Children’s class kit
architecture — Children (6–9)
Auto-assembled from the Bahai Story Library
Stories
- The Man With the Stick and the Notebook
On a quiet mountain slope full of pine trees, one man walked back and forth for years, imagining a great curving path and beautiful buildings that did not exist yet.
— Rúḥíyyih Khánum, The Priceless Pearl
- The Architect Who Was Family
When it was time to build a beautiful crown over the Shrine of the Báb, Shoghi Effendi turned to a famous architect who happened to be his own father-in-law.
— Rúḥíyyih Khánum, The Priceless Pearl
Discussion questions
Coloring page
Girih Knot
A geometric pattern from the Persian girih tradition — interlocking strapwork that recurs in the architecture of mosques, tombs, and the Bahá'í Holy Places.