| This week’s Godly Play lesson is the Creation story From The Complete Guide to Godly Play: Volume 2 by The Rev. Dr. Jerome Berryman Told by Godly Play® Trainer Emily Griffin. |
After you’ve watched the story, you might like to ask the wondering questions again – pausing after each question to leave enough time for your child to ponder and respond, if they wish – if they don’t that’s okay! I would encourage you to accept and affirm all answers simply by repeating exactly what the child said.
The wondering questions are:
- I wonder which day you liked best? (Affirm by saying – “You liked XXXXXX best”). *where XXXXXXX is whatever the child said
- I wonder which day is the most important? (Affirm by saying – “The most important day is XXXX”.) *where XXXXXXX is whatever the child said
- I wonder which day you are in, or which day is especially about you? (Affirm by saying – “The day you are in is XXXX”. *where XXXXXXX is whatever the child said )
- I wonder if we can leave out any of these days and still have all the days we need? (Affirm by saying – “The day we could leave out and still have all the days we need is XXXX”.) *where XXXXXXX is whatever the child said
After the wondering, while we don’t direct children in their work, some suggestions might be:
- that they draw or paint the day they liked best
- that they draw or paint all the days
- that they draw or paint their own favourite day /special memory
- Or…..
