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Book List:Basic QuakerismCorporate Discernment
COMPILED BY MARY SNYDER Formerly published as Quakers I & II. Designed for children and teens though usable for adults as well. This curriculum includes the basics of Quakerism through story. It is especially good for those new to Quakerism. Less than 15 minutes of preparation time is required since the lessons are based on story and a response to story.
Quaker Cottage Industry 2009 33 PP. Looseleaf
$10.00 (in stock)
Quaker Stories For Friends Trained In The Godly Play (r) Method
BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Godly Play(R), created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith and Practice. Developed by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, this is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play(R) methods.
Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44 PP. Looseleaf
$20.00 (in stock)
BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Godly Play(R), created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith and Practice. Developed by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, this is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play(R) methods. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication.
Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44 PP. Blank
$8.00 (in stock)
Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs In Action
BY ED SCHWARTZ Need a workshop idea, a way of building community, material for religious education? Faithful Voices can be the answer. Each person featured lived his or her deeply held beliefs, leaving a legacy in writing and deeds. Each script includes a brief biography and is followed by queries. About half the subjects are well known Quakers including Margaret Fell, Rufus Jones, and John Woolman. Also featured are people as diverse as Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Suitable for groups of any size and age from 12 on up or mixed ages, the material is read aloud twice so that everyone both speaks and listens. No preparation is required. Queries are provided for discussion.
Quaker Press of FGC 2005 104 PP Paper
$11.95 (in stock)
A Curriculum On: Centering & Listening For The Call; Hearing The Call & Deciding What To Do; Responding To The Call & Leading: K - 8th Grade
EDITED BY MARTHA SMITH This curriculum contains three lessons: 1) How to center and listen for the call, 2) Hearing the call and deciding what to do, and 3) Responding to the call and leading. Created by the Children and Youth at Sessions Group for yearly meeting, 1999 it includes many hands-on crafts, games and activities. K-8th grade.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1999 17 PP. Looseleaf
$9.00 (low stock)
For Faith & Play
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS Included are a tan felt underlay; four green pieces in stiff felt, each with a cutout attached (an off-white church, a blue and linen open book, a gray soldier, and bright yellow music notes; a wooden heart covered in red felt; a heart shape in green fabric; and a gray George Fox figure with felt hat. Each of the four felt pieces has a notch out for the Fox figure to "visit." When put together, the notches form the shape of a heart. These are all the materials you need to tell this story.
Faith & Play Creations 2009 ZIPLOC Boxed
$56.00 (in stock)
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS Beautiful but Simple storytelling materials. A large deep blue felt mat and various brightly colored felt pieces and felt figures. To be used in telling the "Faith and Play" story about Gifts.
Faith & Play Creations 2009 ZIPLOC BAG Boxed
$36.00 (in stock)
A Curriculum For K Through Adult.
BY RE EXECUTIVE CONCERNS GROUP lessons for all ages to assist in exploring their Quakerfaith.
PYM 2000 20 PP. Looseleaf
$11.25 (in stock)
BY BARBARA CALDWELL AND DOROTHY REICHARDT Nine lessons on meeting for worship, meeting for business, membership, community, equality, harmony and simplicity. Intergenerational opening exercises.
Philadelphia YM 1984 Looseleaf
$7.00 (low stock)
Philadelphia YM 1998 Looseleaf
Phialdelphia YM 1994 Looseleaf
$7.00 (in stock)
EDITED BY MARTHA SMITH Five lessons on Woolman's early life and transformation, work against slavery, work with the Native Americans and reverence for God's creation. Original activities and songs. K-8th grade.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2000 71 PP. Looseleaf
$14.00 (in stock)
Questions And Activities For Teachers And Parents Of Children, 2nd Grade - High School
BY DONNA BISSET, ROBIN WELLS, MARLOU CARLSON, FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION An easy to use study guide of a most beloved book. Useful to parents and teachers. Each story's teaching points are made explicit through sensitive questions, crafts, service projects and Bible verses.
Quaker Press of FGC 2001 80 PP. Looseleaf
$17.00 (backorder)
Questions And Activities For Teachers And Parents Of Children In 2nd Grade Through High School
BY DONNA BISSETT, ROBIN WELLS AND MARLOU CARLSON An easy to use study guide of a most beloved book. Useful to parents and teachers. Each story's teaching points are made explicit through sensitive questions, crafts, service projects and Bible verses. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication. When you purchase this title, after confirming your order, we will send you a limited time web link to download the file.
