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The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14.
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The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14.
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Announcements
*Cord Walkathon May 11*
Mercer County Park
*PICTURE DAY MAY 18*
(Please have the children dress in colorful Indian outfits)
Next Class May 18
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: Khate Bhi Ram Kaho
Gita Chanting: Chapter 14, Shloka 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 Shloka
Story: Ivan and the Devils
Activity: Game-Head Shoulders Knees & Toes
Likhita Japa: Learning how to write.Ram
Activity: Game-Head Shoulders Knees & Toes
Likhita Japa: Learning how to write.Ram
(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.
During Sanskrit learning we practiced our counting in Sanskrit and also learnt to recognize our numbers from 1-20. We also colors in Sanskrit. We did 'Raktah' for Red, 'Pitah' for yellow, 'Neelah' for Blue, 'Harithah' for Green, 'Shwetha' for White and 'KrishnaH' for Black.
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.
At story time we heard the story of 'Ivan and the Devils'. This story comes from Russia and is a fun story that teaches us about generosity. There could not have been a better time to talk about 'Generosity'......with Cord walkathon just a week away! We tied it all in.
After story time, we did our likita japa. We learnt how write 'Raam'. The kids did an amazing job. For activity, we played the Sanskrit version of 'Head, shoulders, Knees & Toes'
We ended our class the closing prayers and Aarthi.
Have a great week.
