Next class : Oct 24, 2010;
The next class is at Mercer County Park. Do not come to Crossroads school on the 24th. We will be meeting at the park for the CORD Walkthon at the regular Balavihar class time.
Announcements:
CORD is Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development. CORD Walkathon is held every year to raise funds for this Seva project. This year it is on Oct 24th, 2010, 10 AM. Please click here for more info.
Beginning Prayers:
- Shanthi Mantra - Om Saha navavathu
- Early morning prayer - Karaagre Vasathe Lakshmi
- Prayer for Lord Ganesha - Vakratunda Mahakaaya
- Prayer for Saraswathi - Saraswathi Namasthubyam
Craft:
- Coloring page of Sarawathi
Story:
- Vijay Dashami Story - Victory of Sri Rama over Ravana.
Ending Prayers:
- Om Poornamadah Poornamidam
Bhajans:
- Ganesha Sharanam
Bhagavad Geeta:
- Chapter 11 First line of First Shloka
Comments:
We started off with Shanthi Mantra. Children then chanted Vakrathunda Mahakaya and Karagre Vasathi. Today we introduced a new Shloka of Saraswathi, Saraswathi Namastubhyam. We took the picture of Saraswathi around the class and asked them what were some special features of Saraswathi. They identified and learnt that Saraswathi holds Veena, she wears white and she rides on Hamsa. Later they colored a picture of Saraswathi Devi. Please do ask them to chant the mantra to you. Children did some Yoga postures, they learnt a new posture Bird pose. We started doing Geetha Chapter 11, we all chanted first line of first shloka today. It was little hard for them but I am proud that they gave in their best. Please do practice it at home too. We finished off with our Poornamadha. Thanks to Ritesh for wonderful snack, everyone was happy to have a snack at the end of class. See you all next week!!!.Reminders:
We cannot stress enough the importance of taking the children to the bathroom before they come to class! If one kid wants to go, then the entire class wants to go and since it is a very short class, it would be too much of an interruption. Kindly co-operate with us.
