Prayers:
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
* सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
* गुरुर्ब्रह्मा - gururbrahmaa (My prayers, pg. 9, 3rd shloka of 'gurustotram')
* करग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karagre vasate lakShmIH
* समुद्रवसने देवी - samudravasane devI
* शुभं करोति कल्यणम् - shubhaM karoti kalyaNam
* बुद्दिर्बलम् - buddirbalaM
Meditation: 1 minute
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: sItaa deceived; princes revived; kumbhakarNa
Words of the week: indrajit; sarpaastra; garuDa; kumbhakarNa
Likhita japa: Practice writing 'राम'
Activity: No coloring pages
Game time: 'Know your boundaries' - along with pointers from today's story.
End of class:
Comments:
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
The two sections were combined today. We settled down quickly and started off with our morning prayers. We spoke about the significance and meaning of some of the prayers we did.
The gItaa chanting competition is fast approaching. The practice in class is going in full swing. Parents, please encourage them to do it regularly at home and make sure you register them online for the big day. If you saw how well they were doing in class, you would, without a doubt register each and everyone for the competition! We were so impressed!!
Meditation time with 40 some kids in class, happened in total silence! Good job kids. You were all very composed and focused, just like shrI raama.
Before going into the story time, we spoke about the 11th chapter of the gItaa we are learning. We spoke about what happened in this chapter and what was the topic of conversation between kRuShNa and arjuna. We saw the picture of the viraat swaroopa viShNu, like we do in each class. We also spoke about how arjuna needed special vision to see that. He could not possibly have seen it with his plain eyes. We compared it to how we need 3D glasses to see a 3D movie. Similarly, to see the entire swaroopam of the Lord, we need special vision for sure! The conversations and questions were very interesting. Please discuss with your children what their ideas were and what they spoke in class.
In the story time, we saw how raavaNa tried to deceive sItaa with a fake head of raama on a plate, which he created through his magic. But it vanished as soon as raavaNa left. This confused sItaa, but she was consoled by a kind raakShasi, saying that it was a trick of raavaNa. Even raavaNa's grandfather advised him to return sItaa but he wouldn't budge. They were all set to start the battle. Then, sugrIva suddenly got enraged and jumped off into the palace quarters of raavaNa to deal him, himself! They both fought fiercely. But raavaNa resorted to magic, which sugrIva was no match. He returned to raama's camp. raama advised him that, being a king, it was not wise of sugrIva to be hasty. Although he was a king, sugrIva was not arrogant. He acknowledged his mistake and apologized. The battle began. Both sides fought fiercely. Many rakShasas, as well as monkeys died on both sides, many more were injured as well. Once, raavaNa's son indrajit, used 'sarpaastra' (snake darts) against raama and lakShmaNa. They both fell down unconscious. In a haste, indrajit concluded that they were dead! He went and reported to his father as well. Rejoicing, raavaNa asked sItaa to go take a look in his puShpaka vimaanam. When she was in utter sorrow on seeing the sight, trijaata, a kind raakShasi consoled her saying the divine glow on their faces is proof enough that they are not dead. Soon after, garuDa, Lord viShNu's vehicle, came swooping down. At the very sight of the bird, the snake darts left raama and lakShmaNa! They were revived. (We also spoke about how aadisheSha, viShNu's bed and his vehicle, the garuDa, live cohesively in vaikuNTa! How come? The difference being the goodness in a person.) raavaNa had lost a lot of his strong soldiers. His only resort was his brother kumbhakarNa, who was cursed to sleep for six months continuously. He was in one of those spell currently. He HAD to be woken up. After a lot of efforts, he awoke. After listening to the narration of the happenings from raavaNa himself, kumbhakarNa told him that it was very wrong of raavaNa to have stolen sItaa. But he would still be loyal to his brother and lay his life for him. He fought fiercely. But he knew his end was nearing. He made his way towards raama, as he wanted to die in his arms. After a long battle, raama cut off his arms, limbs and killed him!
We will see what happens in the next class. We had such a long story today, we did not do any coloring pages :). Not really. There were no coloring pages filled with the gory details of the war! We enjoyed playing the game of 'know your boundaries' along with examples from the story today. We went to the auditorium for aarati and pledge.
See you all next week for another fun session.
