LESSON: 1🔗

Introduction: Introduce to the children about the topic of innocence

Goals: To make the children understand about the concept of innocence.

About the Topic: Constantly, we are asked to be good, to be pure, and to be innocent , the idea of innocence is forced upon us, constantly we are taught by society, by moralists, that something is right, something is wrong, constantly we are taught the idea of good & bad, something is innocent & something is corrupted, we are forced to practice something that is good or what society thinks is good.

Life is totally different, what society believes is different from what life is Innocence means purity of the inner space not being affected by thoughts or engraved memories then if you are not expressing your emotions like anger greed & lust, if they are present in your inner space you are not as yet a total & innocent person. On the other hand if you express your anger lust & greed but nothing touches your inner space & you live like an innocent child then be very clear, you are a pure being. Innocence is directly related to the inner space it is no way related to the outer world. unless you are with out logic or tired of logic you cannot be ready for transformation. Logic cannot help you understand even your own life. logic does not allow you to be simple & innocent .only when there is no logic there can be innocence .

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# INNOCENCE

Innocence is the space for transformation to happen. There is so much freshness behind innocence. Life becomes an unfolding mystery every moment with it. That is the truth. Life is an ever unfolding mystery. It is the mind that typecasts it. The mind always wants life on its own specific terms. Innocence embraces life with life's own terms. With the mind, life does not find a gate to enter with its mysteries. With innocence, life is welcomed to share its mysteries. Innocence trusts. Innocence does not worry about being exploited. There are three ways to ask a question. You can ask out of innocence, or you can ask out of knowledge to show that you too know, and third, you can ask to confirm that what you know is correct. When you ask out of innocence, you are completely ready to receive the answer. When you ask out of knowledge, you can completely miss the answer. When you ask for confirmation, you simply resist the answer.

Objectives: • How does our society condition us • Does our life is the same way as the society tell us? • What is innocence • Innocence is related to outer space or inner space • When there will be innocence • Can innocence so with logic? Can a logical person be innocent

Evaluation: Evaluate their knowledge of the topic for asking about to speak about their innocence

Conclusion:

INNOCENCE

Art of the day: Draw past, present and future

Materials needed: Plain sheet, pencil or sketch pen

Explanation: Encourage the children to draw their ideas of past, present and future in pictorial format. Ask children to explain to their friends what they have drawn. Inference;-Innocence is keeping the consciousness at the level of the heart, not allowing it to settle in the head.

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Activity for the Day: News paper Game

Explanation: Make the children into groups of four or five. Give each group a name or they can wear same color dress. Place few news papers on the ground. Now play the music or do clapping when clapping sound or music is stopped. They have to stand with their group in the corresponding newspaper. Whoever not standing in the group or standing with other group or not standing on the news paper will be out of the game.

Inference: This activity needs lots of co-ordination and focus and ability to respond immediately. When we drop our cunningness we can become more spontaneous.