Resources for Any Study Circle

Child Education

http://www.education.usbnc.org/
The US Baha'i National Education Office's website.  Lots of great resources.

http://www.spiritual-education.org/ 
A great site for Baha'i lesson plan ideas for children's classes.

http://www.brilliantstarmagazine.org/
This magazine is designed for children ages six through twelve, is an excellent teacher’s resource and is a publication of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

http://www.virtuesproject.com/
The mission of The Virtues Project is to provide empowering strategies that inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life through programs of excellence and simplicity which support people of all ages to cultivate their virtues -- the gifts of character.

Baha'i Education Resources by Linden Qualls
Wonderful resources including the New World Order Games Manual with 150+ games for children, and a Creative Dramatics Manual. Many other thoughtful articles on teaching children spiritual virtues. Freely distributed, see Linden's terms of use.

"Peace Pack" Curriculum from Western Australia
The Peace Pack is a spiritual education programme. Its themes are deeply rooted in the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh and it consists of four books of over 100 teaching sessions and a CD called Children Sing Songs from the Peace Pack. It caters for ages 5–12 yrs. The Peace Pack is used for a Baha'i education program in 30 government primary schools as part of Special Religious Education (SRE) . The program has been running since 1993, and over 1000 children attend. The Peace Pack is available for purchase.

Tender Branches
An interactive program for parents and children (newborn to 5) designed to teach children about tolerance, kindness, responsibility, respect, generosity and other virtues relevant to our world today. Using a multi-cultural approach, each weekly workshop explores a different virtue through music, puppet shows, stories, games, and crafts.  Developed by a Baha'i, Karen Eshraghi, and based on Baha'i teachings. More information is available in addition to what is on the website, email Karen at tenderbranches@comcast.net. An excellent resource.

Baha'i Parenting
A website for Baha'i parents with a bi-monthly newsletter dedicated to raising families with strong spiritual values.

Childrensclasses.blogspot.com
A blog sharing one children's class teacher's efforts.

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