Next class is on Sunday, April 14
*Pre-K 1 and Pre-K 2 will be meeting in Rm D110*
Pre-K 1 Rm
D110
Pre-K 2 Rm
D109
Geeta Chanting Competition: April 20, 2013
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Opening
Prayer:
• Om sri Ganeshaya namaha,
Om sri Saraswathye namaha, Om sri Sat Gurubyoh
namah
Stotras:
- Kara Charana Kritam Vaak
Quiet Time/Activity: Shell Dropping Game
Gita Chanting: Chapter 13, Shloka 1,2, 3, 4 , 5, 6 & 7 (On-Line tool to help with memorization and pronunciation)
Story: The Ugly Duckling
Bhajan: Jai Jagadisha Hare
Sanskrit Learning:
Krishna Vadati
Counting 1-10
Colors in Sanskrit
Activity: Connect the Dots: Duck (in Sanskrit)
Likhita Japa: Learning how to write Ram
Closing Prayers: Om Pūrnamadaḥ
Comments:
It was a beautiful day today....it finally feels like spring! It was nice to see everyone after a break of couple of weeks.
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 learnt a new stotra 'Kara Charana Kritam Vaak'. This is a night time prayer with a beautiful meaning to it. It is prayer to Lord Shiva, asking for forgiveness for any of the mistakes we may have committed during the day.
At quiet time the kids did amazing job of meditating for two and half minutes. It is tremendous to see the little ones sit and focus for this amount of time. Quiet time was followed by chanting the first to sixth shloka from chapter 13 in the Bhagvad Geeta. We learnt the seventh shloka today. We then practiced for our Geeta Chanting competition which is coming up in couple weeks. The kids are doing amazing with their chanting. We thank the parents for continuing to practice with them.
At story time we heard the story of 'The Ugly Duckling'. This is a classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. The story is beloved around the world for personal transformation for the better.
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. They did an excellent job. We will continue to work on this in the coming weeks.
We then reviewed our colors in Sanskrit and practiced reading our numbers from 1-10 in Sanskrit. We then did a connect the dots with Sanskrit numbers. The kids enjoyed the process of discovering what the dots connected to make.
We ended our class with singing the Aarthi and our closing prayers.
