Materials Needed:
- Paper
- Pencil or Sketch or Pen
Procedure:
- Talk to the children about loving nature.
- Explain to them how happy we feel admiring nature.
- They can view any drawings of nature and draw. 4. They can draw pictures of plants, fruits or sun or sky in their own imaginative ways.
- Talk to them about living close to nature, loving nature gives us tremendous pleasure.
- Our inner space expands when we admire and enjoy nature.
- Talk to the children about taking care of nature.
Activity - Airplane: Connected with each other
Material required: Building Blocks (at least 7 per child) This is a fun activity that shows the importance of working together.
Discussion:
Gather everyone in a circle and give them 7 building blocks each and tell them to build a big airplane! Immediately they will look around and say "There is no way to do that as I only have 7 blocks. But if I join with this friend, together we will have 14." Then they will realize, "We should all join together as a team." So they mix them all up, put the blocks in the middle, and work together in unity. Someone can help with the propeller, others with the body, the wings, the tail, and together make a big airplane! Once it is finished, just sit back and admire it!
Questions:
- Are you able to make it on your own?
- And isn't it beautiful how we all worked together in UNITY?
- How do you feel? Happy/sad?
- Do you feel open or closed now? Do you feel heavy or light?
- Imagine if the whole world was able to work together in unity and be happy? Wouldn't that be bliss?
They all can put up their arms and shout "HAPPY!" releasing the positive energy to touch others in the world.
Optional: You can also take a picture of the completed model airplane and put it up in a common place to remind everyone that the unity they exhibited by working together and sharing is love.
Activity - iDENTITIFY Your "G"
Write in which 'G' they do their day to day activity.
- 1. G- Unknown
- 2. G Anger
- 3. G Greed
- 4. G Fear
- 5. G Happy, Creative, Intuitive
- 6. G-Purpose of life
- 7. G Beyond
Explanation: Ask the children to contemplate and write the 'G' in which they conduct their day to day activity.
For example: When they brush their teeth in which 'G' are they established? Whether they are working unknowingly or they are brushing out of ANGER, (or) acting out of GREED or getting something as a gift (or) working out of fear of infection, or is it out of happiness or with the thought that is the purpose of life or beyond that. Encourage each child to analyze in which 'G' they perform their different activities. Inference: Explain to the children when you do things out of Anger, without liking it, it only leads to suffering. As we grow bigger it will become a pattern. The brain grows in patterns. Every activity which we perform must be in 5G - happy, creative, and intuitive. We need to be creative in each activity. When we are in 5G, we will be in a happy, creative, open and intuitive spectrum.