week's
story, The Great Family, Isaac and Rebekah were married, Abraham died,
and we shared that Isaac and Rebekah had children-who had children, who
had children, etc. So who were their children? We can pick up right here
with the Story of Jacob, ending with the formation of the 12 tribes of
the Great Family, Israel.</div>
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Jacob's
story is so rich with topics that children will want to explore, like
sibling relationships, fairness and trickery, making choices, what is a
blessing, the idea of wrestling with God. Hopefully there will be plenty
of time in your wondering time to hear their thoughts on these and to
help them explore their own ideas.</div>
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1. Since today is Promotion Sunday, you may want to use the art response
time to do an activity that gives the children a way to introduce
themselves to you. You could invite each child to decorate a piece of
paper with her/his name (we have plenty of letter stickers in the
resource room if you'd like to use them) and drawings of what she/he
like to do, their family with pets, her/his favorite foods, etc. </div>
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2. Recreate some of the story materials so that the children can tell the story themselves at home. <br />
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bowl can easily be made out of quick dry clay, a ladder could be made
from popsickle sticks, veils from netting. Children can come up with
their own ideas of how to make the objects if they have access to
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Our
children LOVE doing this. Why not break the story into scenes and let
the children act them out? Simple props could be a bowl, the animal skin
from the story basket, and netting for a veil (I'll have some in the
resource room.) I'll have my camera ready to borrow to video if you
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4. Make a Jacob's ladder snack out of marshmallows, pretzels and marshmallow cream, as described <a href="http://www.dltk-bible.com/old_testament/jacobs_ladder-recipe.htm">here</a> Yum!</div>
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Teach the children how do to Jacob's ladder with a piece of string, as
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Thank you for all you do!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-65836648212183788082015-08-11T15:49:00.000-04:002015-08-11T15:49:09.041-04:00The Great FamilyHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for August 16,
The Great Family, found in Genesis 12-15, 24. (Script is found in the
yellow Fall book, p.57-64.)<br />
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a wonderful lesson, to learn that we are all descendants of God's great
family, and that God is with us no matter where we go. The wondering
questions are at the end of the script. I'll be especially curious to
hear how the children respond to the wondering question, "I wonder where
you are in the story or what part of the story is about you?"<br />
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Idea Starters for the Give a Gift to God Time:<br />
1. Stars! Check out these GORGEOUS stars shown <a href="http://exploring-more.blogspot.com/2012/05/noah-his-ark-and-father-abraham.html">here</a>,
which would be easy for all ages to make. Children could write on the
other side a Bible verse from this story, perhaps Genesis 15:5 "<span class="text Gen-15-5" id="en-ERV-356"> See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that.”</span><br />
Or make a moon and star like this:<br />
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The beginnings of the great family: make Sarah and Abraham and Isaac
out of play clay or clothespins. Or make finger puppets of the family.
(Plenty -hundreds- of clothespins are in the art resource room in a
cardboard box.</span><br />
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Each child individually- or all children together- could make a drawing
of their part of the great family-- their birth family and church
family, all on one piece of butcher paper.</span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-15-5" id="en-ERV-356">4.Sand drawings or sand art -
to remember the desert in the story. Make a simple drawing- or the
child's name written in cursive- and cover the lines with glue, (I have
new glue bottles in my office) then sift colored sand over the glue.
