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Marsha Holliday developed for her use in First Day School classes or collected the following First Day School ideas during her visits to monthly meetings, Religious Education Committees, and First Day Schools of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and to other meetings of Friends General Conference. Please submit additional ideas to Marsha at hollidaymsd@aol.com. Where the author is known, she or he has been credited. The authorship of all additional suggestions will be credited.

These ideas may be adapted to suit the needs of individual classes. Some of these ideas will require some research. For example, before building a cardboard house that might be like the home Jesus grew up in, you and/or your class will want to research what that would be like. Encyclopedias are a good starting place for research.

This list is divided into six sections:

I. Ideals for Teaching the Bible in First Day School

II. Ideas for Teaching Quaker History in First Day School

III. Ideas for Teaching Quaker Faith and Practice in First Day School

IV. Ideas for Teaching Quaker Values in First Day School

V. Ideas for Building Community in Your Meeting

VI. Ideas for Encouraging Children to Experience the Mystical

 

Within each section, asterisks, as follows, indicate the appropriate age levels:

* A single asterisk indicates that the idea is especially appropriate for children.

** A double asterisk indicates it is appropriate for both children and teenagers.

*** A triple asterisk indicates that the idea is best suited for teenagers.

**** Four asterisks indicate it is ideal for all-ages.

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