Boys in Godly Play
Last night I helped to lead a fund-raiser for a youth group in our congregation. See Starting a Junior Youth Group. The group, which is planning a pilgrimage in July of 2008, consists of seven young men and one young woman. I suddenly realized that our upper elementary Godly Play class is the fall will have much the same ratio of boys to girls. My class list shows and ten boys and one girl!
From experience, I know this will require some shifts in my planning. Stay tuned to the schedule page to see a slightly altered schedule for our “boys class.”
● Recruit 50% men as Godly Play teachers. Jerome Berryman has always stressed the importance of this. With a large percentage of boys in the class, male teachers are a must.
● Speak with each parent to get a better idea of the learning styles of each boy in the class. This will help me know how many kinesthetic learners we will have, and which boys prefer puzzles, three dimensional work, or classificatory work.
● Include more movement-oriented options before getting ready, during response time, or before the feast. I will mention these in my new lesson outline.
● Include supplies for woodworking and model-building on our art shelves.
● Plan for about one class a month to take place outside the classroom. We will allow for some adventure and discovery through field trips to different parts of the church , Christian symbol scavenger hunts, Labyrinth walks, etc.
Kathleen Capcara
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