Increase skills and comfort in talking about by Carol Galginaitis death with children. Three-ring binders with clear plastic covers, one for each participant who does not Workshop-at-a-Glance already have one Activity Time Three-hole punched paper, both lined and unlined Opening 5 minutes Color pencils, markers, pens and pencils Activity 1: Learning about 30 minutes books on death, grief, Several children’s Death and mourning. Suggestions include: Activity 2: Death in 40 minutes Susan Varley, Badger’s Parting Gifts Children’s Books (HarperCollins, 1992) Bryan Mellonie, Lifetimes: A Activity 3: Children and 20 minutes Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Grief Children (Bantam Books, 1983) 15 minutes Activity 4: Sharing Joan Singleton Prestine, Someone Experiences and Special Died (Fearon Teacher Aids, Questions 1993) For Next Time 5 minutes Laurene Krasny Brown, When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Closing 5 minutes Understanding Death (Little, Brown, Materials 1996) Margaret Wise Brown, The Dead Newsprint, markers, and tape Bird (Addison-Wesley, 1965) Chalice, candle, and lighter or Betsy Hill Williams, Jane Rzepka, candle Ken Sawyer, and Noreen Kimball, Our Covenant from Workshop 1 Handout 1, Looking Ahead to Workshop 6
Increase skills and comfort in talking about death with children. Workshop-at-a-Glance Activity Time Opening 5 minutes Activity 1: Learning about Death 30 minutes Activity 2: Death in Children’s Books 40 minutes Activity 3: Children and Grief 20 minutes Activity 4: Sharing Experiences and Questions 15 minutes For Next Time 5 minutes Closing 5 minutes Materials Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter or candle Our Covenant from Workshop 1 Handout 1, Looking Ahead to Workshop 6 by Carol Galginaitis Three-ring binders with clear plastic covers, one for each participant who does not already have one Three-hole punched paper, both lined and unlined Color pencils, markers, pens and pencils Several children’s books on death, grief, and mourning. Suggestions include: Susan Varley, Badger’s Parting Gifts (HarperCollins, 1992) Bryan Mellonie, Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children (Bantam Books, 1983) Joan Singleton Prestine, Someone Special Died (Fearon Teacher Aids, 1993) Laurene Krasny Brown, When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (Little, Brown, 1996) Margaret Wise Brown, The Dead Bird (Addison-Wesley, 1965) Betsy Hill Williams, Jane Rzepka, Ken Sawyer, and Noreen Kimball,