The glue will stick to the sand. Children could also include names of
others in their family.</span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-15-5" id="en-ERV-356">5. Act out the story: Abram
and Sarai walking toward Haran, sleeping in their tent, walking along
the Euphrates, Abram being with God and knowing God wanted them to move
on, Abram building an altar in Shechem and then in Bethel and Hebron,
God's promise to Abram, Sarah hearing she would have a son and laughing,
Isaac and Rebekah.</span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-15-5" id="en-ERV-356">6. Make a door hanger to
commemorate Abram and Sarai's willingness to go where God led them. You
could use 1 John 5:3: This Is Love for God:to Obey His Commands.</span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-15-5" id="en-ERV-356">7. Let children who wish to make a map of the area of the story.</span>Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-10855192392052362932015-08-04T13:10:00.000-04:002015-08-04T13:10:09.279-04:00The Flood and the ArkHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for August 9, The Flood and the Ark, found in Genesis 6:5 - 9:17 and found in <i>The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol 2, 14 Presentations for Fall</i> p. 49-56 (the orange book.)<br />
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This is bound to be a favorite story of the children. It's good to
remember that Noah was a good man, but he wasn't sinless. He pleased God
and God "found favor" with him because he loved God and obeyed him, and
so his life can serve as an example to all of us.<br />
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I'm especially interested in how the children will respond to the
wondering question, "I wonder where you are in the story or what part of
the story is about you." Please do have someone write down their
responses so we can share them. Thank you!<br />
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Idea Sparkers for the <i>Give A Gift to God</i> time:<br />
*A fun snack might be animal crackers. Just make sure they contain no
peanut oil or tree nut oil, as we have children with severe allergies to
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*You may have seen in the children's game room this mural that the children
worked on together a couple of years ago for Noah's ark. Some children
made the ark itself, others a rainbow, others pairs of animals (on
separate sheets that they cut out and glued to the ark) They LOVED
doing this, and there was lots of ownership since each child got to pick
what they made. Why not repeat it in your class?<br />
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*Make an edible rainbow out of fruit! <br />
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*Make animals out of play dough for an ark the class makes.<br />
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*Play an animal matching game.<br />
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*Emphasize God's promise by making rainbow castanets, as shown <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/rainbow_castanets_craft.htm">here</a>. Or make any of the other rainbow projects as shown <a href="http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Childrens.aspx">here</a>.<br />
Or a rainbow of promises through people's hands, like this one our fifth graders did last year...<br />
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*Make an ark out of Popsicle sticks as shown <a href="http://daniellesplace.com/html/bible_themes_noah.html">here</a>. Scroll 3/4 the way down.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-26224512726372563082015-07-27T14:35:00.001-04:002015-07-27T14:35:19.357-04:00The Creation Story<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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and creating. As it says in the Godly Play book, you can tell much
about the giver by looking at the gift, and what an incredible gift
creation is! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>1. I wonder which one of these days you like best.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>Classes at FBCGreenville might want to
take a mini-field trip down the hall and take a look at our world
created in tiles a few years ago during Sunday school.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>1. Choose a day (or assign a day) and
invite the children to create and illustrate their own plaque or water
color drawing- or clay sculpture or pencil drawing depicting that
particular day. This could be done as a class mural or completed
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2.Each child could make her/his own set of days, as is shown <a href="http://bibleview.org/en/Bible/Genesis/7Days/">here</a>. <br />
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Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-19429542506069712802015-07-20T10:44:00.006-04:002015-07-20T10:44:57.992-04:00The Circle of the Church Year<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Hi Godly Play Teachers!</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Welcome to the Circle of the Church Year, our Godly Play lesson for this Sunday, July 26.</span></span>
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<span>This is one of my favorite lessons of the
year. The calendar makes so much sense that I think we should teach it
to adults as well!</span><br />
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<span>The lesson comes with wondering questions. I'll include them in your class folder as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Hints for the Create-a-gift-for-God time:</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><i><span>For younger children:</span></i></span></b><br />
<span>1. Younger
children are already learning about calendars and enjoy displaying what
they know. Why not go ahead and print on a paper for each child, "Thank
You God, for Our Church Year!" Then they could write out the month names and
draw things beside each month that they are thankful for...Like a
birthday cake on their birthday month. Snow by January. A Valentines
heart by February. Kites by March (or basketball, for March Madness!)
This is a perfect time to reinforce the special times that the church
celebrates on their own calendars- and what time of the year in which
they occur.</span><br />
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<span>2. If a younger child wants to make his own
calendar, why not? It doesn't have to be a calendar like we could make.
Younger children often like writing their numbers. It would be fun to
have different calendars on hand to talk about different ways we keep
record of time. I can see lots of inroads for discussion on the church's
calendar with this.</span><br />
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<span>3. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/28780885089751867/">Here's </a>another
idea that would be great for younger children- and let's them practice
their knowledge of what color goes with what season, etc. Take a look
at it!</span><br />
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<span>4. Why not play with the colors of the church calendar (purple, green, red, white). <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/kellyrowley/church-year-calendar/">Here's a pinterest site</a>
with lots of ideas especially great for younger children, but enjoyable
for older as well! (It will make you happy just to look, I promise!)
