by Sita Diehl | July 30, 2020 | Children's Religious Education, Youth Education
The Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM — located in the upper midwest USA) Children and Youth Committee has considered best practices and recommendations related to virtual meetings involving youth. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to widespread use of virtual technologies for...
by Sita Diehl | May 6, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Home and Family, Resources, Small Meetings
Simple, direct statements are paired with watercolor illustrations to highlight some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout the history of the United States. The text and art begin with two marches that will reemerge as metaphor later in the book: a...
by Sita Diehl | November 27, 2022 | Children's Religious Education, Faith at Home, Lessons Small Meetings RE, Quaker Family Culture, Resources, Small Meetings
Children learn through play. They play school, they play house, they even play COVID, giving everyone shots. Do our children know enough about being Quaker to play Quaker? Children are fully spiritual beings. Meeting life needs to be as open and comprehensible to them...
by Sita Diehl | July 30, 2020 | Notes from Past Conversation Circles
Topic: In April and May we held conversations on how Friends were managing Religious Education and supporting families during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we look forward, the virus is still with us – and will be for some time to come. Join the conversation on how...
by Sita Diehl | February 12, 2018 | Children's Religious Education, Curricula Children's RE
FAITH & PLAY™ is a Montessori-inspired curriculum to help children find words and images for expressing the experiences of holy mystery and wonder. Play is children’s practice, hence the name Faith & Play, deriving from Faith and Practice. Faith &...
