When my granddaughter was in Montessori School, Jan, her 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teacher, asked if I would lead a mandala class for the students. I was a little nervous at first because I had only taught adults, but all took to mandalas very easily. My husband and I passed out white cover stock paper with a circle drawn on it and felt markers. I led a simple guided meditation and each class (I taught 4 different classes) was asked to draw their inner flower, inner sun, inner light or peace. In one hour some of the children did up to 3 mandalas and Jan said they were so much quieter than usual as they worked on the mandalas. Later, I heard, the kids begged to do mandalas when they had finished their assigned work.
