Activity - Rock water and sand
This is a wonderful illustration that represents that every moment is wisdom, that we can learn something new every day and in different ways through opening the mind.
Material required: Rocks or stones, Sand transparent container, Water.
Presentation:
1.Gather the class together and discuss the activity and topic. Explain how every second we can learn things and observe if we are in the present and now. Explain that humans only use 8 to 13% of our brains and this is an illustration that will help us understand.
- 2. Take the transparent container and ask the class if " it full? Or empty?".
- 3. Take the rocks and stones and fill it to the top and ask again. "Is it full?"
- Next take the sand and pour it in letting it filter through the stones and all the way into the container ask again" Is it full?".
- 5. Next take the water and shake the container letting it all filter down and the water filling up all the empty spaces Ask again "Is it full?".
- The point of this illustration is that we are constantly learning, always getting inputs. Our brains are always working and finding new things, we just have to be open to it. One more interpretation of this activity is that our wants and wishes keep on changing and it is very difficult to satisfy all our wants. Our mind always wants more and more, when we understand this we can easily differentiate our true needs from borrowed desires.
Variation:
You can have the kids draw an illustration of the concept on paper and make a collage. Or if those materials are not available or if you want to illustrate the concept quickly or reiterate it, you can draw the materials and do the activity with pictures drawn illustrating the activity and labeling what they represent on a whiteboard or on paper.