DR. SEUSS AND UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS: OVERVIEW OF SESSIONS
TITLE |
AGE YRS |
DATE |
TIME |
AFFIRMATIONS |
THEMES |
ACTIVITIES |
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins |
06-08. |
1938 |
12 min. |
We are fair and kind to each other. |
Responsibility for own actions |
Pictures. Competitive/noncompetitive games. Pennies |
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street |
03-08. |
1937 |
5 min. |
Everyone is important. Church is a place where we learn together. |
Imagination |
Walk, Hunt |
Bartholomew & the Oobleck |
05-08. |
1949 |
10 min. |
We are always learning. We help take care of our world. |
Environment Giving thanks |
Pictures, going outside |
Big Brag, The (Yertle the Turtle) |
05-08. |
1958 |
5 min. |
Everyone is important. |
Self-image |
Boasting, True and False |
Butter Battle Book, The |
10+ |
1984 |
10 min. |
We treat people with justice and equity. We help make the world better for everyone. |
Conflict |
Make flags |
Cat in the Hat Cat in the Hat Comes Back |
06-07. |
1957 1958 |
7 min. each |
We have a say about things that are important to us. We help take care of our world. |
Responsibility for own actions |
Storytelling Cleaning |
Daisy-Head Mayzie |
06-09. |
1995 |
10 min. |
Everyone is special |
Unexpected happenings |
Affirmation daisies |
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? |
03-09. |
1973 |
8 min. |
Everyone is important. |
Feeling sorry for yourself |
Making "Thankful" container Superstitions |
Dr. Seuss's A B C |
06-08. |
1963 |
Everyone is important. Church is a place where we learn together. |
Initials Alphabet in the church |
Initials Hunt around the church ABC book |
|
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book |
08-12. |
1962 |
10 min. |
Everyone is important |
Sleep as part of a day |
Relaxation Social justice project Cards |
Gertrude McFuzz (Yertle the Turtle) |
05-08. |
1958 |
5 min. |
Everyone is important We are always learning |
Adventure |
Make Gertrude Dress up |
Glunk that Got Thunk, The (I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today) |
05-08. |
1969 |
4 min. |
We have a say in what is important to us |
What we think |
"What if " game Thunk/Un-thunk cards Worry stones |
Great Day for Up |
03-06. |
1974 |
2 min. |
Everyone is important We are always learning |
What makes a day 'good'? |
Exercise Kites Up/Down cards |
Green Eggs and Ham |
06-07. |
1960 |
4 min. |
We are always learning. |
Try new things, diversity. |
Food collage Potluck meal "I Will Try" cards |
Happy Birthday to You |
06-11. |
1959 |
10 min. |
Everyone is important. |
Celebration |
Congregational birthday party Birthday cards |
Horton Hatches the Egg |
05-08. |
1940 |
10min. |
Everyone is important. We take care of our world. |
Stick to what you think is right. Environment |
Plastic eggs |
Horton Hears a Who |
05-08. |
1954 |
10 min. |
Everyone is important. We are kind and fair to each other. |
Every voice needs to be heard. Cooperation |
Make a Who Create a web Social action project |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
06-08. |
1957 |
8 min. |
Everyone is important We are fair and kind to each other We help make the world better for everyone |
Meaning of Christmas |
Social action project Caroling Christmas cards |
Hunches in Bunches |
06-10. |
1982 |
5 min. |
We have a say about things that are important to us. |
Making decisions Choices |
Walk, maze |
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today |
05-08. |
1987 |
3 min. |
We have a say about things that are important to us. |
Acting on something you want to do |
Stretching |
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today |
05-08. |
1969 |
1 min. |
We are always learning |
Know your own limits |
Social justice project |
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut |
06-08. |
1978 |
3 min. |
We are always learning Everyone is important |
Breadth of the world around us |
Various ways we 'read' |
I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew |
06-09. |
1965 |
10 min. |
Everyone is important. We have a say about things that are important to us. |
Facing troubles Choices |
Various problems Boasting |
If I Ran the Zoo |
05-08. |
1950 |
5 min. |
We take care of our world. |
Animal needs, variety |
Video of zoo, trip |
King Looie Katz (I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today) |
05-08. |
1969 |
3 minutes |
Everyone is important. We have a say about things important to us. |
Think and do things for yourself |
Acting the story |
King's Stilts, The |
05-08. |
1939 |
12 min. |
Everyone is important |
Work and Play |
Work and play cards |
Lorax, The |
07-08. |
1971 |
10 min. |
We take care of our world. |
Conservation |
Exercise Plant seeds Endangered species |
McElligot's Pool |
05-08. |
1947 |
8 min. |
We take care of our world. |
Environment Imagination |
Pollution experiment Collage |
Oh, The Places You'll Go |
05-08. |
1990 |
10 min. |
Everyone is important We are always learning |
Adventure |
Walk or game |
Oh, The Thinks You Can Think |
03-06. |
1975 |
3 min. |
We are always learning. |
Imagination |
Walk Mystery bag |
On Beyond Zebra |
03-08. |
1955 |
10 min. |
We are always learning. |
Imagination |
Letters |
Sneetches, The |
05-09. |
1961 |
Everyone is important. We are fair and kind to each other. |
No one is better than anyone else. |
Pictures Enact the story |
|
Too Many Daves (The Sneetches) |
05-09. |
1969 |
2 min. |
Everyone is important. |
Names |
Name cards |
What Was I Scared Of? (The Sneetches) |
05-09. |
1969 |
4 min. |
We are always learning. |
Overcoming fear |
Masks Pants |
Yertle the Turtle |
05-08. |
1958 |
5 min. |
Everyone is important We have a say in things that are important to us |
Power and having a say |
Yarn web Make turtles Feast |
Zax, The |
05-09. |
1969 |
2 min. |
Everyone is important. We are fair and kind to each other |
Stubbornness, power |
Enact the situation |
© Rev. Helen Zidowecki, May 2003