Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Children's Spiritual Life and Religious Education

Teaching First Day School is about sharing an experience of seeking.

And it’s also about lesson plans, craft materials, worshipping with wigglers, connecting the spiritual to the everyday, creating strong community among the children and behavior management! Whew! Below are resources to support teachers

Pamphlet Series
Pamphlet titles in grey are coming soon!
click on the title for a .pdf of the PYM pamphlet; pamphlets print on 8.5x14 paper


Spiritual focus in your teaching			Top 10 for new teachers
		Teaching the Practice of Worship



	Nurturing Children in Small Meetings
		Lesson Planning
			Children's RE resources

On-line articles and resources

	Teaching Resources from FGC
	Building Community among Quaker Teens, by Casey Kashnig for FGConnections
	Making Space issue on Nurturing Children's Spirituality
	First Day School Files A website listing books, curricula and other resources for the topics FDS covers, faith, practice, Bible and the testimonies.
	Journeys in the Spirit A publication by Britain Yearly Meeting's Children & Young People staff. Archived editions available here.
	Faith & Play Working Group of PYM (includes links to Godly Play® websites)
	Heart~Sharing is a variation on worship-sharing that invites participants to respond to a query with the immediate impulse of the heart in a single word or sentence. This discipline allows Friends of all ages to participate equally and richly.
	Ideas: Instant Inspiration for older kids and teens from Youthwork, a UK website for ideas, resources and guidance for youth ministry (scan down a little on the page to get to the ideas).
	Booklist of Quaker curricula for children from PYM’s library
	Ideas Database from Britain Yearly Meeting
	CAFOD A British Catholic organization working for social justice with tons of resources for teachers.

Send your ideas for additional resources to the RE Coordinator: christiedt@pym.org