Kid Talk Flipbook For Review 05.10

Get Ready, Set, Go!
History and Perspective First
Over the last six years, the Kid Talk Curriculum and Our Story Memory Book have been
used in a Christian church setting alongside a well-known adult grief curriculum. We have
seen broken-hearted and acting-out children, transform before our eyes. What a
privilege it is to do this work.
While the activities are appropriate for use in schools, hospice follow-up or private
practice, what is laid out here was working in my church until the Covid 19 virus
interrupted with the need for social isolation. It is offered as a starting point and is easily
modified. As a woman of faith, adding scripture and a biblical perspective makes the
curriculum the “full-meal-deal.” Our loving God heals and created us to heal through the
process of grieving. Children can easily access the grieving process through this
curriculum.
Craft your own curriculum. For example, the sessions could be one hour instead of two
and there would be enough activities for almost double the number of sessions,
depending on whether you include a snack time. Each activity listed in the Curriculum
Summary is described in child-friendly language in the Leader’s Guide. Each session is
accompanied with a Supply List of the required materials. The Kid Talk Supply Pantry
(pp. 137-141) will tell you where to obtain what you need. The activities are listed
alphabetically in the Kid Talk Activity Locator on pp. 134-136 . The 14-Week Curriculum
Overview PDF, available at www.kidtalkgrief.com, is a useful tool to help you design your
own curriculum.
Kid Talk is a grief-support group for bereaved children, ages 6 to 12 and meets for up to
two hours, although the sessions are typically around 90 minutes, while the parents or
guardians attend their own group. Ideally, this 14-week grief-support program is offered
twice a year. Our meeting rooms are next door to each other. The adults assure us they
are glad to hear laughter coming from the children – like in our anger session when we
pop popcorn, without a lid!
Unless the Kid Talk group is small, it might not be possible to complete all the suggested
activities in the curriculum. No problem. The curriculum is very flexible.
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