This Year's Children's Class

Looking back at our previous year and after consultation, we decided that it would be best to keep a similar format as last year with just a few changes.  We will continue to have the helping hands job chart and we will repeat the lessons in Children's Classes Grade 1: Some Principles of Baha'i Education with our own twists to the lessons. Families are welcomed to stay for the classes. The class will go as follows:


1. Hello Song: the person whose name is on the helping hands chart will start

2. Songs: the person whose name is on the helping hands chart will take the basket around and pass out a shaker to each child. We will then sing the new song for the week's lesson ( in the ruhi book). The song helper picks a song from the previous lessons, which we sing and then the helper collects the shakers. This gives that individual child the opportunity to perform a service to others.

 

 

 

Split into two classes: We decided in consultation after last year, that it would be best to split into an older class and a younger class. This gives the older class an opportunity to expand their knowledge on each virtue in a more challenging way. It will also help them to better understand the meanings of the quotes and virtues as well as use them in their personal lives rather than just memorize what is being taught.


One class is for two to four year olds ( about eight children)
The other class is for five to seven year olds ( about four children)


Younger Class
Prayers: The person whose name is on the helping hands chart will start prayers. They can chose to say a prayer individually from their heart, pick a prayer to sing together, or say Allah-u-Abha
Movement: This is a different movement activity each week where sometimes it is yoga poses, sometimes it is obstacle courses, or any other type of movement. The child whose name is on the helping hands chart starts the movement or is first in line for that activity.
Story: This is sometimes a story with props or a picture book about the virtue for that week.
Mailbox: The child whose name is on the helping hands chart gets what is in mailbox. This is usually the coloring page colored and laminated for the lesson.
Painting: They will be using water colors to paint the coloring page that is in the ruhi book for that lesson


Older Class:
Prayers: the person whose name is on the helping hands chart will start prayers. We will have the prayer box from the previous year.


Mailbox: The person whose name is on the helping hands chart will get what is inside the mailbox. Usually it will be the quote for that lesson or an object that has to do with the quote


Story: We may have a story helper if needed which will be listed on the helping hands chart. The children may act out part of the story, there may be props, we may use the story in the ruhi book or a picture book.


Art: The art project can be anything we want it to be as long as it goes along with the virtue we are talking about for that week.
Game: We will use the game in the ruhi book if we want or find a game that we would like to do for that week. We can decide if we want to join the other class for the game or if it is more appropriate for just our age level.


The classes come back together for snack and virtue journals.