LESSON: 4
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Introduction: Welcome the children to the topic of 'Taking things for granted.'
Goals: To make the children become aware of the fact that we lose gratitude towards everything when we take things for granted.
Click: Don't take things for granted
About the topic: The main reason why we miss experiencing gratitude is that we take everything for granted. Others do things for us out of love, as a kind gesture; but we take these things for granted. Each individual plays an equal part in our life; no one should be taken for granted. We take our parents, our friends as granted and we think whatever we receive from them is our birth right. This thought prevents us from expressing gratitude towards them. There are people who are born with deficiencies or are differently able, but we have everything. Yet we take it all for granted. When we see things with gratitude we become one with the galaxy and our inner space expands like a galaxy. When we take things for granted, appreciation will never come spontaneously to us. We always take relationships for granted. Learn to treat every individual as a part of the whole and feel gratitude towards him or her. Your response to recognize the abundance of existence is being thankful. It happens as causeless flowering within us. Gratitude is the best service rendered to oneself. Our focus merges me to the oneness. When you are able to look at things with a wonder filled attitude and awe you will be simply resonating with your heart.
Assessment: • What would you mean by taking things for granted? • What would happen when we take things for granted? • What are the things that we usually take for granted? • What would happen to our inner space if we take things for granted?
Art of the Day - Making a scenery
Materials Needed: Chart, Poster colors, Safety Scissors, Plain Sheet, and glue.
Procedure: Give each child the materials needed and encourage each child to cut different structures using safety scissors towards building scenery. Children can stick the cut out in a plain sheet and using their creativity, color it beautifully.
Activity of the day - water and glass
This is a very simple activity to illustrate the difference in perspective and how we see things:
Material required: Glass and water.
Presentation:
- Discuss with the class the different ways people see things. When we are happy or positive, everything looks bright and happy. When we are upset, or angry, everything seems to go wrong.
- Now take a glass and fill it with water to the half way mark.
- Ask each child in turns: Is it half full? Or half empty? It is just a point of view about how we see things differently. When we see a rose with thorns, do we admire the beauty and fragrance? Or do we complain about the thorns? Explain how our positive outlook and gratitude is very important.
Variation; Using colored glass paper, the children can look through the glass to illustrate changes in perspective.
Conclusion: When we are in now and in the present, we are able to notice and observe things all around us. Every moment is wisdom. The way we see things is called perspective, and if we see things as is, life will be enjoyable.
[Figure: Gratitude icon]
Work shop 2 – How do we understand each emotion in each G
Topic of discussion How do we understand each emotion in each G.
Explanation: Allow them to explain what they understand from each emotion in each G.
For example: Ask each child how they can express the gratitude emotion in each G.
For example: 1 G will say thanks just for the sake of being polite 2 G we will present a gift or write a letter 3 G we will personally express thanks to the person. 4 G expecting something in return 5 G present an appropriate gift. 6 G we will be in awareness while doing the presentation 7 G Beyond everything, everything is bliss.