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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 9
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:
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Sarasvati Namasthubyam
Quiet Time/Activity: Shell Dropping Game
Bhajan: Bolo Bolo Sab mil bolo
Gita Chanting: Chapter 14, Shloka 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 Shloka
Story: Bhakta Kanakadasa
(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 some of the shlokas we have learnt in the past weeks. We spoke about the significance of these prayers. 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 learnt a new Bhajan for Lord Raam today. We spoke about how we think about "Raam" in everything we do. It was fun to learn some new words and add it to our song.
At story time we heard the story of 'Bhakta Kanakadasa'. This story comes from India and teaches us about the true Bhakti for Lord. It reminds us that we are all equal in the eyes of God!
After story time, we started a new likita japa. We learnt how write 'Raam'. The kids did an amazing job.
We ended our class with Aarthi and the closing prayers.
Have a great week. Stay warm!
