Kid Talk Flipbook For Review 05.10

Kid Talk Leader’s Guide – Week 11
“Wilma,” the Pop-Up Puppet has been previously introduced. The children will have the
opportunity to make a puppet of their own in Week 13 (p. 129). Using her this session
will increase their enthusiasm for making their own puppet.
My Gratitude List: OS p. 34 is an important lesson in the power of gratitude towards
our good mental health and the healing of our grief. The Bible says we are to be thankful
IN all things. That is not FOR them, but in the midst of them. We trust God when we
don’t understand. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. (He is smarter!) He has
asked us to be thankful. It is for our own well-being. Let’s take time to “count our
blessings.” It is really a good habit to do this every morning or at some point every day.
Treasured Memories: OS p. 35. Print coins on gold paper or print a PDF of gold
coins from www.kidtalkgrief.com. Give each child a half-sheet to cut out. Prepare the
pages before the children arrive as follows: use an X-acto knife to make a horizontal slit
between the top left and bottom right corners of the treasure chest. Use a glue stick
around all the open edges of a 3 ” x 6 ½” envelope and place it on the back of the page
over the opening in the treasure chest. The children can then insert the coins with their
treasured memories into the chest. Challenge the children to remember things that
were not in their floral bouquet of memories. They can take coins home and have their
family add memories also.
Treasured Memory Boxes: are an all time favorite of the kids. Obtain cigar boxes
from a local smoke shop. They will often donate them for your purpose. Each child
decoupages magazine pictures and words that remind them of their person who died
onto the outside and/or inside of their box with Mod Podge. Be careful not to let glue get
on the top edges of the box so the lid sticks closed. Figure out a way to prop them open
until they dry. Ask the children if they have something that belonged to their person who
died. Will it fit into their memory box? What might they like to add in the future?
Seasonal cards? Photos? The memory box gives us a place to keep “connecting links”
with our decedent.
Banana Palm Tree: www.mommysfabulousfinds.com/fruit-palm-tree-how-to-getkids-to-eat-fruit.
These are made by splitting a banana in half lengthwise and laying the
flat sides down curved away from each other on a plate. Cut Kiwi slices in half to make
the palm branches with sections of fresh mandarin oranges at the base. Palm trees can
withstand heavy storms: so can we, with God’s help.
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