Hari Om Parents,
Below is the summary for Jan 13th.
Started the class chanting 3 Om's and 3 chants
Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha,
Om Sri Saraswathye namaha,
Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha
followed by
OM saha nāvavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryam karavāvahai
tejasvināvadhītamastu
mā vidviṣāvahai
OM śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
We chanted the following three shlokas:-
1) Vakratunda Mahaakaaya
sooryakoti samaprabha
nirvighnam kurume deva
sarva karyeshu sarvada
2) karãgre vasate lakshmīḥ,
karamūle sarasvatī
karamadhye tu govindaḥ,
prabhāte karadarśanam
We discussed about Goddess Sarasvati and while looking at her picture, kids identified the things unique to her – White saree, 2 hands holding Veena, the other hands holding japa mala and the book.
Visualizing these features we repeated the shloka
3) sarasvati namastubhyam
varade kāmarūpini
vidyārambham kariṣyāmi
siddhir bhavatu me sadā
We did our Yoga stretches and poses and after
that did our two bhajans.
Acyutaḿ Keśavaḿ Rāma Nārāyaṇaḿ
Kṛṣṇa Dāmodaraḿ Vāsudevaḿ Harim
Śrīdharaḿ Mādhavaḿ Gopīkā-Vallabhaḿ
Jānakī-Nāyakaḿ Rāmacandraḿ Bhaje
Khate Bhi Ram Kaho (action song)
Khathe bhi ram kaho ; peethe bhi ram kaho;
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Nachete bhi ram kaho Therte bhi ram kaho
Skipping bhi ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
After bhajans we played our meditation game and learnt to count Sanskrit numbers from 1 to 20.
This week we also learnt colors in sanskrit
Red - raktaH
Blue - nilaH
Black - krishnaH
Green - haritaH
Yellow - pitaH
We moved on to chanting the Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 18 verses 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 from our handbook.
Our story for the week was " Eat the Mango Where No One Can See You " and for craft the kids did a Om pop up greeting card.
We wrapped up our session with our closing prayers and moved to the temple for Aarthi.
There is no Bala Vihar next weekend. See you all on Jan 26th.
🙏
Pre K /Toddler Sunday 9.15 Sevika's
