First: Welcome the children into the session. Say how happy we are to see them and how important they are for the class. Explain we will follow the letters of the alphabet in order to choose the volunteer for the opening prayer. So, the child’s name that starts with the letter A will do the opening prayer this time. Everybody will have the chance to collaborate as the weeks passed by.

         After that, the Spiritist worker will introduce the “Raffle Box of Prayers”. In your turn, each child will open the box, choose one prayer and read it loudly for whole class. We will do it until all the kids have their chance to choose and read a prayer.

         When the activity with the “Raffle box of Prayers” finishes the volunteer will collect the booklet “The Lord’s Prayer” with the children who was responsible in the previous week.

         The volunteer can make up a few questions, such as:

         * What did you most like in this prayer;

         * What could you learn during the week with the prayer and others

         The child can also read the prayer for his/hers colleagues. Another child will be able to choose himself/herself to take the booklet home and bring next week, at the end of this activity.

         The Lord’s Prayer booklet

         P.S. At the end of the class the parents will be informed and also asked about their availability to bring the booklet next week.

         Second: We will start at where we stopped last week: we had a ‘Cooking a friendship’ activity in which the volunteer brought a real pan, pieces of paper and recycled materials to the class. In addition, a recipe and instructions were given to the children, explaining how to “cook” a nice relationship.

         Recipe:

         Friendship Soup

         Ingredients:
         1 kg of Jesus’ teachings
         2 sticks of kindness
         1 teaspoon of patience
         2 bottles of silence
         3 tablespoons of respect
         3 pints of honesty
         1 cup of trust
         1 ½ cup of safety
         1 gallon of goofiness
         3 cups of having fun
         Humbleness as you like

         Instructions:
         Put the all the Jesus’ teachings inside of the pan. Leave for a while in order to think and understand all of it.
         Add kindness, patience and silence all together. Mix everything out very well in order to know how you should behave with your friends: such as, listening, being kind and helpful as much as you can.
         After, you should add respect and honesty in the pan and then bring everything to boil inside of your heart. So, we will be able to act kindly and respectful with everyone all the time.
         Now, you just need to sprinkle trust and safety all around the mix. Being honest with us is the secret of a good relationship because we will know the truth of our inner intentions.
         Put in low fire; add goofiness and fun on top of everything. The happy moments are great and should be enjoyed with care!
         At the end, you will need all the humbleness you have inside of your heart, so therefore you will be able to apologize yourself when you need and also put your friend under your shoes.
         Now your soup it is ready, please enjoy your relationship!

         Now it will be the children’s turn! It’s time for them to prepare their own recipe and objects to go into their soup.

         The volunteer will bring: recycled materials and pieces of paper
         Each child in his/her turn will have a chance to prepare their recipe.

         The volunteer will ask them to prepare a soup of kindness. What would be necessary?

         Third: Talk to the children about kindness.

         Fourth: Play the game called ‘A Manners Game’: The game consists of a game board and game cards. Print out the game board pieces and the card pieces you wish to use. Fit the three game board pieces together on a large piece of cardboard for strength. Cut apart the game cards and reinforce them with lightweight cardboard. The game cards, as well as the game board will be laminated in order to ensure they can be reused at a later stage.

         http://www.bry-backmanor.org/mannersgame.html.

         Fifth: Video - Kindness Video | Kind Kids Club | Random Acts of Kindness https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-videos/6813-kind-kids-club

         Extra activity: create tailored bookmark to be placed/hidden inside someone’s book! It needs to have the following phrase written on it: BE KIND AND PASS IT ON!

         Sixth: Activity – ‘A Tree of Gratitude’

         Seventh: Reading Time - The volunteer will read one question from the book: “The Spiritist for young adults and beginners” by Laura Bergallo and talk to the kids about it.

         Video - Star Size Comparison HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q

         Video - Amazing Things You Won't Believe Exist in Nature
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7AlgAuHZA

         Eighth: Prayer Activity

         Ninth: Healing Theatre - The volunteer will bring the poster made by the children in the previous class and ask what they remember.

         Ask 2 kids to come at a time; one of them should seat down on a chair placed in the middle of the room. Meanwhile the other children should read the instructions on the poster in order to teach how we should behave during the healing time. At the end each child would receive one necklace which says: “Very well done”.

         Tenth: Closing prayer - One of the children will do a closing prayer. Explain we will follow the letters of the alphabet in order to choose the volunteer for the closing prayer. So, the child’s name that starts with the letter B will do the opening prayer this time. Everybody will have the chance to collaborate as the weeks passed by.

         Suggested activity to be given as Homework

         Class suggested being suitable for: 1st Cycle (7 to 8 years old).

         Spiritist volunteer: Carolina von Scharten, London, linked to The Spiritist Psychological Society.

                  

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