Mommy has been waiting for almost a year to enroll Eeanne into BGF Kids Dhamma Class, and this year we have finally started in January as BGF only take in kids above 4yo.
So what is Dhamma Class? Of course it is not about all the Buddhist religion theories for a 4 y.o. kid. It is more on the good moral and value cultivation through a Buddhist dhamma(teaching). Here kids are guided to live in a buddhist way to learn their public responsibility in every aspect especially the filial piety values to parents, respectful to themselves, others, society and nature.
The class is started with simple puja leaded by the teachers, followed by a story telling that always ends with a take home moral and value to be learnt.
All kids like especially the art and craft session, kids will draw and make characters related to the story they just heard. As recently kids were taught to use dooh to make the farm animals after the organic farm visit.
In between, there will be a short rest time with light meal served such as biscuit, bread etc. Then there will be group singing session with all kids sitting in a circle passing the teddy bearJ
Mommy likes the most on the ending program which is the kids “meditation”!! Hahaha…it is real hard to keep kids quiet even for one minute, kids are always have much to talk and gestures to move around. But during this “meditation” session, all kids are required to lie down, close their eyes and pretending to sleep! At this stage of age, they will not be taught of what is meditation and how to do it, what it is required is just to let them practice how to be quiet just for themselves, not falling asleep and just doing nothing..:-) The lights will be switched off and it is kinda peaceful and sweet to look at all those little ones lying at their own styles…
Singing(using the rhyme of "Are You Sleeping")...."I love mommy, I love daddy, buddha too, buddha too....Mommy is my teacher, daddy is my teacher, buddha too, buddha too..."
