LESSON: 6
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Introduction: Introduce to the children the new topic of reaction or response.
Goals: To make the children understand about reaction or response.
Click: Respond with awareness instead of reacting.
About the topic: Action can be of two types. It can either be a reaction or it can be a response. When somebody insult you and you become angry. You are immediately reacting out of your past experiences. But a response is totally different from reaction. When someone insults you can first listen to him without immediately reacting. Then you can respond with awareness. You don't react from the past, you are now responding from the present. Let your response be like a pure reflection in a mirror with no judgment, let it come from the freshness of the present. Anything that comes from your past experiences is going to create unfulfillment. Anything from the present liberates . you are not a byproduct of your actions, you are far bigger than your actions.
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Objectives:
- What are the two types of action?
- What is a reaction?
- What is a response?
- Is reaction and response same?
- Which is most appropriate reaction or response?
- When you can respond with awareness?
- When we react out of our past decisions?
- Are you a byproduct of your actions?
Evaluation: Give turns for them to express their views and evaluate how will they understood. Conclusion:-Respond to situations by being in present
Art of the day: Sand Drawing
Materials Needed: Sand
Explanation: Explain to the children that they have to spread the sand on the floor or table and draw designs in the sand, they can also draw few pictures or figures.
Inference: Connect them to the fact, our mind is like the sand it is up to us to create positive beautiful designs-actions out of it.
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Unfulfillment
Activity of the Day: Looking into the eyes and saying something nice
Explanation: Encourage children to sit in pairs facing each other. Each one must look into the eye of the other person and say good things about that person. Each child will take turns to finish this game.
Inference: This activity enables each person to see the positive respects of the other person. This enables them to appreciate others and be more open minded, making others happy makes us more fulfilled.
Children can do the debate on the topic of the Reaction versus Response.