Date: Sundays from 5 Jan to 4 May (classes every 2 weeks, see below for details)
Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Venue: The Buddhist Library
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- Registration for 2025 Semester 1 is closed.
- In the meantime, join us for our Pre-Vesak Children’s Celebrations on Sun 4 May, 2pm – 4.30pm! (If more details are available, we will announce them here/on our soon-to-published Vesak 2025 Event Webpage)
- Visit this webpage around May to sign up for Mindfulness for Young Children Semester 2.
About this Program
Our children’s programmes have been well received. Provide your children with the opportunity to learn mindfulness and to apply the wisdom of the Buddha in their daily lives.
Our popular Mindfulness for Young Children Programme will start again in Jan 2025! Led by experienced mindfulness teacher Venerable Faxun 法巽法师 and the Buddhist Library’s dedicated Sunday School Teachers, the classes are designed for children of school levels K1 all the way till Pri 6. The classes will include engaging activities that foster social- and emotional well-being, mindfulness games, Buddhist-themed activities and meditation.
About the classes
- The class will be divided into two: K1 to P2 as of 2025 and P3 to P6 as of 2025
- All lessons will be in English and Mandarin, so your children will get to practice and be exposed to some Mandarin
- Provisions will be made for non-Mandarin speakers so they are also engaged fully.
Key programmes and highlights as follows:
- Social- and emotional-learning and well-being
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Mindfulness Games/ Activities / Art and craft
- Dharma Education
- Puja and sharing of merits
- (We are also planning to organize Dharma education for parents of registered children, in the form of regular teaching by our Buddhist Library resident monks as well as adhoc programmes. If we can finalize these plans, we will try to provide updates on this webpage.)
Photos of our classes
Class Dates
P3 to P5 as of 2025 (i.e. Upper Pri Class)
- Jan 5, 19, Feb 9, 23, Mar 9,23, Apr 13, 27, May 4
- Notable dates included in the schedule: Welcome Session on Jan 5, Chinese New Year (CNY) on Celebration Feb 9, Children’s Vesak Celebrations on May 4
- A visual calendar is appended below – click to expand if necessary
K1 to P2 as of 2025 (i.e. Lower Pri class)
- Jan 5, 12; Feb 9, 16; Mar 2, 16; Apr 6, 20; May 4
- Notable dates included in the schedule: Welcome Session on Jan 5, CNY Celebration on Feb 9, Children’s Vesak Celebrations on May 4
- A visual calendar is appended below – click to expand:
The Course Teachers
Ven Faxun 法巽法师
Ven Faxun 法巽法师 is a Singaporean Buddhist monastic who is passionate about sharing the practice and benefits of secular mindfulness with the wider community.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts and Education degree from the University of Western Australia, and has designed a mindfulness programme “Mindfulness and Loving Kindness (M.I.L.K.) in Education” as part of her Master’s Degree, which was piloted in a primary school in Singapore.
She takes delight in designing programmes and games to address the emotional and developmental needs of young children. Recently, she published a jigsaw puzzle to help children develop the ability to stay focused via Mindful Play.
Ven Fa Xun has over twenty years of experience in teaching both children and adults at various Buddhist centres in Singapore, Malaysia and Western Australia. She is the author of the book “One Life, Five Precepts”, and contributes articles to Buddhist magazines.
Buddhist Library Sunday School Teachers
Register
- Registration for 2025 Semester 1 is closed.
- In the meantime, join us for our Pre-Vesak Children’s Celebrations on Sun 4 May, 2pm – 4.30pm! (If more details are available, we will announce them here/on our soon-to-published Vesak 2025 Event Webpage)
- Visit this webpage around May to sign up for Mindfulness for Young Children Semester 2.
The Buddhist Library reserve the rights to change or cancel any part of the programme due to unforeseen circumstances. No cancellations will be accepted.
