Forever Fingerprints
Sherrie Eldridge speaking on Forever Fingerprints
The Value of the Book:
These resources have been designed to accompany the Forever Fingerprints book! It is versatile and can be used in a variety of ways to meet the needs to families and children. The book itself:
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Provides a tool for talking adoption in a healthy way with your children
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Shows the secret of showing unconditional love to your adopted or foster child
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Helps the child feel a deepened sense of connection to both parents–adoptive/foster and birth families.
Adoption Ceremony to Accompany Book:
This short ceremony helps bring structure to a difficult day of saying goodbye, either to one’s birth parents or foster parents.
Downloads:
The Craft Sheet to Use for Personal or Public Fingerprinting Events
This craft sheet can be used in a variety of ways. Just supply these stheets (free download here) and ask everyone present to make a picture about adoption with fingerprints, colored markers, etc.
You will be amazed at what everyone creates!
Fingerprinting Activities for:
- National Adoption Month (November)
- Orphan Sunday
- Book store reading
- Llibrary reading
- School reading
- Life books–have your child do one every year and see how his/her view of adoption changes over the years!
Downloads:
Forever Fingerprints Craft Sheet
Sherrie and baby Hannah.
