Inner Awareness

• Band A: (Ages 4-6)

  411A

  Right Speech

  Speaking with kindness through stories and practice

  Listen to simple stories about characters who choose kind or unkind words, and practice retelling...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  411E

  Right Speech

  Mindful speech practices

  Evaluate speech patterns by identifying personal examples of any of the four non-virtuous speech actions;...

• Band D (Ages 13-14)

  411D

  Right Speech

  Right speech as personal contemplative discipline

  Develop comprehensive personal practice integrating right speech with the broader eightfold path, establish advanced contemplative...

• Band B (Ages 7-9)

  411B

  Right Speech

  Learning from Buddhist stories about wise speech

  Explore Buddhist stories and parables about the power of speech, identify lessons about wise and...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  456E

  Sense Restraint

  Using the senses wisely

  Analyze the Buddha's teachings on sense restraint; evaluate how sensory input influences mental states, thoughts,...

• Band B (Ages 7-9)

  431B

  Setting Boundaries

  Using tools and agreements for group practice

  Create and practice classroom agreements that support group meditation, design simple rituals for starting and...

• Band D (Ages 13-14)

  431D

  Setting Boundaries

  Personal discipline that supports group practice

  Develop individual practice commitments that support group contemplative experience, analyze the relationship between personal boundaries...

• Band C (Ages 10-12)

  431C

  Setting Boundaries

  Creating sacred spaces for contemplation

  Investigate traditional methods for creating contemplative space, implement systematic approaches to container-building using objects and...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  431E

  Setting Boundaries

  Creating space for practice

  Analyze various methods for creating sacred space and practice boundaries in contemplative settings; evaluate how...