Light Up Your Lives This Diwali!

Diwali is synonymous with the victory of good over evil. This festive season, how about taking charge of your life and defeating your problems and anxieties? One of the best ways to handle stress is by focusing all your energy and attention on the things you like. So, make a list of activities that you enjoy doing, and ensure that you spend at least half an hour every day doing those activitiesfor example, painting, singing and meditating. So, go ahead and light your lamps of happiness this Diwali! And encourage your little one to do so too.

Activity for Your Preschooler

Children find joy in small thingsnew foods, a story (even if its narrated for the 100th time!) or water play. Let your child come up with five things that would make him happy.

How-To Instructions

Help your child by giving him ideas, asking him questions and providing him with options. You could ask: Would playing CATCH make you happy?, Would you like to bake a new dish or would you prefer to go butterfly-spotting in the park? and so on. After you and your child have zeroed in on the five things that would bring joy to him, write down each activity under a diya. Then, after you have done an activity, color the diya.

For example, if a game of ball is your childs pick, write Playing with ball in one of the blanks and color the diya after a fun game of ball. Similarly, fill in all the blanks and color the other diyas in different colors. Use sketch pens and glitter to decorate your diyas.

Make it challenging

Help your child paint a real diya after she finishes each activity. Then, help her light all the hand-painted diyas on Diwali!

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