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| Beulah Land by Gretchen Wolff Pritchard
Developing a Visual Vocabulary of Faith
Felt Bible Storytelling Curriculum
Recommended for ages 3 - 10
Appropriate for use with children from a wide range of multi-cultural backgrounds
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Rober Farrar Capon has written:
“The goal of Christian Education is not the communication of correct views about what the various works and words of Jesus might mean; rather it is the stocking of the imagination with the icons of those works and words themselves. It is most successfully accomplished, therefore, not by catechisms that purport to produce understanding, but by stories that hang the icons, understood or not, on the walls of the mind.” (Parables of Grace)
Beulah Land is a felt board teaching resource that offers the stories of the Christian faith to children in just such a manner. If it's time to revitalize your Christian Education program, time to "get back to basics" with the essential stories of the Christian faith, then we invite you to explore this flannel graph curriculum resource.
Why Felt Storytelling?
The storytelling technique is old....so old that it is new. It has been called felt story telling, flannel board, flannelgraph, felt board and probably several other names. Experts say that we retain 25% of what we hear, 45% of what we see and 65% of what we hear and see. As a teaching technique the Beulah Land felt story telling fosters learning through the eyes and the ears (of both the mind and heart!).
What are the main messages of Beulah Land?
There are several faith themes repeated throughout the Beulah Land flannel board scripts: “God has never stopped loving us”, “God’s love is always enough and more than enough.” and “Hear the story and let it change you.” Children hear these themes repeated, in the context of the foundational stories of the faith: Creation, Adam & Eve, Noah, Abraham, the Exodus, the fall of Jerusalem and the Exile, the prophecies relating to Jesus, Jesus’ life, death and resurrection and teachings and, finally, the church and our own story as part of the unfolding story of the faith.
What are the symbolic images?
The felt story telling images are rich with the symbolism of our faith. The persons of the Trinity are represented by two hands and a red heart, the figure of Jesus and the white dove. There is a rainbow, a tomb and a burst of light; sun and stars, hills and water lay the groundwork for building rich and suggestive landscapes. The Old Testament people are small, reflecting an appreciation of the role of landscape in the Old Testament (desert, city, Holy Mountain), as well as the distance from present day. The larger size of the New Testament and Modern Day people reflects their nearness to us and the more personal relationship that we have with Jesus.
Why are the images so powerful?
One user, a photographer, told us that the story tableaus are "visually arresting". The combination of color, simple images and excellent story scripts draws and keeps the attention of even young children. The very lack of superfluous detail helps the children attend to the images and the story.
What you get with the sets
These wonderful felt storytelling resources come in “kit” form. Each set includes story scripts, patterns printed on felt pieces and complete instructions for cutting and gluing. You’ll need scissors, glue and time. We recommend a felt board that is at least 40 inches high and 60 inches wide. We do not include the felt board or the felt to cover your board in any of these kits.
Why multiple sets?
We are a small organization and the only way in which we could economically develop these flannel board sets is in story groups. We recommend purchasing the first two sets together to give you the core stories you will need to tell the Story of Salvation from “In the beginning” to “happily every after”. The Old Testament Heroes, Acts and Adventures, Miracles (under development) and Parables (under development) fill in other stories that make more evident the theological themes of Beulah Land.
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Beulah Land Starter Set
Start your felt board story telling today. Click Here!
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$175.00
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Beulah Land Salvation Story Set
Your second step in felt storytelling.
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$225.00
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Beulah Land Old Testament Heroes Story Set
9 new stories of Old Testament heroes
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$185.00
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Beulah Land New Testament Acts & Adventures
5 New Testament stories tell the events of Easter Week, the Acts of the Apostles and the Adventures of Paul
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$150.00
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Beulah Land Curriculum
All you need to use Beulah Land in your parish: story sequence, worship outline, and lesson plan for each story.
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$80.00
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Beulah Land Salvation Story
From "In the beginning" in Creation to "happily ever after" in Revelation. (DVD format)
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$26.99
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