The <a href="http://alsoglutenfree.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/how-the-church-tells-time/">bead necklace version</a> of the calendar is great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><i><span>For older children:</span></i></span></b><br />
<span>The
children could make their own rendition of the Godly Play Calendar with
a paper plate, a color copy (that I can provide if you tell me by
Thursday), a brad, and a fun foam arrow. Susan D. came up with this, and it works great!</span></span>Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-30461013637183804532015-07-13T11:43:00.000-04:002015-07-13T11:43:30.664-04:00The Parable of the Mustard SeedHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for July 19, the Parable of the Mustard Seed, found in Matthew 13:31-32, Mark 4:30-32, and Luke 13:18-19. <br />
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The
children love this parable, and if you help them process it through the
wondering questions, they're sure to come up with some profound
thoughts and ideas.<br />
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The wondering questions are in the
book. I'll have them printed out for you. Thank you for documenting the
children's responses. They're so interesting for the parents-and for the
rest of us!<br />
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Now, for some ideas to spark their imaginations as they do their work, making a gift to God...<br />
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1.
How big do they imagine the mustard seed growing? Why not lay out
butcher paper on the floor and let the children draw the tree? I've seen
a class of fours do this, so I know all of ours can do it to. One team
of kids could draw and fill in the tree, another do the leaves, another
do the birds and birds' nests, and another do the sower.<br />
Our fourth grade class did this and it turned out great!<br />
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2. Children could individually glue a seed to a paper and draw what the tree will grow to be.<br />
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<span id="goog_443236096"></span><span id="goog_443236097"></span>3. Kids could make a mustard tree out of pipe cleaners. They could even add birds!<br />
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4.
You could plant a seed, if you haven't done that lately. It might be
fun to plant grass seeds and draw a face on the pot/cup so as it sprouts
it looks like hair.<br />
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5. The kids could make their own
parable box for this one. There's felt in the resource room for the
different parts, and they could also make a person out of a clothespin,
birds and nests out of clay.<br />
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6. Make a mustard seed necklace as shown <a href="http://www.sundayschoolcrafts.com/Mustard_Seed_Necklace.html">here</a><br />
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7. Sample different kids of mustard with pretzels or crackers as a snack.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-6603900869256652052015-07-06T14:00:00.000-04:002015-07-06T14:00:51.250-04:00The Parable of the LeavenHi Godly Play Teachers,
Welcome to our lesson for July 12, the Parable of the Leaven, found in Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20-21.<br />
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It
will be interesting to see what the children make of this parable. As
Godly Play often encourages us, it's good to remember that the children
may find meanings that we haven't even thought of- meanings we can learn
from- so it's important not to steer them too much towards our own
understanding.<br />
It's also good to share how much three measures of
flour is. I've read that it's enough to make a dozen loaves of bread-
enough bread to feed 100 people!<br />
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Be sure to use the
wondering questions to help them tease out their own thoughts from their
heads. I'd love to be
able to share them with the parents in the newsletter, without names
attached, of course.<br />
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Idea Sparkers for the Make a Gift to God time.</h2>
1.
It might be fun to depict the parable by drawing out exactly how much
bread this tiny bit of leaven can make rise. The children could make a
mural showing the title of the parable, a drawing of a small amount of
yeast, the dozen loaves of bread, and the baker woman. They could write
out the short parable at the bottom, and we could put it on one of our
big bulletin boards. Drawing out the dozen loaves would bring home how
much bread the parable is talking about.<br />
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2. Eat bread! <br />
You could also compare
unleavened bread with leavened bread by sampling each.<br />
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3. The
older children could work on the question of how do you show your
leavening--or what kind of leaven are you? How do we participate in the
kingdom of God? What things do we do to "make the bread of the kingdom
rise?" To further the God's kingdom- to make the world like God wants it
to be? This could be done in drawings, with a collage, a poster that
the class works on together or separately.<br />
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4. Experiment with yeast, testing what
happens to warm sugar water with yeast in it. We may have yeast packets in the resource room.<br />
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Thanks, y'all!<br />
Enjoy!
