What’s a Funeral Anyway? A Special Time to Always Remember ™ (The STAR Class) is a sensitive, caring approach to helping kids understand the funeral process, through stories, pictures, discussion, a craft activity, and a STAR message.
Help at a Difficult Time
The days surrounding a death can be a confusing and disorienting time for young children. Altered daily routines and unfamiliar sights and sounds can be difficult for them to understand and cope with. Children notice even the most subtle changes in their routines and surroundings.
The STAR Class contains words and images that are not usually a part of everyday conversation for children or adults. Providing children with the opportunity to hear the words of the funeral process, to express feelings and concerns in a creative art activity, and to write a STAR message to their loved one who has died can give them a sense of power over this new experience and help allay fears about what the funeral is all about.
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Your Funeral Home can provide this solution!
Set your Funeral Home apart from your competition by providing this service to your at-need families. All you need to get started is The STAR Kit, which contains everything necessary to implement this innovative and valuable program. The Instructor’s Manual takes you step by step through the class with a script, pictures, samples and stories.
Providing this specialty to your Funeral Home’s client families is a wonderful way to show your community that you care.