An all-in-one set to implement a family meditation course, regardless of your tradition or level of experience.

This three-volume set provides a complete curriculum for adults and children to learn about mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist teachings together, either in the home, in partnership with other families, or with a local center.

The Adult Study Guide (280 pages) offers thirty-six lesson plans including meditation practices, homework, readings, and reflection questions for group study.

The Children’s Lesson Plans (296 pages), used in conjunction with the Adult Study Guide, provides step-by-step instructions for teachers on meditation exercises, stories, crafts, songs, and games.

The Activity Book (136 pages) is a perfect companion to enhance the children’s education with coloring pages, puzzles, and other fun activities.

This comprehensive curriculum for adults and children ages 3–12 has five units on meditation, kindness, ethics, character, and service. It is perfect for any family, Dharma center, yoga studio, or religious, educational, or community organization that wants to incorporate a mindfulness program for children and their families.

Curriculum Overview

Adult Study Guide

  1. Breathing Meditation
  2. Mindfulness of the Senses
  3. Mindfulness of the Body
  4. Walking Meditation
  5. Mindfulness of Emotions
  6. Mindfulness of Thoughts
  7. Building a Practice
  8. Mindful Parenting

Children’s Lesson Plans

  1. Breathing Meditation
  2. Mindfulness of the Senses
  3. Mindfulness of the Body
  4. Walking Meditation
  5. Mindfulness of Emotions
  6. Mindfulness of Thoughts
  7. Pebble Meditation
  8. Stone Soup

Adult Study Guide

  1. Overview; Benefactor
  2. Oneself
  3. Friend & Neutral Person
  4. Anger
  5. Forgiveness
  6. Difficult Person
  7. All Beings
  8. Kind Parenting

Children’s Lesson Plans

  1. Family
  2. Acts of Kindness
  3. Friends
  4. Circle of Kindness
  5. Anger & Forgiveness
  6. Difficult People
  7. All Beings
  8. Kindness around the World

Adult Study Guide

  1. Overview
  2. Not Harming
  3. Not Stealing
  4. Sexual Responsibility
  5. Harmful Speech & Beneficial Silence
  6. Wise Speech & Mindful Listening
  7. Harmful Consumption

Children’s Lesson Plans

  1. Overview
  2. Not Harming & Compassion
  3. Not Stealing & Gratitude
  4. Friendships
  5. Harmful & Wise Speech
  6. Wise Speech & Listening
  7. Healthy Choices

Adult Study Guide

  1. Overview; Generosity
  2. Ethics & Karma
  3. Patience
  4. Effort
  5. Meditation & Learning from Suffering
  6. Wisdom
  7. Wise Parenting

Children’s Lesson Plans

  1. Overview & Generosity
  2. The Golden Rule
  3. Patience
  4. Effort
  5. Learning from Difficulty
  6. Wisdom
  7. Equanimity

Adult Study Guide

  1. Awakening
  2. Fear
  3. Interbeing
  4. Kindness for a Cause
  5. Parenting & Partnership as Practice

Children’s Lesson Plans

  1. Trees and Forests
  2. Kindness for Trees
  3. Kindness for Forests
  4. Interbeing
  5. Reforestation

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Sitting Together: Curriculum at a Glance

Sitting Together: Curriculum at a Glance

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