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The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14.
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The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14.
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Next Class Mar 2
Pre-K 1 Rm 110
Pre-K 2 Rm 109
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Opening Prayer:
- Om sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om sri Saraswathye namaha, Om sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha
Stotras:
Quiet Time/Activity: Shell Dropping Game
Bhajan: Bolo Bolo Sab mil bolo
Gita Chanting: Chapter 14, Shloka 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 Shloka
Story: King Midas and the Golden Touch
Deity Recognition: Shiv Parivar
(To help the children remember how to properly write ऊँ, explained that there are four steps: First you write a "3," then you must add Lord Hanuman's tail, next comes the moon, and then the last thing you draw is a bindu.
Closing Prayers: Om Jai Jagadisha Hare, Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam
Comments:
We started with some Yoga stretches and few simple poses to get settled in. With a nice deep breath, we chanted Om three times followed by the three chants 'Om Ganeshaye Namaha'.
We practiced the new shloka we learnt last week'Brahmarpanam'. We spoke about the significance of this prayer. The children did an awesome job reciting.
Quiet time was followed by chanting the first five shlokas from chapter 14 in the Bhagvad Geeta. The kids are doing amazing with their chanting. Thank you parents for helping them practice through the week.
During Sanskrit learning we practiced our counting in Sanskrit and also learnt to recognize our numbers from 1-1. 5 We also started to learn how we say the colors in Sanskrit. We did 'Raktah' for Red, 'Pitah' for yellow, 'Neelah' for Blue, 'Harithah' for Green,i 'Shwetha' for White and 'KrishnaH' for Black. We will continue to add to this in the coming weeks.
For deity recognition we reviewed all the pictures of the God/Goddesses we have seen thus far.
We exercised our singing voices during bhajan time. We continued to practice the bhajan we had learnt a couple classes ago....'Bolo bolo sab mil bolo' for Lord Shiva. The kids have gotten a hangof the words and enjoy this bhajan.
At story time we heard the story of 'King Midas and his Golden Touch'. This story comes from Greek Mythology and teaches us that no good can come from being greedy.
After story time, we colored a picture of Shiva Lingam and practiced our likita japa by writing Om all around the Lingam. The kids did an awesome job.
We ended our class with Aarthi and the closing prayers.
Have a great week. Stay warm!
