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Godly Play in Middle and Late Childhood

Godly Play in Middle and Late Childhood

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Paperback / softback

£17.99

Publisher: Church Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781640655799
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 28/07/2022
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.8 cm

An internationally recognized Christian formation program.

This latest addition to the Godly Play®­ series focuses on methods for mentors to use with school aged children to keep them engaged, including adaptations to the environment, adding more stories, offering more sophisticated materials for free-art responses, and more. There are compelling reasons for doing Godly Play with this age group and this book shows you how.

Praise for the Godly Play series:

"Jerome Berryman recognizes the inherent spirituality of childhood and his message in this book empowers parents and caregivers to nurture their children’s connection to their place of belonging in God’s ongoing story."
Christian Education Journal

"Jerome Berryman's work helps children internalize the Christian tradition, and then offers them the opportunity to use that tradition in their daily living."
—Rev. Jim Carr, Methodist Minister, San Antonio

Heather Ingersoll, Jerome W. Berryman, Cheryl V. Minor

Cheryl V. Minor is the Director of the Center for the Theology of Childhood, the academic/publishing arm of the Godly Play Foundation. For over 25 years, she has served as co-rector at The Parish of All Saints' Church in Belmont, Massachusetts. With a degree in Music Education from Boston University, an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Northcentral University in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Minor is also a Godly Play Trainer and has been deeply involved in designing the Godly Play Foundation's training models. She lives in Belmont, Massachusetts. Jerome W. Berryman is the founder of Godly Play and has a wide experience working with children ages 2–18. Priest, writer, lecturer, and workshop leader, Berryman is Senior Fellow of the Center for the Theology of Childhood. He is the author of The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Teaching Godly Play, Children and the Theologians, The Spiritual Guidance of Children, and Stories of God at Home. He lives in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Heather Ingersoll, PhD, is the executive director of the Godly Play Foundation. She joined the Godly Play Foundation as the Executive Director in the Fall of 2020. She earned a PhD in Education from Seattle Pacific University and an MA in Family Life Education from Concordia University. She has worked for several Christian churches supporting children's ministry programs, served as a professor of early childhood education and taught courses in child development, positive psychology, spirituality in the schools, and children's ministry. She lives in Wilsonville, Oregon.

". . . A fundamental guide to how Godly Play can grow with our children on the developmental journey through middle and late childhood. The book calls us to create spaces for older children that give them permission to play, to wonder, to allow for mystery and big questions-Godly Play spaces." -Melinda Wenner Bradley, Director of Communication and Training at Faith and Play Stories (the Quaker adaptation of Godly Play) "Cheryl's depth and breadth of experience with children of all ages and her commitment to faith formation make this book a solid addition to every Christian educator's library." -The Rev. Dr. Rosemary Beales, Godly Play Trainer

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