Session 13: The Gift Of Learning Together Part of Wonderful Welcome In This Section Introduction to Session 13 From Wonderful Welcome 'No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it.... Session-at-a-Glance From Wonderful Welcome Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering Opening 5 Activity 1: Wonder Box 5 Activity 2: Story — The Rooster Who Learned to Crow 10 Activity 3: What Do Yo... Spiritual Preparation From Wonderful Welcome Do you like to learn? Always? It can be hard to hear and process new information, to become proficient at a new skill, or to acknowledge when we need... Welcoming and Entering From Wonderful Welcome Materials for Activity Penny jar, created in Session 11: The Gift of Stewardship Preparation for Activity Set the penny jar on a table near the entrance... Opening From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers... Activity 1: Wonder Box From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Wonder Box (See instructions in Session 1.) A wind-up or battery-powered alarm clock Preparation for... Activity 2: Story - The Rooster Who Learned To Crow From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, The Rooster Who Learned to Crow Optional: "The Rooster Who Learned to Crow" colori... Activity 3: What Do You Know How To Do? We Can Learn It, Too! From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Items children can use to demonstrate their skills Preparation for Activity Optional: Gather... Activity 4: Learning To Weave Wool From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity For each participant Four pieces of yarn, each one 36" long Four drinking straws A ball of yarn A piece... Closing From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Wonder Box poster (Session 1) Leader Resource 1, Rooster Copies of Taking It Home for all participants... Leader Reflection and Planning From Wonderful Welcome Reflect on these questions and discuss them with your co-leaders: How do we feel about today's session? What parts of the session worked well?... Faith In Action: Each One, Teach One From Wonderful Welcome Description of Activity Arrange for the children to learn something new together.... Alternate Activity 1: Scavenger Hunt From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Handout 1, Scavenger Hunt Questions, for each pair or small group Pencils Preparation for... Alternate Activity 2: All About Roosters And Farms From Wonderful Welcome Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Label a sheet of newsprint, "Roosters and Farms," ... Taking It Home: The Gift Of Learning Together From Wonderful Welcome Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. — Theodore Roosevelt IN TODAY'S... The Rooster Who Learned To Crow Janeen K Grohsmeyer From Wonderful Welcome A story from A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). Read or tell the story.... Handout 1: Scavenger Hunt Questions From Wonderful Welcome Read over all the questions. Ask yourselves: What do we need to learn? Who could teach us? Then go find the people who can help. Write down the names of... Leader Resource 1: Rooster From Wonderful Welcome Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing. Leader Resource 2: Wool-Weaving Illustration From Wonderful Welcome The craft, "Wool Weaving," appears in the book, Animal Crackers, copyright by and available from Heifer International. Permission pending. Wool Weaving... Find Out More About Session 13 From Wonderful Welcome A Lamp in Every Corner is the title story of a book by Janeen K. Grohsmeyer (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). Find more Unitarian... PREVIOUS: Find Out More About Session 12 UP: Wonderful Welcome NEXT: Introduction to Session 13 Download all of Wonderful Welcome (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.