A wonderful
on-line tool to help your child
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Next class is on Sunday, March 3
Pre-K 1 Rm
D110
Pre-K 2 Rm
D109
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Opening Prayer:
• OM Sahanaa
vavatu
• Om sri Ganeshaya namaha,
Om sri Saraswathye namaha, Om sri Sat Gurubyoh
namah
Stotras:
- Karagre Vasate Lakshmi
- Sarasvati Namastubhyam
- Buddir balam yaso dhairyam
Quiet Time/Activity: Shell Dropping Game
Gita Chanting: Chapter 13, Shloka 1,2, 3, 4 & 5 (On-Line tool to help with memorization and pronunciation)
Story: King Midas and the golden touch
Bhajan: Jai Jagadisha Hare
Sanskrit Learning:
Krishna Vadati
Counting 1-5
Colors in Sanskrit
Activity:
Likhita Japa: Learning how to write Ram
Closing Prayers: Om Pūrnamadaḥ
Comments:
It was lovely to see a full class today. The kids have settled so well into the class routine and they have started to participate with energy and enthusiasm.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om followed by the morning prayers. We then did the chants "Om Ganeshaye Namaha". This is an excellent way to think of Lord Ganesha, Goddess Saraswati, and our Guru. This also gives us the opportunity to learn and practice some new stotras. So after our chanting we continued to practice the new stotra we learnt last week 'Karagre vasate Lakshmi'. We also spoke about the meaning of this stotra. By saying this stotra every morning we remind ourselves that all the strength we need are in our own hands and each of our actions is an act of the Divine.
Quiet time was followed by chanting the first
to fourth shloka from chapter 13 in the Bhagvad Geeta. We learnt the fifth
shloka again today. The kids are doing amazing with their chanting. We thank the
parents for continuing to pratice with them.
At story time we heard the story of 'King Midas and the golden touch'. The story is from ancient Greece. It illustrates how not to be greedy and to enjoy the simple things in life.
After story time we played a round of "Krishna Vadati" and added some new words to our Sanskrit vocabulary. We continued to practice our likita japa. Some of kids were ready to write 'Ram' on the white board all by themselves. They did an excellent job. We will continue to work on this in the coming weeks.
After likita japa, we did an art activity. We then reviewed our colors in Sanskrit and practised reading our numbers from 1-5 in Sanskrit.
We ended our class with singing the first three stanzas of Om Jai Jagdish Hare followed by the closing prayers.
