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Curriculum Capsules

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Growing in the Light
Pre-K - First Grade

Dorothy Reichardt and Barbara Rose Caldwell, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1988, revised 1998, 33 pp. ($7.00)

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Introduction

Chapter 1      Enter in the Meetinghouse – Meeting for Worship, Part I
Chapter 2      Special Silence – Meeting for Worship, Part II
Chapter 3      When Two or Three Are Gathered Together – Meeting for Business
Chapter 4      The Seekers of the Light Are One - Membership
Chapter 5      Do Unto Others – The Testimony of Community
Chapter 6      In His Image – The Testimony of Equality
Chapter 7      The World in Tune – The Testimony of Harmony
Chapter 8      ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple – The Testimony of Simplicity
Chapter 9      A Quaker Is… - Closing Celebration

Content: Topics include Meeting for Worship, Meeting for Business, Membership, and Meeting Structure. Also Friends’ testimonies: community, equality, harmony, and simplicity.

Age Range: 4 - 7 years.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes weekly plus additional time to collect supplies.

Number of Lessons: Nine lessons which could take nine or more weeks.

Activities: Arts, crafts, songs, games, cooking, discussions, and worship.

Supplies/Equipment: FGC Hymnal or Songs of the Spirit, books from PYM or your meeting’s library, pencils, paper, scissors, and glue.

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Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).

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