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-44783752981326231992015-06-29T11:50:00.002-04:002015-06-29T11:51:08.831-04:00The Parable of the SowerHi Godly Play Teachers,<br />
Welcome to our lesson for July 5, the Parable of the Sower.<br />
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Jesus told this parable to answer the question, "What is the kingdom of
heaven (God's kingdom) like?" The wondering questions this week are
really important, because they can help the children understand the
meaning of the parable. I hope you'll let the children struggle with
each question. Sometimes it's very tempting to give them your answer,
but a little mind struggling will allow them to find an answer that they
can own-instead of one they don't really get, but feel you want them to
believe. Even if they go down a wayward road, (if so we can always ask
more questions to try to help them find their way) we will have "planted
the seed" (how appropriate!) which they may discover later.<br />
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As you ask the wondering questions, if children have trouble, try to
help them put themselves in the place of the sower. (Particularly
helpful for questions 3,6,7,8,13,14)<br />
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So the important wondering questions we'll use this week are:<br />
1. I wonder if the person had a name.<br />
2. I wonder who the person could really be?<br />
3. I wonder if the person was happy when the birds came and ate the seeds.<br />
4. I wonder if the birds were happy then they saw the sower.<br />
5. I wonder who the birds really are.<br />
6. I wonder what the person was doing when the little seeds could not get their roots in among the stones.<br />
7. I wonder what the person was doing when the little seeds were choked by the thorns.<br />
8. I wonder what the person was doing when the little seeds were growing in the good earth.<br />
9. I wonder what the harvest could really be?<br />
10. I wonder what the sower used for seed?<br />
11. I wonder what the sower sold?<br />
12. I wonder what the sower kept for food?<br />
13. I wonder if the sower was surprised at the harvest?<br />
14. I wonder what part surprised the sower most? <br />
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Idea Sparkers for our Create a Gift for God time:<br />
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This would be a perfect time to actually sow
some seeds. You could use Styrofoam cups or small terra cotta pots which
the kids could decorate, then fill with soil in which to plant a seed.
You could also have them write a verse on a Popsicle stick to put in
the soil near the seeds they sow. They could choose a verse from the
Bible story (a good way to have them look up the story themselves) or
use Psalm 119:16b “I Shall not forget your Word.”<br />
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3. Children could also reproduce the parts of the parable box-the sower,
the birds, the pots, the rocky ground, the thorns, the plants.<br />
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4. Children could illustrate the parable with watercolors or markers or colored pencils.<br />
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Enjoy!
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-9525652036584164512015-06-23T17:11:00.002-04:002015-06-23T17:11:40.241-04:00The Parable of the Great PearlHi Godly Play Teachers,
Welcome to our lesson for June 28, the Parable of the Great Pearl.
