Learning with the Mother
The Mother : Contact On Education
Recollections of the Mother’s work from 1950 to 1954 with the youngest children, the genesis of her French classes, the beginning of the physical education ...
- Learning with the Mother
- Preface
- Part I
- THE EARLY YEARS (1944—1950)
- HOW I BECAME A CAPTAIN
- INTRODUCTION TO DISCIPLINE
- GROUP UNIFORMS
- MAINTENANCE OF ATTENDANCE REGISTER & DISCIPLINE BADGES
- TABLE OF MERITS & DEMERITS
- Table of Merits
- Absence on any day without reason
- USEFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTORS
- Useful suggestions for the instructors of Physical Education
- MEANING OF GROUP CONCENTRATION
- MOTHER’S ADVICE
- THE CODE OF SPORTSMANSHIP
- WHAT A CHILD SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER
- PRAYER OF THE STUDENTS
- Part II
- INTRODUCTION
- THE FIRST FEW LESSONS
- DICTATIONS
- THE DICTATIONS
- RECITATIONS AND POEMS
- THE RECITATIONS
- POEMS
- STORIES
- FOR THE CHILDREN BY THE CHILDREN
- WORDS OF THE MOTHER
- WORDS OF THE MOTHER—SERIES IV
- WORDS OF THE MOTHER—III SERIES
- EXTRA MATTERS DURING CLASS
- TO THE CHILDREN OF THE ASHRAM
- ROMAN NUMBERS
- TO CHANGE
- THE HUMAN BODY
- WHAT DO YOU DO WITH PLEASURE AND WHY?
- MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH THE MOTHER
- A LITTLE EXERCISE ON AGE
- WIZARD OF OZ
- RASPBERRY AND STRAWBERRY
- THE ANIMALS
- THE TWELVE CENTRES OF CONCENTATION
- PALM READING
- A LESSON IN EQUANIMITY AND SELF—CONTROL
- PRAYER FOR THE RAIN
- PRAYER FOR THE SUN
PRAYER FOR THE RAIN
In 1951 there was no rain for a long time. One day the Mother announced to the children of our group that they should pray for rain. She gave them a short prayer to learn and also sketched a symbol for rain. This symbol was drawn on the ground. The children then marched around the symbol with Usha in the lead twelve times, repeating the prayer:
The Rain prayer written by the Mother
Rain, Rain, Rain, we want the Rain
Rain, Rain, Rain, we ask for Rain
Rain, Rain, Rain, we need the Rain
Rain, Rain, Rain, we pray for Rain
The very next day, we had heavy showers with blessings from above.
