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Next class is on Sunday, March
10
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 & 6 (On-Line tool to help with memorization and pronunciation)
Story: Bhakta Kanadasa
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:
The children did an amazing job of leading our class today. It was lovely to see their 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 '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. The kids were also eager to do some of older stotras like 'Buddhir Balam', 'Sarasvati Namastubhyam' and 'Gurur Brahma'. They amazing chanting as a group.
Quiet time was followed by chanting the first to
fifth shloka from chapter 13 in the Bhagvad Geeta. We learnt the sixth shloka
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 'Bhakta Kanakdasa'. This is such a inspiring story on devotion and surrender to the Lord. It also beautifully illustrates us are equal in the eyes of God and we all have the same rights for devotion to the Lord.
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.
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 four stanzas of Om Jai Jagdish Hare followed by the closing prayers.
