Aarthi in class. Please pickup the children in front of the classroom at 11.30am.
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Nov 15, 2009:
Beginning Prayers:
- Om Saha navavathu
- Early morning prayer - Karaagre Vasathe Lakshmi
- Prayer for Lord Ganesha - Vakratunda Mahakaaya
- Prayer for Goddess Saraswathi - Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Prayer after lighting the lamp - Shubham Karothi Kalyanam
- Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu
- Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Story:
- Story from the Ramayana on how the squirrel helped in building the bridge to Lanka
Craft:
- Coloring project
Ending Prayers:
- Asatho maa sath gamaya
- Om Poornamadah Poornamidam
Bhajans:
- Great God Ganapathy (click here for audio)
- My God is so Great (click here for audio)
Bhagavad Geeta:
- None
Comments:
- We did all our beginning prayers - we had 4-5 volunteers come up to the head of the class for all the earlier shlokas.
- We had a visitor today - another Mamatha Aunty and we did Great God Ganapathy and My God is so great with her. They are picking up the second Bhajan also very well.
- We then had an impromptu quiz to review the Ramayana story from last class.
- When Jeevan Uncle asked them if they knew about the bridge that Rama built across the ocean, some of them answered, "I helped Rama"!! They remembered their roles from acting out the story in last class!
- We did the story of how the squirrel helped with building the bridge and discussed how each one could help in their own little way. We talked a little bit about 'Seva' - how it meant to help someone without expecting anything in return.
- They had fun coloring Hanuman's Gadha.
- We then quickly reviewed the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head and the story of the contest between Ganesha and Karthikeya so that they could enjoy and appreciate the program in the auditorium later on.
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