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
* सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
* गुरुर्ब्रह्मा - gururbrahmaa (My prayers, pg. 9, 3rd shloka of 'gurustotram')
* करग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karagre vasate lakShmIH
* समुद्रवसने देवी - samudravasane devI
* शुभं करोति कल्यणम् - shubhaM karoti kalyaNam
* बुद्दिर्बलम् - buddirbalaM
Meditation: 1 minute
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: sItaa deceived; princes revived; kumbhakarNa
Words of the week: indrajit; sarpaastra; garuDa; kumbhakarNa
Likhita japa: Practice writing 'राम'
Activity: No coloring pages
Game time: 'Know your boundaries' - along with pointers from today's story.
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
- aarati and pledge were done in the auditorium.
Comments:
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
The two sections were combined today. We settled down quickly and started off with our morning prayers. We spoke about the significance and meaning of some of the prayers we did.
The gItaa chanting competition is fast approaching. The practice in class is going in full swing. Parents, please encourage them to do it regularly at home and make sure you register them online for the big day. If you saw how well they were doing in class, you would, without a doubt register each and everyone for the competition! We were so impressed!!
Meditation time with 40 some kids in class, happened in total silence! Good job kids. You were all very composed and focused, just like shrI raama.
Before going into the story time, we spoke about the 11th chapter of the gItaa we are learning. We spoke about what happened in this chapter and what was the topic of conversation between kRuShNa and arjuna. We saw the picture of the viraat swaroopa viShNu, like we do in each class. We also spoke about how arjuna needed special vision to see that. He could not possibly have seen it with his plain eyes. We compared it to how we need 3D glasses to see a 3D movie. Similarly, to see the entire swaroopam of the Lord, we need special vision for sure! The conversations and questions were very interesting. Please discuss with your children what their ideas were and what they spoke in class.
In the story time, we saw how raavaNa tried to deceive sItaa with a fake head of raama on a plate, which he created through his magic. But it vanished as soon as raavaNa left. This confused sItaa, but she was consoled by a kind raakShasi, saying that it was a trick of raavaNa. Even raavaNa's grandfather advised him to return sItaa but he wouldn't budge. They were all set to start the battle. Then, sugrIva suddenly got enraged and jumped off into the palace quarters of raavaNa to deal him, himself! They both fought fiercely. But raavaNa resorted to magic, which sugrIva was no match. He returned to raama's camp. raama advised him that, being a king, it was not wise of sugrIva to be hasty. Although he was a king, sugrIva was not arrogant. He acknowledged his mistake and apologized. The battle began. Both sides fought fiercely. Many rakShasas, as well as monkeys died on both sides, many more were injured as well. Once, raavaNa's son indrajit, used 'sarpaastra' (snake darts) against raama and lakShmaNa. They both fell down unconscious. In a haste, indrajit concluded that they were dead! He went and reported to his father as well. Rejoicing, raavaNa asked sItaa to go take a look in his puShpaka vimaanam. When she was in utter sorrow on seeing the sight, trijaata, a kind raakShasi consoled her saying the divine glow on their faces is proof enough that they are not dead. Soon after, garuDa, Lord viShNu's vehicle, came swooping down. At the very sight of the bird, the snake darts left raama and lakShmaNa! They were revived. (We also spoke about how aadisheSha, viShNu's bed and his vehicle, the garuDa, live cohesively in vaikuNTa! How come? The difference being the goodness in a person.) raavaNa had lost a lot of his strong soldiers. His only resort was his brother kumbhakarNa, who was cursed to sleep for six months continuously. He was in one of those spell currently. He HAD to be woken up. After a lot of efforts, he awoke. After listening to the narration of the happenings from raavaNa himself, kumbhakarNa told him that it was very wrong of raavaNa to have stolen sItaa. But he would still be loyal to his brother and lay his life for him. He fought fiercely. But he knew his end was nearing. He made his way towards raama, as he wanted to die in his arms. After a long battle, raama cut off his arms, limbs and killed him!
We will see what happens in the next class. We had such a long story today, we did not do any coloring pages :). Not really. There were no coloring pages filled with the gory details of the war! We enjoyed playing the game of 'know your boundaries' along with examples from the story today. We went to the auditorium for aarati and pledge.
See you all next week for another fun session.
