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Godly Play Curriculum Principles

“Re-sacralizes everyday objects” thereby teaching a “sacramental worldview,” wherein the “sacredness in the ordinary” is recognized.
Teaches that there is Kairos time (significant time) as well as chronos time (chronological) Kairos time is not concerned with the clock but with seeing God at the center of daily life.
Teaching quiet and deliberation, “care and patience”
Using verbal and non-verbal learning
Uses a “discovery” rather than a “transfer” method of learning
Encouraging the creation of meaning through responses in art, drama, and play
Teaches story as an elemental way of knowing and learning
Demonstrates biblical model of “action and reflection”
“Teaches kindness and mutuality through its rituals and by the way it organizes physical space, objects and a group of children.” Embodies “the biblical ethic of how people are to live together”
Offers a contemporary child’s version of “lectio divina” or holy reading, wondering, and meaning making. Instead of cognitive analysis alone, kinesthetic and artistic learning is used.