April 25

Next class : May 9, 2010;

Aarthi in class.

Announcements:

Amazing!! All three prizes in the prelims of the Geeta Chanting Competition were won by our Pre K Class students. Our hearty congratulations to Pranav, Aadit and Mahathy!! Good Luck to all three for the finals on Saturday.

All our children who participated that day were winners and guess what???Our class and KG have won the Ice Cream Party again this year for the maximum number of participants!! There were 51 participants in the Arjuna group this year!!!!!

April 25, 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:

• Meenakshi story.
  

Craft:

• None

Games:

• Ganeshah Vadati

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- 7

Comments:

• We brought three children at a time to the front to lead the prayers - everyone got a turn. We will probably allocate 1 or 2 Shlokas for each group to recite in front of Swamiji next week. Please practice them with the children.
• We then practiced all the Bhajans.


• We practiced the dance steps for the Ekadantaya song for a few minutes but it was very difficult since Mamatha Aunty was not available today.


• We had fun and exercise playing the Ganeshah Vadati game and learnt the four words again.
  


• We practiced our Geeta in earnest focusing on the pronunciation.
  


• Jeevan Uncle read to them from the Balavihar magazine about the beautiful Meenakshi temple in Madurai and Jayashree Aunty ended up telling the story of the marriage between Meenakshi and Sundareshwarar.
  

Reminders:

• Please let us know your child's availability for June 12th.
• Also practice the Shlokas and Bhajans with the children and remember to bring the charts back for more stickers.