First: the spiritist teacher should request the children to do a task as a group before the beginning of this class. In our Spiritist Centre, as the classes are used previously for study groups, we have to move some furniture around before the children arrive. We decided to do something different on this day: we asked the children’s help to get the room ready for the class to start.

         Opening Prayer

         Second: distribute a simple puzzle for the children to find out the topic that will be discussed in this class. You could also draw thirteen (13) strokes on the board and ask the children to guess which word that is. Please note we should avoid playing the gibbets game, since should not even joke about hanging someone.

         Third: tell the children the story called [The cricket and the Frog].

         Click here to find drawings created by Sherazade Gomes – Spiritist Teacher - Centro Espírita Francisco de Assis - Eunápolis/BA.

         Fourth: talk to the children about what happened in the beginning of the class. Was the task easier because everyone was collaborating? Why?

         Fifth: introduce the topics below but deepen according to the classes’ age and maturity.

How we can collaborate:

           at the Spiritist Group:
             Be careful at the stairs;
             Try not to disturb your colleagues;
             Do not shout when the class finishes;

           at school:
             Do not run in the corridors;
             Obey teachers and school rules;
             Get at school on time;
             Help maintaining the school clean;

           in the world:
             Talk about the several group of Volunteer workers that operate worldwide: distributing food, teaching for free, helping reconstruct houses which were destroyed by natural disasters; campaign to collect warm clothing for people in need.

           Talk about the Volunteer work that is done in the Spiritist Centre

         Sixth: each child should create a scale model with the characters from the story "The cricket and the Frog". A drawing which illustrates the story could also be distributed for the children to colour it.

         Scale model:

          The cricket and the Frog

          Wire fence

          Forest

          Drawing to be coloured

         Class Suggested being suitable for: Maternal (3 to 4 years old), Kindergarten (5 to 6 years old) and 1st cycle (7 to 8 years old).

         Closing Prayer

         Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, Sir William Crookes Spiritist Society linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.