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
* बुद्दिर्बलम् - buddirbalaM
Meditation: 1 minute
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: Monkeys go fasting :)
Words of the week: Lots of them!
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: 4 corners with quiz cues; yoga
End of class:
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
With the year end programme fast approaching, we are doing practices in our balavihar sessions. Today, we met at 9.30 am as spoken in last class. Although lot of the children came on time, not all of them made it at 9.30. Parents please make sure they come on time as we need this extra half hour, so that we don't have to scramble towards the end.
We did our morning prayers, meditation and gItaa chanting as usual. We then practiced for the mela performance. It is coming along nicely. We need everyone to practice their words at home so that they don't need to hold on to the sheet. Parents please encourage them to learn the words by heart.
In between practices, we heard the story of a group of monkeys that decided to go fasting! A bunch of monkeys, vowed to fast till sun set, one day. After a few minutes, one of the monkeys came up with a brilliant idea. He said that they should find a banana grove and wait by the grove, so that at sun set, they can quickly break their fast. Everyone agreed and they went looking for a banana grove and found it too. In a few minutes, another monkey suggested that they should each locate a banana plant, which has nice ripe bananas and wait by 'their' plants so that it will be easier at sun set. All the monkeys agreed and found a plant with lots of ripe fruit. They started looking up at the sun and pacing around a little bit. After a few more minutes, one smart monkey said, after fasting till sun set, they would all be weak and frail to climb the trees. So, may be they should climb up right now and wait for the sun to set, that way, their energies will be conserved... So, all the monkeys agreed and climbed up their respective trees. In a little while, one other monkey yelled to all other monkeys, 'may be, we should pluck a banana and hold it readily so we will not lose time later!' They all did so. Then another monkey said, 'we are just sitting right now, might as well make use of the time to peel the banana and keep it ready of later!' Okay..., everyone peeled their bananas and held them out.... After five minutes...., there was peel all over the ground! It was not even late morning!! All the monkeys had eaten up dozens of banana and were burping!!! They had failed their vow miserably! From this story, we learnt that, to achieve anything, we need to have will power, determination, courage and especially patience! We can't achieve anything without these very essential characteristics. Or, our tasks will be as successful as the fast of the monkeys :).
After that, we did more practice. We then played the 4 corners game with clues to the names of the corners. It was time for some yoga. We had lots of fun stretching, jumping, bending and reaching. It was time to disperse with the ending prayers.
Parents, please remember to bring the children at 9.30 next class. We will be needing a couple additional practices on Saturdays possibly. It will be at 'Chinmaya Vrindavan'. We will be sending out emails regarding the time slots, once we get a confirmation at the ashram. We thank you in advance for you co-operation. Keep practicing! Have a nice long weekend everyone. See you soon.
* 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
* बुद्दिर्बलम् - buddirbalaM
Meditation: 1 minute
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: Monkeys go fasting :)
Words of the week: Lots of them!
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: 4 corners with quiz cues; yoga
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
With the year end programme fast approaching, we are doing practices in our balavihar sessions. Today, we met at 9.30 am as spoken in last class. Although lot of the children came on time, not all of them made it at 9.30. Parents please make sure they come on time as we need this extra half hour, so that we don't have to scramble towards the end.
We did our morning prayers, meditation and gItaa chanting as usual. We then practiced for the mela performance. It is coming along nicely. We need everyone to practice their words at home so that they don't need to hold on to the sheet. Parents please encourage them to learn the words by heart.
In between practices, we heard the story of a group of monkeys that decided to go fasting! A bunch of monkeys, vowed to fast till sun set, one day. After a few minutes, one of the monkeys came up with a brilliant idea. He said that they should find a banana grove and wait by the grove, so that at sun set, they can quickly break their fast. Everyone agreed and they went looking for a banana grove and found it too. In a few minutes, another monkey suggested that they should each locate a banana plant, which has nice ripe bananas and wait by 'their' plants so that it will be easier at sun set. All the monkeys agreed and found a plant with lots of ripe fruit. They started looking up at the sun and pacing around a little bit. After a few more minutes, one smart monkey said, after fasting till sun set, they would all be weak and frail to climb the trees. So, may be they should climb up right now and wait for the sun to set, that way, their energies will be conserved... So, all the monkeys agreed and climbed up their respective trees. In a little while, one other monkey yelled to all other monkeys, 'may be, we should pluck a banana and hold it readily so we will not lose time later!' They all did so. Then another monkey said, 'we are just sitting right now, might as well make use of the time to peel the banana and keep it ready of later!' Okay..., everyone peeled their bananas and held them out.... After five minutes...., there was peel all over the ground! It was not even late morning!! All the monkeys had eaten up dozens of banana and were burping!!! They had failed their vow miserably! From this story, we learnt that, to achieve anything, we need to have will power, determination, courage and especially patience! We can't achieve anything without these very essential characteristics. Or, our tasks will be as successful as the fast of the monkeys :).
After that, we did more practice. We then played the 4 corners game with clues to the names of the corners. It was time for some yoga. We had lots of fun stretching, jumping, bending and reaching. It was time to disperse with the ending prayers.
Parents, please remember to bring the children at 9.30 next class. We will be needing a couple additional practices on Saturdays possibly. It will be at 'Chinmaya Vrindavan'. We will be sending out emails regarding the time slots, once we get a confirmation at the ashram. We thank you in advance for you co-operation. Keep practicing! Have a nice long weekend everyone. See you soon.
