March 14

Next class : Mar 21, 2010;

Aarthi in class.

Announcements:

There will be an open house on March 21st for parents to observe what is going on in their child's balavihar class. Pre K parents are invited to come to the classroom on March 21st at 10.55am. One of the Sevaks will receive you and brief you and bring you inside the class for the last 30 minutes. Please save your questions for until after the Aarthi. These are very young children and very likely to be distracted, so we request your kind co-operation in switching off your cellphones and maintaining silence.


March 14, 2010:

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
• Prayer before eating - Brahmaarpanam
• Prayer for Hanuman - Buddhir balam yasho dhairyam
  

Story:

• Little Hanuman.
  

Craft:

• Coloring page - Nandi/Nataraja
  

Games:

• None
  

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)


• Ekadantaya Vakratundaya

• Khate Bhi Ram Kaho

Bhagavad Geeta:

• Chapter X Shloka 1, 2, 3 and 4 and 5

Comments:

• We did the beginning prayers as usual. Because of the weather there was a very low turnout.
• They can now do the first three Bhajans without any help. The newcomers are still learning the words though they have picked up the actions.
• We explained the meaning of the new Bhajan Khate Bhi Ram Kaho and we practiced the first stanza. We will introduce the next stanza next week.
• Jeevan Uncle told them the story of little Hanuman reaching for the sun thinking it was a mango. Almost all of them seemed to know it already! We all tried to make Hanuman face. We learnt about His powers to become as small as He pleased or as big as he wanted. We learnt other names of Hanuman viz Maruti and Anjaneya and Pavan Kumar.
• They then enjoyed a guessing game with Jeevan Uncle drawing on the board.
• We practised the Geeta Chanting. We started the fifth shloka today.
• They colored pictures of Nandi and then we did the ending prayers.
• We were very pleased to see that so many of the kids had brought their charts and enjoyed handing out stickers. It is great to see their enthusiasm. Please keep them motivated to complete everything and remember to bring it to class.

Reminders:

• Please remember to take the kids to the bathroom before class.
• Please register your child for the Geeta Chanting competition on May 2nd. Please click here to register your child.
• Please print the chart if you did not receive one in class. You can find the link on the left.