Loving others more than money
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: Ask the class: "Do you have any ideas of
what a person could do if he or she gets angry?" (Let them
answer. If it is appropriate, write down their ideas.) Develop
some practical ideas before time so that you can write them down
and send photocopied sheets home with younger children or that
older children can read, such as:
"Count to ten" when you get angry
"Ask for time out."
"Talk about what makes you feel angry" (without blaming the other person).
"Go somewhere and pray to God for the person who made you angry" because, you reason, they must have had a bad day or they would not have done what they did.
"Make peace with the person who made you angry" by shaking hands, apologizing (if that's in order), and so forth.
*Make up a story based on the children's level about a mean- spirited child who came from an abusive home and how he hurt your story's hero or heroine. Then show how he or she did not do what comes naturally (seeking vengeance) but, instead, learned to love, accept, reach out to and forgive the troubled child.
"Count to ten" when you get angry
"Ask for time out."
"Talk about what makes you feel angry" (without blaming the other person).
"Go somewhere and pray to God for the person who made you angry" because, you reason, they must have had a bad day or they would not have done what they did.
"Make peace with the person who made you angry" by shaking hands, apologizing (if that's in order), and so forth.
*Make up a story based on the children's level about a mean- spirited child who came from an abusive home and how he hurt your story's hero or heroine. Then show how he or she did not do what comes naturally (seeking vengeance) but, instead, learned to love, accept, reach out to and forgive the troubled child.
