This spring, add children to worship and connect them with Indian culture and devotion. Know how to make Sawan on Monday through small activities, full of fun and learning.
Sawan puja with kids: The month of Sawan is not only a symbol of reverence and faith, but it can also become a beautiful learning period for children. During this time we can teach children about religious customs, nature, and Indian traditions and that too in fun ways.
So make this spring, let’s make Pooja a fun and educational activity for children, where they do not just see Pooja, but feel, understand and participate in it.
Children connect more when they are given responsibility. Preparation of worship such as washing bell -leaf, worshiping plate, choosing flowers or decorating lamps can all become exciting for small tasks. With this, children learn to recognize the things of nature and understand their importance. Teach them to make Om or Trishul on Belpatra from paint or crayon.
Children like stories very much. Every Monday, narrate a small story to Lord Shiva such as the love story of Shiva and Parvati, Shiva-Ganga incarnation or origin of Ganesha.
This will increase mythological knowledge and also vocabulary. You can also get these stories an enact in the form of acting, make children the crown of Shiva-Parvati and play the roll.
Even if the children do not keep fast, but make healthy recipes like sago, potato tikki or falahari chaat with them. Early learning of cooking, health habits. Get the tag of the name on your own dish “Meera’s Khichdi” or “Aamaras of Arav”.
Make the shape of Shivling with soil with children, make Rudraksha garland paper, or decorate the temple with paper flower. This will improve art and craft skills. Children are proud when they are involved in worship.
Teach young children easy mantras like “Om Namah Shivaya”. While listening to the hymn, ask them to clap or play an instrument like Damru. Sanskrit pronunciation and music will be associated with music. Dance hymns also make the mood of children light and enjoyable.
Shiva is considered the god of nature and water. Teach children why it is necessary to take care of trees and plants in the spring. Plant the plant and keep the name “Bell of Shiva”, “Tulsi of Parvati”. Responsibility for environment will increase. Note the growth of the plant every week will look like a game.
Worship of Sawan is not just a religious ritual, but the language of emotions and when children are involved in it, that worship becomes even more pure, uninterrupted and lively. When the children break the bell leaf, give water to Tulsi, or offer water to Bholenath, then the simple belief and child sentiment for God in their mind is real devotion. This spring, we do not just teach our children to “worship”, but teach them to feel devotion.
When children connect with nature, tradition and worship easily, religion becomes not a burden, but a living part of their life, like a game, like a story, like love.
