The activity of this stage creates a space to respond to the inspirational nature of God’s creation. Try to channel this natural inspiration that one feels towards its ultimate goal, to worship the Creator and not the created things. It is not a Bible lesson or a sermon, although it could include Bible quotations.
Participants in a quiet environment, will show their admiration to God for being a provider, it can be in an artistic way (with drawings) spoken or written.
Each participant collects a certain amount of stones with which they will build an altar to God to thank him for something of great significance, pray for someone, or praise God for who he is.
Having observed the miniature things in God's creation, they pause. Cease your efforts to observe the natural. They are placed in a comfortable position, even in the midst of God's creation, and are invited to contemplate the supernatural and to list the little things that God has placed in their lives, however small they may be. After a time of silence, you are invited to walk on the lawn or field you have just explored. In awe and gratitude to God for this world beneath your feet, you pray aloud.
Participants look for a comfortable and secluded place. There, in prayer, they answer a reflection sheet that invites them to see themselves as one of the parts of a tree.
Once a campfire has been built, the participants will pause to observe and express their emotions to the group and praise God, recognizing the attributes of God through the characteristics of fire.
Stages of the Flow Learning Process
- Awakening Enthusiasm
- Focusing Attention
- Offering Direct Experience
- Worshiping the Creator
- Acting as Stewards of Creation
When you find an ecological topic of your interest and possibilities to explore, follow this sequence, and you will discover that the activities will generate appreciation, joy, gratitude and response to the beauty of creation.
(1) Cornell, JB, & Mané, P. (1982). Live nature with children. Editions 29.
Ecological Themes of the Collection
The unique factor of this collection is that in addition to organizing the activities into ecological themes, each Theme contains a sequence of five activities. This sequence is based on cutting-edge pedagogy that transforms children’s apathy toward nature into joy by having them play, observe, experiment, admire the Creator, and even take action to conserve nature. This system is called: Fluid Learning® (Used under license from Flow Learning® by Sharing Nature Worldwide). It traditionally has four stages, but for the purposes of this collection the fourth has been amended and a fifth stage has been added.
