Curricula:
Recommendations and Revisions

This project was initially focused on Eucharistic liturgies that are developmentally appropriate for children. I’ve added this page to offer some recommendations and revisions of curriculum and books, again with an eye towards considering what is developmentally appropriate and helpful for children of different ages.

 

Notes from the Godly Play Classroom: “What should we leave out?”

Why this question is important to ask children, and some mistakes we can make with it.

Notes from the Godly Play Classroom: “Where are you in the story?”

Why this question is important to ask children, and some mistakes we can make with it.

Godly Play Saint Lesson: Holy Martin Luther King, Jr.

An original lesson to help students locate this powerful American Christian in the Christian tradition.

 

Godly Play Saint Lesson Adapted: Saint Catherine of Siena

An adaptation of this Godly Play lesson for very young children, with my reasoning behind the changes.

Racism in the Godly Play Saints Lessons

Two areas where the Godly Play curriculum and resources need to be fixed, and my solutions for my own classrooms.

Episcopal Children’s Curriculum for 4-6th Graders

This is the best multi-year curriculum for 4-6th graders that I have found. And it’s all FREE! Here are all the digital files already organized, plus materials made printable by the Rev. Rowan Larsen.