Prep-Yr+2+Reference+Group

**Welcome to the Prep- Yr 2 Religion Curriculum Reference Group**. This is a page for members of the Prep-Yr.2 New Religon Curriculum Reference Group to view and add information that may be of assistance to others in the group.







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= = = =  Notes from teleconferences =
 * Rockhampton Group || [[file:Notes from Rocky.doc]] || [[file:Notes from Rockhampton.doc]] ||
 * Mackay Group || [[file:Notes from Mackay.doc]] || [[file:Notes from Mackay.doc]] ||
 * Gladstone Group || [[file:Notes from Gladstone.doc]] || [[file:Notes from Gladstone.doc]] ||
 * Bundaberg Group || [[file:Notes from Bundaberg.doc]] || [[file:Notes from Bundaberg.doc]] ||

List of suggested Chilren's Literature that may support the teaching of religious concepts = Eric Carle || Three questions - when is the best time to do things? Who is the most important? What is the right thing to do? || early/middle/upper || Jon J Muth || Austrailan and Moroccan || early, middle and upper || Jeannie Baker || God is love, God is joy, God is a mystery, God is a shepherd.... || Early || Marie-Helene Delval ||
 * Name of children's literature The Mixed-up Chameleon || ISBN number || religious concept acceptanceof self and diversity || approproiate year level. Early Years || Author
 * The Quilt maker's gift ||  || beauty, generosity ||   || Jeff Brumbeau ||
 * The man whose mother was a pirate ||  || Family ||   || Margaret Mahy ||
 * Strega Nova ||  || respect ||   || Tomie de Paola ||
 * Wombat Stew ||  || friendship || Early years || Marcia Vaughan ||
 * Does a kangaroo have a mother too? ||  || family || Early years || Eric Carle ||
 * I am absolutely too small for school ||  || acceptance || Early Years || Lauren Child ||
 * What makes me happy? ||  || Emotions ||   || Catherine and Laurence Anholt ||
 * Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day ||  || emotions || Early years || Judith Viorst ||
 * I'm green and I'm grumpy ||  || emotions, illness ||   || Alison Lester ||
 * Grandmother ||  || Family || Early years || Jeannie Baker ||
 * My dad ||  || Family || Early Years || Anthony Browne ||
 * My mum ||  || Family || Early years || Anthony Browne ||
 * Shoes from grandpa ||  || family || Early years || Mem Fox ||
 * Greetings from Sandy Beach ||  || family || Early years || Bob Graham ||
 * Our Granny ||  || family || Early years || Margaret Wild ||
 * Follow me ||  || conversation || Earlyyears || Rick Searle ||
 * Sunshine ||  || family || Early years || Jan Ormerod ||
 * John Brown, Rose and the Midnight cat ||  || family || Early years || Jenny Wagner ||
 * Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge ||  || memories, relationships, family || Early years || Mem Fox ||
 * Grandpa and Thomas ||  || family, relationships || Early years || Pamela Allen ||
 * Koala Lou ||  || family, relationships || Early years || Mem Fox ||
 * There's a sea in my bedroom ||  || fears || Early years || Margaret Wild ||
 * Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam || 0-439-80923-1 || following Jesus' example ||  || Hans Wilhelm ||
 * God loves me more than that || 978-1-4000-7316-0 || God's love for us enables us to,love others. ||  || Dandi Daley Mackall ||
 * God's Quiet Things ||  || An unusual and effective way to introduce nature's silent features as interesting and well worth our attention || Early years/ middle years || Nacy Sweetland ||
 * God's Paintbrush || 1-58023-195-0 || All about God and how I refelct God in thoughts feelings an actons || Early -middle years || Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ||
 * Because nothing looks like God ||  || introduce students to concepts of God ||   || Lawrence Kushner ||
 * God thinks you're wonderful || 0-8499-5650-1 || sense of self - God's love for you || Early years || Max Lucado ||
 * The Little Prince || 9-780156012195 || The secret of what is really important in life. || Upper years || Antoine De Saint-Exupery ||
 * The colour of home || 978-0-7112-1991-5 || The story of a refugee child || Early/Middle years || Mary Hoffman ||
 * Of Thee I sing || 978-0-375-83527-8 || The potential of each of us to pursue our dreams || Early/middle/upper || Barak Obama ||
 * The third gift || 978-0-547-20195-5 || The gift of myrrh - enchanting story || Early/Middle || Linda Sue Park ||
 * The Stranger || 978-0-395-42331-8 || mystery and wonder of creation || Middle /Upper || Chris Van Allsburg ||
 * In God's name || 9-781879-0-4526-2 || names and images of God || early/middle/upper || Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ||
 * The three Questions || 978-0-439-19996-4 || based on the story by Leo Tolstoy
 * Grandad's Prayers of the Earth || 9-780763606602 || Wonder of creation || early/middle || Douglas Wood ||
 * Do you want to be my friend? || 0-399-21598-0 || friendship || early || Eric Carle ||
 * Dust || 9780733320736 || famine, social justice || upper || Save the children ABC ||
 * Mirror || 978-0-7636-4848-0 || two cultures, two stories
 * Old Turtle || 978-0439-30908-0 || a message of love and tolerance and honouring the sacredness of life || early, middle and upper || Douglas Wood ||
 * Old Turtle and the Broken Truth || 978-0-439-32109-9 || a parable about the reverence for the earth and all its creatures - including humankind. || early, middle and upper || Douglas Wood. ||
 * I like Me || 0-14-050819 || individuality || Early/middle || Nancy Carlson ||
 * The Bicycle || 978-0-7333-2987-6 || Charity and gratefulness || Early/middle and upper || Colin Thompson ||
 * Sometimes Love is under your foot || 978-1-74169-088-0 || Love and acceptance || Early/middle and upper || Colin Thompson ||
 * Sunday Chutney || 9780670071791 || Friendship, family, acceptance || Early/middle || Aaron Blabey ||
 * Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley || 9780143503071 || Friendship and diversity || Early/middle || Aaron Blabey ||
 * Free to a good home || 9781741663198 || Acceptance of differences || Early/middle and upper || Colin Thompson ||
 * The Big little book of happy sadness || 9781741662573 || Love and family || Early/middle and upper || Colin Thompson ||
 * Colors come from God... Just like me || 978-0687006502 || God's creation and diversity || Early/middle || Carolyn A. Forche ||
 * Pslams for young Children || 978-0-8028-5322-6 || praying wth the pslams || Early || Marie-Helene Delval ||
 * If Jesus lived inside our hearts || 978-0-8249-5606-6 || Kindness and generosity to others || Early || Jill Roman Lord ||
 * Images of God || 978-0-8028-5391-2 || Excellent for examing the various images of God
 * God thinks you're wonderful || 978-0-8499-5650-8 || self-esteem || Early || Max Lucado ||
 * Does God Hear My Prayer/ || 9781594731020 || Prayer is understood as listening, talking and friendship rather than demands || Early/Middle || Diane Hardy Waller ||
 * Humphrey's First Palm Sunday || 9780824956363 || Humphrey reveals the story of Jesus and Palm sunday through the eyes of a camel. It is a story of conversion, humility and pride. || Early/Middle and Upper || Carol Heyer ||