For this November's Children's Program we explored the theme of gratitude. We practiced "hot chocolate meditation," pretending to smell delicious hot chocolate (or another warm beverage of choice) on the breath in through the nose, then imagining cooling the drink down with the out breath. We then read a story about things that make us happy and created our own gratitude journals to bring home. After enjoying a scrumptious snack, we joined the adults in wood-stacking work practice, as a way to express our gratitude to the temple by participating in its care.
