Faith & Play™ is a Montessori-inspired storytelling resource that helps children find words and images for expressing their experiences of holy mystery and wonder in their lives. Play is children’s practice, hence the name Faith & Play, deriving from Faith and Practice.
Faith & Play includes stories of Quaker faith, practice and witness, told in the manner of Godly Play® (a resource to teach stories from the Bible in an open-ended way that invites children to experientially find themselves in the stories). Godly Play and Faith & Play acknowledge that God is active in children’s lives long before they enter the religious education classroom, and at the core of this method is a deep respect for children’s spiritual lives. Participants hear and respond to the stories in age appropriate ways, making the method ideal for meetings with grade-level classrooms as well as for small meetings where few children are in diverse places developmentally.
Faith & Play was created by the Faith & Play Group to serve as a Quaker supplement to Godly Play, and is intended for the teacher trained in the Godly Play method.
For upcoming trainings and news about new resources go to the Faith and Play Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FaithandPlay.
Trainings are available for Friends through the Faith & Play Group, faithandplaystories@gmail.com.
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Upcoming Trainings/Worshops
August 24 to 26, 2018 – Playing in the Light – Pendle Hill in Wallingford, PA
A rich weekend of storytelling where we’ll explore Bible and Quaker Stories and practice learning and telling stories to the group. The weekend serves as both a training and a time of spiritual retreat and nourishment for teachers.
LINK to FLYER and REGISTRATION: https://pendlehill.org/events/playing-in-the-light/#.Wqvl2CinHrd