Ready Set Happy
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Introduction
This is the page for Ready Set Happy which is part of the Children's Kit http://www.16guidelines.org/wiki/index.php/For_Children#Children.27s_Kit. being commissioned by the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom. Ready Set Happy is a collection of fun, skill-building activities for children, their parents, caregivers, teachers, and all of us, based on the 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life.
These Guidelines are:
Humility, Patience, Contentment, Delight,
Kindness, Honesty, Generosity, Thoughtful Speech,
Respect, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Responsibility,
Principles, Aspiration, Service, and Courage.
Ready Set Happy includes 150 activities including games, poetry, chants, songs, stories, science experiments, art projects, puzzles and more to experience and practice these 16 guidelines, and is enhanced with 300 photos, 100 links, and dozens of sound files (scroll down to access them). You can access Ready Set Happy now in the form of downloadable pdfs at http://www.essential-education.org by clicking on the 16 Guidelines link on that page. Those who wish to trial the materials in exchange for feedback, may apply to be a trial site by writing to info@essential-education.org. If you are interested, please apply. Individual families are eligible as well as schools, clubs, playgroups, religious classes, and others we have not thought of!
Click on For Children for other materials related to the 16 Guidelines.
Ready Set Happy is being translated into Spanish and should be available by the end of 2008. In Spanish it is called Preparados, listos, ¡felices! You can find sample chapters in Spanish at http://www.essential-education.org by clicking on the 16 Guidelines link on that page. For songs in Spanish, see Canciones en Español below.
Other translations in process include Italian, French, and German. Requests for Hindi, Mongolian and Tibetan have been made for the future.
Reminder to editors including self : The uploaded pdfs for Ready Set Happy link to this Ready Set Happy page, please do not change the url by editing without letting me redirect those pdfs somehow....thanks--Denise
Icon Wheel
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How we think - thought bubble (Green) Humility - leaf Patience - globe Contentment - apple Delight - balloon How we act - comedy mask (Yellow) Kindness - diamond Honesty - coin Generosity - cornucopia Thoughtful Speech - speech bubble How we relate to others - spider web (Blue) Respect - scroll Forgiveness - teardrop Gratitude - house Responsibility - checkmark How we find meaning in life - delta triangle (stability in change) (Red) Principles - compass Aspiration - star Service - heart Courage - lion
Sound Files
Links to English songs and chants for Ready Set Happy,
Just click on the address for the sound file below the song/chant you want to hear. Words for these songs/chants are given below.
For songs in Spanish, see Canciones en Español abajo.
These are preliminary recordings but should be able to give you the tunes to work with. Reminder to editors including self : The uploaded pdfs for Ready Set Happy link to this subheading for the sound files, please do not change the url by editing without letting me redirect the links somehow....thanks--Denise
16 Positive Chants (from Principles)
melodies for all 16 of the character positive chants (uses C&Csus4) -- from Principles.
You can use a guitar and the Positive Chants to get the important ideas ringing in the ears of the children. You don't need to be a great guitar player or singer. For all the Positive Chants play a C chord on beats 1 2 and 4 and a Csus4 (sounds fancy but it's just a C chord with a little finger added on the D string, string 4, at fret three) on beat 3. You can download these files to learn them yourself our you can play the recordings for the children, but they'll like the guitar better, even if you're a beginner, so be brave.
This is a large file, 5.5M, be patient... http://www.16guidelines.org/media/character_guide_positive_chants_all_16.mp3 time indeces are given to the right.
Each of you gives me a lesson. 0:00 Humility I'm like water, patient, still, 0:25 Patience searching for the path downhill. I have what I need, if I don't feed my greed. 0:47 Contentment No need to wait let's celebrate. 1:09 Delight My joy times two, when I'm happy for YOU! Care for others. Keep trying. 1:29 Kindness Honesty works best for me. 1:51 Honesty I can share my stuff. I have enough. 2:12 Generosity When I'm wise I think more, speak less. 2:33 Thoughtful Speech Let's honor each who guide, or teach. 2:56 Respect I forgive then I feel better. 3:16 Forgiveness Thanks to those who wiped my nose. 3:38 Gratitude Through thick or thin, count me in. 3:59 Responsibility I know my way. I walk my path. 4:21 Principles I strive to be a better me. 4:42 Aspiration Giving time from my day can help in some way. 5:03 Service Let's think big, be brave, now begin! 5:25 Courage
Belly Blues (from Contentment)
(in E) -- from Contentment (1023k) http://www.16guidelines.org/media/belly_blues_30jan08.mp3
Belly Blues Song When I see something I like a lot I want to remember I'm glad for what I've got. If I don't look out, if I am unwise, I might take too much, and end up twice my size! Greedy makes me sorry. It gives me the blues. Take, take, take makes my tummy ache. (Take, take, take makes my tummy ache.) Chord Progression: E E E E A A E E B7 A E E
Combo Rap Track (from Delight, Honesty, Responsibility, Principles)
including these four chants (words below) ...
