Learning in the Light: Training in Faith & Play storytelling for Friends Schools
Friday, December 6 — 8:00am – 3:30pm
and Saturday, December 7 — 9:00am – 4:30pm
Hosted by Wilmington Friends School (Wilmington, DE)
- Experience and reflect on the collection of Faith & Play stories.
- Hands-on practice with stories and materials.
- Fellowship with Friends school colleagues.
- Instruction and discussion on:
- The spirituality of children and nurturing spiritual community in Friends schools
- Adapting Faith & Play stories and materials for a Friends school environment
Faith & Play Stories™ are currently used in more than 20 Friends schools in the US, particularly for Kindergarten through 8th grade. Story experiences are a vehicle for exploring Quaker faith, practice, and historical witness. The experience of “meeting for worship with attention to story” can help connect children to the experience of meeting for worship in a classroom or meetinghouse and build spiritual community. The experiential method makes space for students from all backgrounds to explore where they “find themselves in the story.”
Registration
Register at this link or with QR code on flyer: https://forms.gle/rMScAdBTWwhFzJdP7
Cost: $150 for each participant
Flyer to download and share!
Trainer Melinda Wenner Bradley is a co-creator of the Faith & Play stories and a licensed Godly Play® trainer who consults with Quaker meetings and Friends schools around the country and has been leading Faith & Play trainings since 2010. She was a classroom educator in Friends schools from 1995-2015, and is the author of a Middle School Quakerism curriculum.
