Hari Om parents,
How are you all doing? Hope you are all doing good and gearing up for the Holiday season! We had a fun class last week with three of our High School bhaiyas - Pranav, Pranav and Pushkar join us to co-teach the class.
Weekly Update – Balavihar Sunday Dec 9, 2018 AM
Class Summary -
- Opening Prayers followed by Shlokas - Vakratunda, Saraswathi, GuruBrahma
- Review the Dhyana Shloka - Buddhir Balam
- Activity game assisted by High school students Pranav, Pranav and Pushkar. We chose to play the game of Hangman.
We divided the class into four teams. We asked the kids to pick their team names from the characters in the Ramayana. The four teams were - Ravana, Sita, Tataka and Hanuman. We had the Bhaiyas give the kids hints for the words - Intelligence, Eloquence, Dhairayam, Nirbhayatvam...It was a fun and interactive session.
- We then had the Bhaiyas review the whole story timeline of the Ramayana with the kids. The Bhaiyas gave a cue and the kids had to take turns completing the storyline.
- Hanuman Chalisa chanting - we completed two verses and spoke about the meaning of the verses.
Questions Parents can ask children this week –
- What language is the Hanuman Chalisa written in and by whom?
Ans. The Hanuman Chalisa was written by Saint Tulsidas in the language of Avadhi
2. What is the meaning of Anjani Putra
Ans. Hanuman is called Anjani Putra - Son of Anjani
3. Who is Pawan?
Ans. PAwan is the Wind God. Hanuman is also called the Pawan Putra - Son of the Wind God
See you in class this coming weekend Dec 16. This will be the last class for the year and we hope to see you all!
Rupa & Subha
