A Young Unitarian Universalist's Doodle-ography Journal
The UU journal contains words and images that connect children and youth with their Unitarian Universalist heritage (including the principles and sources) as well as wisdom from other world religions and the earth. With the use of these prompts, children explore and meditate visually, through doodling.
New! The revised 2nd edition of the journal retains much of what made the first edition so popular, with a few new and different quotes and images. Some of the quotes have been expanded to include more of the original source, and attributions have been checked and corrected. The revised journal now offers an even deeper invitation into contemplation and points children more clearly toward the source traditions and authors.
Children at Midcoast UU Fellowship in Maine pick up journals and pens on their way in, and use them during service.
How to use the journal in class and church. Why not replace activity bags and pipe cleaners with a resource that supports the development of our youth's UU identity while calming and centering them on a much deeper level? Keep the journals and a supply of good pens at church for use during Sunday services, religious education classes, Coming of Age program, and youth group. At the end of the church year each child will have created a beautiful visual record of their journey and a memento of their faith community to take home and keep. Gallery of “doodled” pages.
What Doodle-ography can do. The journal can be used to encourage quiet contemplation and it has also been used very successfully as a support for attentive listening during story times and Sunday services. Recent research demonstrates that doodling actually improves retention of auditory information. Doodling has also proven a very effective aid to increasing focus for children who struggle with attention and anxiety issues. MORE INFORMATION
Who should use this journal? This journal is designed for youth, primarily for children ages 6 through 14, though younger children enjoy it as well. It is perfect for middleschool aged children and aa wonderful resourse for Unitarian Universalist religious education classes or at home. Highschool youth are happy using this journal or the ADULT EDITION.
How to get started: Each journal contains tips for getting started. We also offer Workshops designed to get you and your group off to a good start and to enable you to get the most that Doodle-ography has to offer.
The Young Unitarian Universalist's Journal is available from this website only. We have made every effort to keep it as affordable as possible, especially for church groups.
We offer volume discounts as follows:
1-4 journals, no discount
5-9 journals, save 10% ($1.50 off each journal)
10+ journals, save 20% ($3.00 off each journal)
Note: In order to keep up with demand for the Young UU's Journal, the revised second edition is now being professionally printed. The quality of the printing and binding quality now to the same high standard as the Doodle-ography Journal (for everyone). The price of this popular journal is now $14.95. To offset some of the increase, the new volume discounts are more generous.
We also have a journal for adults:
• Doodle-ography Journal (for Everyone)
And an interfaith journal for youth:
“The instructor notes were simple and clear. I oriented the children and co-teacher to the doodle journals in just a few minutes.… The children were excited and enthusiastic to begin working with their doodle jstoryournals [during the story].… After and discussion, the children were relaxed and centered enough to participate in a several-minute guided meditation.”