Purpose: To share with the children our need for time alone and time with other people.

Materials: A portable radio, like a Walkman and earphones.

Lesson: I have several things I want to show you this morning. First, what is this? ... (a radio) What do you do with a radio? ... (listen) Now, what is this? ... (earphones) Have any of you ever used earphones? ... What are they used for? ... (to listen)

(Turn on the radio.) An interesting thing happens when I plug in the earphones. (Show.) The sound no longer comes from the speaker in the radio, but just from the earphones. (Let one or two children listen to conf…