tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574635912288752343.post961664382519471391..comments2020-07-02T07:30:54.168+01:00Comments on Wonderful in an Easter kind of way: materials - familiar and unfamiliarStorytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689874815365770762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574635912288752343.post-7295189415138368562012-01-08T09:42:06.171+00:002012-01-08T09:42:06.171+00:00Thank you, Lisa! "then walk away, and let the...Thank you, Lisa! "then walk away, and let them play." So much of Godly Play is about letting go and letting the Spirit work with the children, isn't it? As "stf" said, "fun with God". Very helpful comments from both of you.Storytellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689874815365770762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574635912288752343.post-21049437983061228462012-01-08T06:12:00.352+00:002012-01-08T06:12:00.352+00:00Greetings from Iowa, USA.
When they reach for sto...Greetings from Iowa, USA.<br /><br />When they reach for story materials they haven't been exposed to, my response is usually, "This can be your work, but it isn't the day for me to tell you its story. I wonder what story you would tell with this work?" OR "I wonder how this work can help you tell a story that you already know?" OR "I wonder what THIS piece is saying to you?"<br /><br />For something like the Circle of the Church Year ("church clock"), I would say, "You may do this work. The purple is the getting ready time. The white is the feast. The green is the growing time. The red is the Holy Spirit feast. Another day we can talk more about it." <br /><br />And then walk away, and let them play.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LisaLisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574635912288752343.post-3481758355696265432012-01-01T21:19:23.090+00:002012-01-01T21:19:23.090+00:00PS I think - given the context- that it might have...PS I think - given the context- that it might have been enough to explore the clock by looking at the colours and working out what they meant. (That said I loved your explanation of Pentecost as being 'hot' :) ... yeah I was evesdropping while gathering the stuff for the desert bag<br /><br />btw the best thing about the desert bag is simply letting the sand run through my hand .... and making those swirling shapes. Today I found one pebble hidden in the sand. That gave me pause for thought. What was God saying in that. <br /><br />Had H. not come over I might have played with the sand for longer ... but it was all good :)seethroughfaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041055467020894063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574635912288752343.post-16171918585449879442012-01-01T21:15:28.729+00:002012-01-01T21:15:28.729+00:00With a classroom of kids it would also be unrealis...With a classroom of kids it would also be unrealistic to expect all to wait so the story could be told "properly"<br /><br />In the Great Family story I couldn't remember the details - and got the rivers all wrong etc - but the point that they travelled not knowing where -and at times prayed and they made shrines - well together we could do that<br /><br />and then we explored the story of Sarah laughing and the name of the baby Isaac meaning just that<br /><br />What I liked about the Bible we used was that it said that Sarah laughed twice - once a crying laugh of disbelief and the second time with joy. I'd have liked to explore that a bit more.<br /><br />(One of the troubles with the rule about sharing is that a) it's hard for the kids to ask and b) it's quite hard as an adult to say "actually I'd rather work alone" ... had I chosen the latter I think I'd still have got out the Bible to check the facts of the story - but as it was I think we had fun together today and Godly play IS about having FUN WITH GOD so I think He laughed with us too ... getting the facts right isn't the main thing, it's about letting God in as we struggle with the stories (and materials) and I was encouraged by the girls' rendition of the story of Advent and Christmastide.<br /><br />Wish I could be there next week :(seethroughfaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041055467020894063noreply@blogger.com