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Wesak - A Buddhist Festival

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Celebrations Special Birthdays

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Try new activities confidently, and say why some activities are liked more than others.
  • Speak confidently in a familiar group, and talk about ideas.
  • Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories.
  • Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events, and respond to what is heard with relevant comments, questions or actions.
  • Know about similarities and differences between others, and among families, communities and traditions.

Lesson Planning

Children will take part in a meditation activity. They will listen to the story of the Bodhi tree, make mandala art, lanterns and lotus lamps!

Children will:

  • Consolidate their learning by taking part in child-initiated activities.
  • Understand the importance of Buddha and why his birthday is a Buddhist festiva.l
  • Acknowledge the practices of Buddhism and respond respectfully to them.
  • Accept that people have different faiths/beliefs and that should be respected.

You Will Need

  • Under the Bodhi Tree, A Story of the Buddha book
  • Models of Buddha
  • Non-fiction books about Buddha
  • Modelling clay
  • Resources for mandalas

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