Empower your child through creativity

| BGF | Dr Bugs Tan 2019 @ Dhamma Minders 5

NURTURING CRE8TIVE KIDS

 Dr. Bugs Tan
• Bugs Tan PhD 58 years old
• Innovator
• Winner of 16 invention
awards
• Fellow at the University
Technology of Malaysia
(UTM)
• Innovation Advisor to 5
Universities
• Innovation Consultant to
PDRM
• Innovation Consultant to a
Dr. Bugs Tan receiving the Anugerah few companies
Inovasi Negara from the Prime Minister 2
 A Family of Inventors

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 An overview of periods of life span
• Parental period
• Infancy
• Pre-school
• Middle childhood
• Adolescence
• Early adulthood
• Middle adulthood
• Late adulthood
Parenting role = 12 years
- Conception to birth
- First 2 years
- 2 to 5 or 6 (toddles)
- 6 to 12 (reach puberty)
- 12 to 20 (independent)
- 20 to 40 years
- 40 to 65 years
- above 65 years
Role of a parent = Whole life
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Hi. What’s your name…?

I want to be your friend
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Cre8tive greetings
Any cool ideas…?

Can you do better than this..

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Cre8tive ways of shaking hands

Robo shake
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4 types of Friends
1 He cares for himself but not for others

2 He cares of others but not for himself

3 He doesn’t care for himself and others

4 He cares for himself and everyone else

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What sort of friends are you?

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Buddhist Best Friends Forever

How to be a BBFF..?
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8. Don’t be greedy
Akusala
9. Don’t think of evil thoughts
10 Things you should NOT do
1. No killing 10. Don’t believe in false teaching

2. No stealing

3. Boys cannot see girls naked

4. No telling lies

5. Don’t say bad things about

others

6. Don’t speak with anger

7. Don’t waste time talking

rubbish
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8 Understand the Dhamma.

Kusala 9 Talk to others about Dhamma

10 Things you should do
1 Do charity work (dana) 10 Straighten one's view if not right

2 Be disciplined at all time

3 Keep a calm mind

4 Respect the elder

5 Work hard and smart

6 Think of others

7 Rejoice in other people’s

success.
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Name : Boy/Girl :
Class : Age : Let’s become BBFF
BBFF No. 1 BBFF No. 2
Name : Name :
Contact : Contact :

1) Nasi Lemak 1) _______________

2) Maths 2) ______________

3) Justin Bever 3) _______________

4) Manchester United 4) _______________

5) Honda superbikes 5) _______________

6) Civil War 6) _______________

7) Japanese Anime 7) _______________

8) Korean drama 8) _______________

Uncle Bugs
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Rocket Balloon
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Rocket Balloon
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Rocket Balloon
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 Watch your feelings

That boy should not have shouted A girl notice her friend is praying
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4 Types of LOVE
The 4 Brahma Vihara are :-

1. Metta : loving kindness After you have played the Rocket

Balloon game.
2. Karuna : compassion
Then, later today or any other days:-
3. Mudita : sympathetic joy Discussed with your friends and
teachers
4. Upekkha : equanimity
How you feel about your own emotions
These 4 are attitudes towards others in this class

If you can handle your emotion then you have a good chance of
becoming an excellent BBFF to your friends
The secret of a successful invention
….be like a beautiful flower
where the ants, bees,
butterflies and birds wants
to visits you regularly

…with the pure intention that you really

what to help others
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Make your own rockets

• Go get a balloon, recycle paper, tape and scissor

• Create its wings – any design you can think off

• Try shooting them – as far as you can

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Use your cre8tivity

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Let’s play….!!!

You have 15 minutes…..!!!

 Let’s have some more activities

• iSketch form (creating new ideas)

• Mara and deva (self restraint)
• Trap Uncle Bugs
Start newspaper – FATHER’S DAY
Family of inventor 2002
Amanda in NZ
Amelia in Melbourne