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In a world like ours, which places such importance on having things,
it's a great story to help us explore the greatest treasure one could
possess: God's kingdom and a relationship with God. What does it mean to
sell all that we have to obtain this treasure? I bet the kids can help
us figure this out.<br />
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The wondering questions are in the book. They include:<br />
1. I wonder if the person was happy with the great pearl.<br />
2. I wonder what the merchant is going to do now.<br />
3. I wonder why the seller was willing to give up something so precious.<br />
4. I wonder if the seller has a name.<br />
5. I wonder if the merchant has a name.<br />
6. I wonder what the great pearl could really be?<br />
7. I wonder what could be so precious that a person would exchange everything for it?<br />
8. I wonder if you have ever come close to the great pearl.<br />
9. I wonder where this whole place could really be.<br />
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Thank you for having an adult take time to jot down the children's responses to these questions.<br />
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Idea Sparkers for Our Give a Gift to God Time:<br />
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1. Make a "pearl" necklace. Hobby shops (Michaels, Hobby Lobby) has fake
pearls that you can string. Each student could make themselves a
necklace using one pearl and yarn, along with whatever other work they
choose to do today.<br />
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2. What does the kingdom of God look like? What makes it such a priceless treasure?<br />
Children could draw a mural together or individual pictures. What could
they show people doing in the kingdom of God? Is nature in the kingdom
of God? How are people treating nature and each other?<br />
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3. Children could make their own parable set, so they can retell this parable.<br />
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4. Make/buy a "pearl" snack to share. I'm still thinking on how to do
this. Maybe like a Mexican wedding cookie but with no nuts? (Remember
that we're nut free on the hallway due to allergies.) Something that
looks like a pearl...any ideas?<br />
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Thanks, y'all!<br />
Becky<br />
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-37590683292339054512015-06-01T10:35:00.003-04:002015-06-01T10:36:36.185-04:00The Parable of the Good Samaritan- for June 21Hi Godly Play Teachers! Welcome to our lesson for <span style="background-color: yellow;">June 21</span>, the Parable of the Good Samaritan.<br />
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What a wonderful story about what it means to be a neighbor, and our
responsibilities as followers of The Way to help those around us. You
might want to include time in your morning to go visit the Good
Samaritan statue near the remembrance garden.<br />
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Here are some wondering questions. I'd love to share the children's
responses in our weekly newsletter. Thank you for writing down their
responses.<br />
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Wondering Questions:<br />
1. I wonder who is the neighbor to the person who was hurt, had
everything taken from him, and was left by the side of the road half
dead?<br />
2. I wonder what would happen if the person finding the injured traveler were a child?<br />
3. I wonder what it means to be a neighbor.<br />
4. I wonder if you've ever had anyone be a neighbor to you like this Samaritan was to the hurt man.<br />
5. I wonder if you've ever been the one who was the Good Samaritan? <br />
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<u> Idea Sparkers for our Gift to God Time</u><br />
Here are some ideas for the parable itself:<br />
1. Children make get well cards as a way to help others, like the Good Samaritan in the story<br />
2. Children act out the story. (My camera will be in its usual place and
takes pretty good video. Please use it!)<br />
3. Children could make a collage or drawing on who is our neighbor.<br />
4. Children could make a collage or drawing on How I Can Be a Good Samaritan.<br />
5. You could also go with the What Would Jesus Do theme. Make a bracelet
with WWJD, or a mural of the story, or act out scenes of different
conflicts and ask the question, "What would Jesus do?"<br />
6. If you've visited the Good Samaritan statue, why not ask the children
if they'd like to try to make their own with play dough or quick dry
clay? <br />
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Enjoy!Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-405923837507631112015-06-01T10:32:00.000-04:002015-06-01T10:36:22.028-04:00The Parable of the Good Shepherd- for June 14Hi Godly Play Teachers! Welcome to our lesson for <span style="background-color: yellow;">June 14</span>, the Parable of The Good Shepherd.<br />
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What a beautiful story that so perfectly depicts Jesus--the one who
would (and did) lay down his life for his sheep! The parable is full of
so much meaning, so many layers that the children can explore. I'm sure
they'll be ready to talk about their own times when they've "found the
good grass" as well as times where they've felt that they (or others
they know) have been through places of danger. It's a great time to
share our own such experiences and how our faith in God helped us make
it through. Most every child has a story to share about being lost and
found. I'm hoping you'll enjoy lots of discussion with this lesson!<br />
There are wondering questions within the story script for this lesson.