0:00 'Giggle Rap' rap -- from Delight 0:55 'Pocket Change Chant' chant -- from Honesty 1:59 'Response Ability' chant -- from Responsibility 2:49 'It's in my Hands' handgame -- from Principles
(Large File : 3.9M) http://www.16guidelines.org/media/16g_combo_rap_track.mp3
GIGGLE RAP
If you're little or you're grown
you have got a funny bone
and you can giggle......yeah, yeah, yeah.
If it's bubbles or a swing,
or balloons, just find your thing
and you can giggle.....yeah, yeah, yeah.
Rainbows in the light
or stars may give delight
so find your giggle......yeah, yeah, yeah.
Music is a treat
or a puppy's big old feet
can make you giggle....yeah, yeah, yeah.
Waves of ocean foam
or an ice cream on a cone
can make you giggle....yeah, yeah, yeah.
Flowers on your path,
silly jokes that make you laugh
take time to giggle......yeah, yeah, yeah.
Help another smile this way
for a double joy today
and share a giggle.... Oh, yeah!
POCKET CHANGE CHANT Ching ching ching -- Can you hear the coins that ring clinking in my pock- et? Ching ching ching -- Can you hear coins begging, MORE taunting, Life is rough you'll never have e- nough! -- O the spell that it can hold over us this silver/ gold! Who re- members what is real ? That can help us not to steal... Ching ching ching -- Free us from the money sting. Taking, hoarding, lost in fear, not en- joying what's right here. Coins so greedy for at- tention, crying wolf with bad in- tention. Then our need is real but no coins left to help us heal. -- Ching ching ching -- What 'precious' are we clinging to that makes us throw a- way the truth? What is it we're grasping for with hands that spend our youth? -- Ching ching ching -- Money can be strange. -- So cling to truth with both your hands. Let go of pocket change! --
RESPONSE ABILITY
a twelve measure call and response rhythmic chant
to be clapped/snapped slowly and evenly emphasizing downbeats
Caller: Crowd or Responder:
1 Do I need some help
when things are going right? No!
2 Do I need some help
in the dark of the night? Yes!
3 When will you be ready
to step on in?
4 Through thick or thin,
count me in!
5 Leaned on, called on,
trusted and relied upon?
6 Through thick or thin,
count me in!
7 Steppin' in, steppin' out,
steppin' up without a doubt?
8 Through thick or thin,
count me in!
9 I've got a friend I see! --
You can depend on me! --
10 And I will be there too! --
When someone else needs you.--
11 Take it on, bring it on,
it's time to begin, so...
12 All: Through thick or thin,
count us in! --
IT's IN MY HANDS (verse one): I THINK that... Each of you gives me a lesson. I'm like water, patient, still, searching for the path downhill. I have what I need, if I don't feed my greed. No need to wait let's celebrate! My joy times two, when I'm happy for YOU! (verse two): Take ACTion... Care for others. Keep trying. Honesty works best for me. I can share my stuff. I have enough. When I'm wise I think more, speak less. (verse three): Re LATE it! Let's honor each who guide, or teach. I forgive then I feel better. Thanks to those who wiped my nose. Through thick or thin, count me in. (verse four): Find MEANing.... I know my way. I walk my path. I strive to be a better me. Giving time from my day can help in some way. Let's think big, be brave, now begin! (end): It's in.. my .. Hands!
Canciones en Español
Está en mis manos
“Está en mis manos” juego de manos del capítulo Tener principios del libro Preparados, listos, ¡felices! Esta canción no está grabada en español todavia. Puedes escuchar a la version en inglés la cual es muy similar. En inglés se llama "It's In My Hands."
Pienso que... Cada cual me enseña algo. Agua paciente eso soy, mi camino busco yo. Si no quiero más, muy feliz soy ya. Por qué esperar, vamos a celebrar. Si me alegro por ti soy dos veces feliz. Actúo... Cuida a los otros, sé constante. Va bien probar la honestidad. Puedo compartir, tengo mucho ya. Menos hablar sin antes pensar. Relaciónate... Respeto mucho a quien me enseña. Perdonar me hace sentir bien. Gracias doy a quien me cuidó. Conmigo tú puedes contar. Sentido... Conozco ya mi camino y allá voy. Intento ser un yo mejor. Ayudo a los demás con tiempo y mucho más. Vamos ya, valientes ¡a empezar! Está en mis manos. 14Mayo08
