We followed the program for the day quite closely:
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and meditation
10:10 - 10:50 Daniel Yeo “how best to use the Come & See CDs” gave us a great show, with music, dancing and a lot of ideas on how to make our classes more fun. The CDs of D-Kidz, his group, can be acquired in the website. You can listen to samples in his site or from Buddhanet here. The songs tell the story of Buddha and as such they can be very useful. Note, some of the lyrics have religious connotations common in asian countries, but that not all teachers might want to bring to their classes in Australia (or other western countries). As I told Daniel, I wish I could sing and entertain like that!, but as he replied 'if you can't sing, use the CD!'
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and meditation
10:10 - 10:50 Daniel Yeo “how best to use the Come & See CDs” gave us a great show, with music, dancing and a lot of ideas on how to make our classes more fun. The CDs of D-Kidz, his group, can be acquired in the website. You can listen to samples in his site or from Buddhanet here. The songs tell the story of Buddha and as such they can be very useful. Note, some of the lyrics have religious connotations common in asian countries, but that not all teachers might want to bring to their classes in Australia (or other western countries). As I told Daniel, I wish I could sing and entertain like that!, but as he replied 'if you can't sing, use the CD!'
10:50 - 11:10 DET Representative on their protocols. A discussion of mostly administrative issues, but the lady who presented provided some useful materials.
11:10 - 11:30 Michelle Corby “meditation with children”. Michelle told us about her experiences and a discussion followed.
11:30 - 11:40 Break
11:40 - 12:00 TC Lim “the Dhammapada”. TC Lim, a long term benefactor of different Buddhist organizations told the personal story of editing a version of the Dhammapada, and suggested looking into it as a source for children stories.
12:00 - 12:30 Ven Jin Rou "Teaching Ecology through Buddhist Stories" read some of the stories she has written.
12:30 - 12:50 Group discussions
11:10 - 11:30 Michelle Corby “meditation with children”. Michelle told us about her experiences and a discussion followed.
11:30 - 11:40 Break
11:40 - 12:00 TC Lim “the Dhammapada”. TC Lim, a long term benefactor of different Buddhist organizations told the personal story of editing a version of the Dhammapada, and suggested looking into it as a source for children stories.
12:00 - 12:30 Ven Jin Rou "Teaching Ecology through Buddhist Stories" read some of the stories she has written.
12:30 - 12:50 Group discussions
We then went for a delicious lunch at a restaurant in Crows Nest.
Thank you to Roselin and Brian for organizing this
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