Lesson Plans

Lesson plans using literature as a central element can be found from this page. These lesson plans are offered with permission for local churches to use them in their ministry. We request that you give credit to the writers whose work you use and it would be wonderful for you to leave a comment on the lesson plan entry letting us know how you used these ideas.

The Magic Circle

15 August 2012, Comment are Off

Name of Book: The Magic Circle Author: Donna Jo Napoli Illustrator: unknown Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books ISBN: 0525451277 Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: Author Donna Jo Napoli provides different voices and perspectives in her re-fashioning of well known fairy tales...

The Quiet Book

28 March 2012, 1 Comment

Name of Book: The Quiet Book Author: Deborah Underwood Illustrator: Renata Liwska Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children ISBN: 978-0547215679 Audience: Ages 3 and up; may work well as part of an intergenerational conversation. Summary: This picture book explores...

Literature Circle Curriculum: Tuck Everlasting

09 February 2011, Comment are Off

This is the third literature circle plan offered by Union Presbyterian Seminary students. This four session, intergenerational plan was written by student Susan Wills and uses the book Tuck Everlasting. You are welcome to use the plan in your ministry setting, but please...

Literature Circle Curriculum: Same Kind of Different As Me

26 January 2011, Comment are Off

This is the second in a series of posts that offer lesson plans for literature circles in the church. Donna Fair uses Same Kind of Different as Me as the focus for a six-week intergenerational and family unit that can be used in a variety of settings. Click on the link below to...

Literature Circle Curriculum: The BFG

12 January 2011, Comment are Off

Way back in February, 2010, Pamela Mitchell-Legg wrote a blog post here about literature circles. Her Fall term students have written literature circle sessions based on books of their choosing and we’re happy to share the first one here by Union Presbyterian Seminary...

Lesson Plan: A Parent Workshop

08 April 2010, Comment are Off

Student Jim Collins developed a 3 hour workshop for parents that helped them learn to evaluate children’s books and see how they can be tools for faith conversations with their children. Books used in this workshop include: How Full is Your Bucket? (Tom Rath and Mary...

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children, Sessions 6 & 7

01 April 2010, 2 Comments

Union-PSCE will be closed tomorrow, Good Friday, and we are therefore posting the final two sessions in this series of lessons today. Session 6 helps parents consider how to practice worship with children and session 7 demonstrates possibilities for Bible study with children. A...

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children, Session 5

31 March 2010, 2 Comments

Healing is the focus of this session in the Practicing Christianity with Children series by Kim Lee. Miss Tizzy and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, as well as art works, help parents experience how to help their children explore this aspect of Christian life. Download session...

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children – Session 4

30 March 2010, Comment are Off

The practice of prayer is central to the life of faith of most Christians. Using a variety of children’s books, parents begin to explore their understanding of prayer and how to help their children develop their own understanding and practice of prayer. Download session 4 here.

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