1. We started with chanting 3 Om's followed by prayers "Sahana Vavatu" followed by "Ekadantam Mahakayam" and "Gurur Brahma Gurus Vishnu".
2. Next we chanted the Bhagwat Gita verse 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 of Chapter 18 on page 21 with all the kids.
3. Next we went around the room Recaping our Bal Vihar alphabets from last 2 weeks "A For Aspiration" and "B For Brotherhood", "C for Cleanliness",. "D for Daddy', "E for Enthusiasm", "F for friendship", "G for God', "H for Happy", I for "Intellect", J for "Japa", K for "Kindness"
2. Next we chanted the Bhagwat Gita verse 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 of Chapter 18 on page 21 with all the kids.
3. Next we went around the room Recaping our Bal Vihar alphabets from last 2 weeks "A For Aspiration" and "B For Brotherhood", "C for Cleanliness",. "D for Daddy', "E for Enthusiasm", "F for friendship", "G for God', "H for Happy", I for "Intellect", J for "Japa", K for "Kindness"
4. Lesson of the day : L for Love
a. Activity : We made a card for our parents saying how much we love them and how we love our family.
b. Brainstorming session : We asked questions to the students on who we love and as they came up with diffrent members of the family parents, siblings, grandparents. Showed what we do for one another what our parents give us and how our homes are together because of love. We also said how we love God and how he is all giving.
4 Games
a. Rama Says : We played Rama says similar to Simon says to have fun.
b. Quiet Game : We played it by dropping shells and asked the kids to count the number of shells dropped, in their mind. We played this after a long time but the kids quietened and settled down.
Then we proceeded to the temple for Aarati and Pledge.
