INTRODUCTION
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TO GRATITUDE
INTRODUCTION:
Introduce the children to the topic of gratitude
GOALS:
To make the children understand gratitude
CLICK OF THE TOPIC:
The religion of gratitude is based
on an overwhelming gratitude
from within towards god or
existence.
ABOUT THE TOPIC:
We are asking for something or the other continuously in our minds. In fact we are so much in tune with asking, that it has become an unconscious process within us and we might not even accept that we are asking. We don't even see it as asking. It has become a natural way of life! We have become very involved in it and therefore unable to distance ourselves from it and see it with a fresh mind.
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The religion of gratitude is based on just an overwhelming gratitude from within, towards God or Existence. It is quite contrary to what is taught to us from childhood. We have always been taught to thank only for what we receive, that's all. We have been taught gratitude as social etiquette; nothing more than that!
There is nothing wrong with prayer, but getting stuck in the act of asking while praying is where the trouble starts. Prayer should be used as a jumping board to enter into meditation; a meditation where gratitude becomes prayer and your being becomes bliss!
OBJECTIVES
¤ Which has become an unconscious process within us?
¤ Which has become a natural way of life?
¤ Which is the base for the religion of gratitude?
¤ How we have been taught about gratitude?
¤ Where does the trouble start?
¤ How should our payer be?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY
DRAW GRATITUDE iN A PiCTORiAL FORMAT
MATERIALS NEEDED:
• Paper
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Coloring items
PROCEDURE: Encourage children to draw gratitude in a pictorial format and ask them to talk about what they have drawn
INFERENCE: The religion of gratitude is based on just an over helming gratitude from within towards god or existence..
WORKSHOP OF
THE DAY
Talk about treating gratitude as social etiquette.
GAME OF THE DAY
GAME OF THE DAY:
BLIND LUNCH
For this game you will need a CD player, and a CD with music on it suitable for the party. One person is chosen to be the music player and once they know how the CD player works they are blindfolded. The other players organize themselves into a circle. As the music plays they will pass an object such as a hairbrush from one player to the other. When the music player feels like it, they pause the music. Whoever is holding the item at the time is out. The music is then un paused and they continue until there is one player left. They are the music player and repeat the game
CONCLUSION:
Conclude the topic by
reiterating the important
details.