I'll have them in the classrooms for you to write in their responses. <br />
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It seems to me there are two ways to go here. The children can either reproduce the
parable in some way, or they can explore their own experiences with what
the parable talks about: being lost and found, their own faith in the
Good Shepherd, their own times of good grass and cool water or times of
danger and faith.<br />
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Ideas for reproducing the parable:</u><br />
1. Let the children make their own miniature parable boxes with this
week's parable inside. If you want to buy small boxes, just purchase
them, give me a receipt and I'll reimburse you. We have green felt in
the resource room. The kids could use fun foam for the pen and the water
and the dangerous places, and could make the sheep however they want,
with clothespins and cotton balls or their own ideas. Some links for
sheep are <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/sheepcrafts.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.danekeclublambs.com/SheepCrafts.html">here</a>.<br />
They could draw and cut out a wolf and the shepherd.<br />
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2. They could make their own sheep and shepherd puppets at the links above. (in #1)<br />
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<u>Ideas for exploring the parable in terms of their own experiences:</u><br />
1. The children could make a class mural/picture of how it feels to be
lost (on one side) and found (on the other side). The title could be
something like The Good Shepherd Takes Care of the Sheep or something
like that.<br />
2. They could illustrate My Good Shepherd Calls My Name, drawing the Good Shepherd and themselves.<br />
3. This would be a perfect time to study and illustrate the<u> 23rd Psalm</u>!<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-46117594603902185982015-06-01T10:18:00.000-04:002015-06-01T10:19:34.298-04:00Paul's DiscoveryHi Godly Play Teachers! Welcome to our lesson for June 7, the story of Paul's Discovery.<br />
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Before
we dive into a series of Jesus' parables this summer, we have one more
Sunday to continue our previous timeline: Jesus has been crucified, then
resurrected. Jesus spent 40 days appearing to his disciples and letting
them begin to know him in a new way until finally that time was over.
He ascended into heaven. The Holy Spirit arrived and we celebrated it
first with Pentecost Sunday, then, last week, Trinity Sunday. Now we
continue the story with Paul's amazing transformation and work. It's a
wonderful example of the power of the Holy Spirit to change us in
profound ways!<br />
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What a rich story of Saul/Paul, from
birth to death! You'll find the script in the yellow (Spring) book
p.126-135. The wondering questions are listed at the end.<br />
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Idea Sparkers for our Gift to God Time:<br />
(And Check out other ideas at this<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/nscottsdaleumc/paul-crafts/"> pinterest site!</a>) <br />
1.
Paul's life is so exciting. It would be fun to divide up the group and
have the children act out scenes. Even our youngest kids could do it!<br />
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Scenes they may choose to act out:<br />
1. Making tents with his father (bring a sheet from home and drape it over a table or rope) Pretend to hammer down stakes.<br />
2. Waving goodbye to his family and traveling to Jerusalem (bring a suitcase)<br />
3. Worshiping in the temple (Gather candlesticks, make a big scroll to read)<br />
4. Saul trying to catch people who followed Jesus to bring them back for punishment.<br />
5. Saul's experience on the road to Damascus. (Maybe bring a lamp for a great light. )<br />
Act out being led to Damascus and staying in the house, where the scales fall from his eyes.<br />
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Saul's telling the good news of his transformation at the synagogue and
then how Jesus' followers hid him when people grew angry.<br />
7.Paul's escape over the city wall in a basket. (A laundry basket and rope would be perfect for this!)<br />
8. Paul's traveling and writing letters.<br />
9. Paul kept as a prisoner in his own house.<br />
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Let the children work in pairs or alone to illustrate their favorite
scene from the story. Have an "art show" at the end to look at
everyone's work and put the works in chronological order.<br />
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3.
Examine the scrolls to see which books of the Bible do we think Paul
wrote. Children could make bookmarks for their Bibles illustrated with
scenes from Paul's life.<br />
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Enjoy, everyone!<br />
Love, Becky
Rebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792833649369386669.post-32631902354357395082015-05-26T12:00:00.003-04:002015-05-26T12:00:58.028-04:00Celebrating the TrinityHi Godly Play Teachers! Welcome to our lesson for Trinity Sunday!<br />
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Today we celebrate the trinity, which is perfect timing, considering we
just welcomed the arrival of the Holy Spirit last Sunday.<br />
<br />For this Sunday, use Lesson 6: Holy
Baptism from the Winter (purple) book, p. 70-76.
