March 13, 2011

Next class : March 20, 2011;
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
• Prayer for Guru - Gurur Brahma
• Before Meal - Brahmaarpanam

Page 43 from "My Prayer"

Story:

• Story of Prahlada

Craft:

• Cupcake-Holi

Games/Activity:

• None

Ending Prayers:

• Om Poornamadah Poornamidam

Bhajans:

• He Shiva Shankar Namami Shankar - Page 20 "My Prayer"

Bhagavad Geeta:

• Chapter XI Shloka 5 - Click here to practice chanting

Comments:

• Today we had Vandana Aunty, Aditi's mom helping us out. Once children were comfortably seated, we started off our class with beginning prayers. Since Kids were comfortable with Braharpanam, this week we started a new Shloka "Kar charana kritham vak". This Shloka is sung before we sleep. We practiced our bhajan from last week "He Shiva Shambo". We also chanted Geetha Chapter XI first five verses, everyone did a great job. We also learnt the sixth verse, and I was very surprised to see all the kids picking up the shlokas pretty fast. Thanks parents for helping them practice at home, keep up the good work. After that we did our ususal yoga.
• We talked about the Holi festival, since we cant play Holi, we played holi with cupcakes. Aditi had bought cupcakes for the whole class. Kids had fun playing holi with cupcakes using sprinkles. They enjoyed it.
• Harshala Aunty told the story Prahlada. It was almost time for dismissal. We finished our class with Poornamdha. We will be seeing you all on March 20th. Stay safe ;-)

Reminders:

• Kids need to have "My Prayers" book. You can also buy "My Prayers & Stuthi Ranjani" CD.
• Keep practising the Geeta Chapter XI at home.
• Parents on the day when Swamiji gives Pravachan, please do pick up kids from the class and then go to Auditorium for Aarthi and Pledge.
• We have two prayer books with us with no names on them. Parents please do write the name of the kids on their bookbag, books and jackets, it will be really helpful.
• We would really appreciate donation of much needed supplies such as crayons, gluesticks, markers etc.