Follow Buddha on a wild journey— from mountain peaks to the ocean deep, past Saturn’s rings and butterfly wings. This sweet story reveals that Buddha can be found everywhere you go.
Introduce the benefits of meditation to kids ages 7-10 with this practical and playful guide Start your kids off on a path to self-awareness through meditation! Written in easy-to-understand language, Meditation for Kids empowers kids to start learning about and practicing meditation as a way to stay calm, focused, and confident so they can work through daily stresses and manage tough emotions. This extensive guide features options for both seated and walking meditation practices with over a d...
World Beliefs: Buddhism Paperback (World Beliefs and Cultures)
by Sue Penney
This important new series provides an up-to-date introduction to the world's major religions. Each book covers a particular religion, including a look at its history, sacred texts, worship in the home, places of worship, pilgrimage, festivals, rites of passage and family life. The books have a fresh, accessible approach and include discussions of contemporary religious issues such as the role of women in Islamic society. The books include: points of view of people of the relevant faith; extracts...
Chinese New Year (A World of Festivals S.) (Festivals and Faiths)
by Catherine Chambers
Describes the traditions, ceremonies, and foods associated with the celebration of the Chinese New Year.
The Seeking Religon CD-ROMs provide a mixture of starter, main and plenary activities for use with an interactive whiteboard or data projector. Complimenting the Key Stage 3 strategy and the Framework document, the activities are designed to be fun and engaging and encourage whole-class interaction. This CD-ROM includes: - Activities to support the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist titles in the Seeking Religion series.
This book moves chronologically through the calendar year and looks at the typical events, customs and celebrations celebrated by Buddhist children. Festivals such as Hana Matsuri, Wesak or Parinirvanay, and personal customs such as Sangha Day and Kathina are experienced through the use of religious articles, books, buildings, symbols and food. Look inside eight-year-old Carolina's diary to read what it's like to be at each event.
Seriwanija Jataka (550 Jataka for Children, #3)
by Subhashini Sumanasekara and Dinesh Deckker
"Story Readers" are a Religious Education resource for teachers involved in teaching primary years 7-11. They have been designed to assist specialists and non-specialists alike by providing various types of information, suggestions and child-centred material in the form of a Teacher's Book and a set of accompanying worksheets. The Teacher's Book is divided into chapters, each of which centres around one story, which has been written to be read aloud to the class. Background information and exten...
This title looks at Buddhist temples and what they mean to those who follow Buddhism. The religious services that people participate in, signs and symbols important to Buddhists, festivals and holy places are also looked at in detail.
What do Buddhists believe? How do they celebrate what is important to them? What food do they eat during festival time? How do Buddhists in the UK celebrate? Read this book to find out the answers to these questions and more. Celebrating Buddhist Festivals looks at important religious and family days in the Buddhist calendar, and gets readers to take part by cooking some of the food central to Buddhist celebrations. The book looks at both international and UK examples of Buddhist celebrations I...
Meet the heroes who changed the world! Young Siddhartha renounced all worldly things in search of the ultimate truth. This is the powerful story of his self-discovery and his path to enlightenment as he went on to become one of the world's greatest religious leaders-Gautama Buddha.Fourth in a series of illustrated books created for young readers to get to know our world heroes better, this engaging biography, peppered with little-known facts, takes the reader through the remarkable life of Gaut...
Modern World Religions: Buddhism Pupil Book Core (Modern World Religions)
by Cavan Wood
Produced specifically to answer QCA concerns over attainment and assessment in RE at Key Stage 3, "Modern World Religions" is a series that balances learning about religions with learning from religions. It comprises differentiated Student Books, Teacher's Resource Packs and CD-ROMs, on the six major world faiths. Clearly-structured spreads introduce both "learning about" objectives and "learning from" objectives, ensuring that students achieve the right balance. Specifically targeted tasks help...
Living Religions: Living Buddhism (Living Religions)
One of a series that focuses on major religions and their relevance to contemporary life. It offers a balance of information about each religion and an exploration of how we can learn from it. The text looks at the founders and significant individuals in the religion and its key beliefs, signs and symbols. Worship is also covered, the festivals, celebrations, rites of passage, pilgrimages and sacred places. Moral issues and ultimate questions are presented and considered. The concepts explored i...
Holy Places Bodh Gaya (Holy Places)
Holy Places is a delightful new series that looks at holy places around the world, and examines religious beliefs and practices through these significant places. - full-colour photographs clearly illustrate each book. - examples taken from each of the six major faiths examine the link between each faith and its "holy place" - examines the historical background, the roots of each faith and how the beliefs originated and why the holy place is significant