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The lesson is on baptism, but is perfect for Trinity Sunday since a
major component of the lesson is the Trinity. At the beginning of the
script, it refers to "the Creator, the Redeemer, the Sustainer." Do use
those words, but add in an explanation of what they mean. Redeemer and
Sustainer will be new words to most children.<br />
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I would suggest that you modify the part of the script on baptism,
fitting it to the way we do baptism in our church. Each of you should
have in your classroom a bowl in which to pour the water, a pitcher, and
a person (doll) to be baptized. I would encourage you to talk about the
baptismal statement that baptismal candidates write (and a person
special to them reads) expressing why they want to be baptized and what
baptism means to them. I'll have a copy of a baptismal statement that
one of our children recently wrote in your rooms to share. (With
permission, of course!) You might also talk about Discipleship Class,
which our 4th and 5th graders can take in the fall and spring to learn
more about baptism and being a disciple of Christ, before they are
candidates for baptism.<br />
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The children would certainly enjoy the candle lighting part of the
lesson. I hope you'll feel brave enough. You might use tea candles (I'll
make sure there are plenty in your rooms.) For safety's sake, you might
have them sit on the carpet for this lesson and put the tea candle on
the carpet in front of them, asking them to keep their hands in their
laps at all times, assuring them that they will each have a chance to
"change their own light." I'll make sure you have a candle snuffer in
your room-so the children won't blow out the candle, spattering wax on
the carpet. If you choose to do this part of the lesson, I'm confident
they will always remember it!<br />
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Here are some wondering questions for this lesson:<br />
1. I wonder what was your favorite part of this lesson.<br />
2. Today we heard more about the Trinity. We poured the water and talked
about the water of creation. I wonder if God the Father is still
creating today.<br />
3. We also lit the big candle and talked about Jesus, the light of the
world. I wonder how Jesus is a light. I wonder why we call him that.<br />
4. We also remembered the Holy Spirit with the dove and the perfume. I
wonder why we use perfume and a dove to remind us of the Holy Spirit.<br />5. I wonder what baptism means to you.<br />
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Idea Sparkers for your Gift to God time:</h3>
<i>Focus on the Trinity</i><br />
1. Your class could make a larger mural illustrating the three parts of
the trinity, showing them intersecting like the circles of felt we used
in the lesson. You could add illustrations to each circle. For God the
Father, the children could draw creation in action, or their favorite
old testament stories. For God the Son, the children could add drawings
of their favorite Jesus stories, and for the Holy Spirit, the children
could draw ways the Holy Spirit helps us--knowing right from wrong,
giving us strength in times of trouble, helping us tell others about
God, helping us understand the Bible, etc.<br />
Each child could do this individually, but it could be more fun doing it together.<br />
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2. You could make simple trinity decorations, like this one from a blog with lots of great ideas, <a href="http://catholicicing.com/2010/09/catholic-trinity-craft-for-preschoolers/">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo and craft by http://catholicicing.com/2010/09/catholic-trinity-craft-for-preschoolers/</td></tr>
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It's simple, but the kids would enjoy making it. (Yey! A chance to use the glue gun!)<br />
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You can also glue on some symbols. This idea comes from <a href="http://familyatthefootofthecross.blogspot.com/2010/05/holy-trinity-tri-celebration.html">this site</a>. <br />
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3. You could talk about how the shamrock or 3 leafed clover is often
used to explain the trinity- one plant, with a leaf for each of the
three parts. Then go clover hunting around the church. The children
could pick a clover, bring it back, draw it big sized, and label each
leaf with part of the trinity.<br />
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The fourth graders made something like this during our Easter lessons. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found <a href="http://fun-a-day.com/beaded-shamrocks/">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Look to Him and be Radiant: I Believe Mobile- Focus on the Trinity" class="pinImage" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1f/8e/e3/1f8ee36fdaf14d01cf7115f78b408eaf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/200762095861730734/">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Naaman - Lesson 6, There is only one God - The kids LOVED this craft. I also added some dark blue crepe paper inside of the cup that Naaman "dipped" in to." class="pinImage" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/46/8b/8e/468b8e1e415d5bef4b48de6d206715b7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found <a href="http://kidsandthebible.blogspot.com/2009/01/2-kings-5-naaman.html">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<i>Focus on Baptism</i><br />
1.Children could make a watercolor of baptism. Either the baptism of Jesus or their own baptism.<br />
2. If you do the individual candles part of this lesson, children make a candle holder with clay or baby food jars as shown <a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_12114823_tea-light-candle-craft-kids.html">here</a>.<br />
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Enjoy, y'all!<br />
Love, Becky
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