Quaker Press of FGC 2001 80 PP. Blank
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS The materials needed for the "Listening for God" story. Underlay with ribbons, seven people figures, shell, cinnamon stick, wooden dish for salt (bring your own salt!) stone -amethyst or calcite, miniature desert box (bring your own sand) and a container for the sand. Elegantly produced by hand by Faith & Play Creations.
$49.00 (in stock)
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS A set of beautiful yet simple storytelling materials: A large light blue felt sea, a boat for Mary Fisher, the Sultan his two attendants a carpet and his throne. For use in telling the Mary Fisher Story in "Faith and Play".
Faith & Play Creations 2009 ZIPLOC BAG Blank
$59.00 (in stock)
Thirteen Short Introductions To Meeting For Worship
BY MARTHA SMITH Marty Smith has compiled thirteen brief (no more than 5 minutes) introductions to meeting for worship for 4th through 8th grade students. Many helpful tips for preparing for worship are compiled here. Included are "The Way you Sit makes a Difference," "Emptying your Mind," "Centering Down," "Looking into a Pond is like Centering," "Looking for the Light in Others," "Meeting is Like a Window," "When to Speak in Meeting," and "What We Contribute to Meeting."
Martha smith 2007 14 PP. Looseleaf
Four Lessons For First Day School
BY MERRIL DUTTON Activities and lessons for young children based on Brinton Turkle's Obadiah stories that focus on Quaker history and testimonies.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1996 24 PP. Paper
$5.00 (in stock)
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS Everything you need to tell the Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship story from Faith & Play. Includes archway, wooden meeting attenders, felt circle and play board. Elegantly produced by hand by Faith & Play Creations.
$38.00 (in stock)
A First Day School Curriculum For Children Ages 9-11
BY MARSHA HOLLIDAY Teaching Quaker faith and practice to children is perhaps the most important job a Friend can have. This book excels as an aid to First Day School teachers no matter what size the class. Each of the 14 units contains stories from Biblical, Quaker and secular sources that speak to the topic of the week. Exercises, questions and activities supplement the lesson and provide variety and fun. Every First Day School teacher will benefit from using this curriculum to pass on the core values deeply held by the Religious Society of Friends. 8.5" by 11", Appendicies, 3-hole punched.
Quaker Press of FGC 2002 96 PP. Looseleaf
$16.95 (in stock)
BY MARSHA HOLLIDAY Teaching Quaker faith and practice to children is perhaps the most important job a Friend can have. This book excels as an aid to First Day School teachers no matter what size the class. Each of the 14 units contains stories from Biblical, Quaker and secular sources that speak to the topic of the week. Exercises, questions and activities supplement the lessons and provide variety and fun. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication. When you purchase this title, after confirming your order, we will send you a limited time web link to download the file.
Quaker Press of FGC 2002 88 PP. Blank
BY MARY SNYDER Contains two hefty adults, a John Woolman in undyed clothing and two children. Just as children know what to do with dolls without further instructions, they will know how to play with these painted, plain clothes Friends if they have heard the Quaker stories over and over. Finished in ziploc bag.
Quaker Cottage Industries 2001 ZIPLOC BAG Boxed
$16.50 (low stock)
BY MARY SNYDER Five additional Quaker play figures. Size varies in such a way that some may be tall children or short adults. Needed for playing through Worship and Wedding stories. Finished in ziploc bag.
$16.50 (in stock)
BY BARBARA CALDWELL AND LYNNE BRICK Lessons drawn from six Quaker lives and biblical calls. Mixed ages.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1999 LOOSLEAF Paper
$6.00 (in stock)
BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS All the materials needed to tell the Queries story from Faith & Play. Includes felt underlay, two felt circles, wooden figures to indicate attenders or Friends, queries, felt question mark all enclosed in a ziploc bag. Elegantly produced by hand by Faith & Play Creations.
$60.00 (in stock)
BY PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Three lessons highlight how Quakers make decisions.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1998 14 PP. Paper
$3.00 (in stock)
EDITED BY MARTHA SMITH Exciting biographical stories in eight units. Activities include time lines, dioramas, crafts, games, paper dolls and recipes. Includes resource suggestions, colorful picture booklet, and map of Philadelphia. K-4th grade.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1993 51 PP. Looseleaf
$8.00 (low stock)
Faith And Play
Faith And Play Downloadable .pdf
Faithful Voices
Obadiah
Quaker Values .pdf Download
Discovering Our Faith Through Story And Play
Listening For God Story Materials
Prayer And Friends Meeting For Worship Story Materials
Queries Story Materials
George Fox's Big Discovery Story Materials
