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Resources from both Godly Play and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for introducing parables.

Free YouTube video lesson to help teach Godly Play "Listening for God" ideas with an emphasis on listening and gratitude for gifts of creation using the senses

On July 29-31, I attended the Godly Play Core Training at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. Those of us participating all learned a great deal about helping children with their religious formation. At the same time, the training was a spiritual retreat and an opportunity for everyone involved to grow in faith and personal insight.

Hands-on Bible activities create a pathway to engage the curious absorbent minds and busy hands of preschool and kindergarten children in fun and meaningful play. Even toddler children will enjoy open…

A variety of lesson ideas and activities for using Godly Play to present the Parable of the Sower at home or church.

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The Parable of the Lost Coin – Baby Devotions

Teach your kids about God's power through play! A simple plan for a Kid-centric Church at Home. Invite your children into worship with fun.

Palm Sunday Godly Play props.

Sharing Godly Play With The Whole Congregation

A Christmas themed Three Wise Men invitation to play with homemade play dough.

Put together this Creation story bag to continue the learning beyond your initial Bible lesson and let kids learn through play.

Helping very young children to wonder younger requires some adaptations to the traditional mode of Godly Play storytelling.

Last fall I brought you our Adam and Eve story telling box, and I finally have another to show you. I made my boxes after hearing about the program 'Godly Play.' It is a Montessori Sunday School program that I wish we had at any church around here, but we dont. So, I figured I'd do my own take on the program. The boxes are in our school room and the kids can take them off the shelf during free time and tell the Bible stories-and they do! This box is to tell an account of the Tower of…

If you are new to this space you might appreciate reading Godly Play 1: What is Godly Play and Godly Play 2: Materials before you read t...

Hi Godly Play Teachers, Welcome to our lesson for August 25, The Story of Jacob, found in Genesis 25-33,35. (The script is found in the p...

This Sunday one of the four year olds in my Godly Play group wanted to choose the “Sea of Galilee” for her work. We have been telling the stories from Sonja Stewart’s Following Je…

Godly Play Around the World — Godly Play

At the beginning of this school year, I was given a new position with a larger church in Berlin that is planting a new congregation in the area where I live. The new congregation has a weekly children's service as well as the original congregation, and I was asked to help both congregations implement Godly Play into their services. I was very excited about this new opportunity, because, for one thing, I needed a new challenge at this point in life and sensed that God had something new for…

I've posted several posts about godly play in the home and have promised some of you that I would explain in more detail what godly play is ...