One of my goals for my kids as part of our homeschooling is to teach them about other cultures and religions. We studied India (sadly ages ago and I’m just now writing it), and as part of our homeschool geography I made a Hinduism lesson for kids.
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I’m going to admit right now I do not know the Hindu religion very well. Most of my information came from the books we read, and a few others sources, so if I made an error in my Hinduism lesson for kids it was an accident, please POLITELY inform me so I can correct my error.
Hinduism lesson for kids materials
Diwali (Celebrations in My World)
- Diwali (Rookie Read-About Holidays)
<<< this is great if you have younger elementary
- Hindu Festivals Throughout the Year (Year of Festivals)
- Hindu Cookbook (Festivals Cookbooks)
- This Is My Faith: Hinduism (This Is My Faith Books)
<<<< this is my favorite we checked out
- glitter glue (for one of the crafts)
- marker tower
(I should seriously make a list of my usual suspects for crafts)
Hinduism lesson for kids activities
All of the printables are in my India for Kids printable (on the subscriber page).
We started off reading the “This is my Faith: Hinduism” book and answering some general questions about Hinduism and what it believes.
I’m sure you can read what the boy wrote, okay I don’t think you can because I can’t easily read it.
Next we learned about Ganesh, one of the major Hindu deities, we were also able to talk with some friends currently living in India and they told us a little more about Ganesh and how they see statues of him everywhere in India. This is where the glitter glue became incredibly handy because many of the statues were decorated quite intricately.
And our final Hinduism activity was to make a Rangoli, this is an art form used during Diwali and many other major festivals. In India they are frequently made using chalk powder that is put down in intricate patterns. When we did this unit we were in the midst of the crazy rainstorms so my initial plan of making one on our sidewalk was thrown out, but the kids were able to make one for their notebook.
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More Hinduism lesson resources
- India lesson with a bit of Hinduism
- India books (there’s a few Hinduism books here too)
- Hinduism books (I’m intrigued by the Hinduism stories book)
Pictures are from: O.M. (In Tamil Language) and Jai Ganesh used with permission under Creative Commons license and attributed.
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