Family Sundays: Flying Diyas
From the Rubin Museum: An art project to make your own diyas for the Diwali festival of lights
Family Sundays: Dissolving Fears
From the Rubin Museum: An art project to explore letting go of fear and attachment
Art-Making: Hybrid Animals
From the Rubin Museum: An art project aimed at exploring hybrid creatures and deities.
New 84000 Mobile App
84000, a global nonprofit initiative to translate and make freely available the entire Tibetan Buddhist Canon, offers a free app with a collection of teachings of the Buddha translated into English. A great resource for teachers.
Thank You, Percival
Book review by Sally Devorsine: Percival the puppy teaches children how to juggle emotions and distractions and find inner peace.
How Many Animals and Mythological Creatures Can You Find?
A companion activity to the book Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion, this printout depicts a scene from the book and challenges children to find all of the animals represented in clothing, jewelry, furniture, and decorations.
Teaching History and Symbolism in Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion
This key provides references with links to study the history depicted in Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion.
Golden Dragon Activity
With this activity, children will learn that dragons are represented differently in world cultures. They will create a golden dragon twirler that represents their own compassionate wishes.
The Power of Love Is Always Available
Maya van der Meer talks about her new children's book that tells the story of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist deity of compassion.
Nature Mandala Activity
This simple nature mandala activity, inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's Planting Seeds, invites children to connect with and contemplate the natural world.