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 and the pickle
Words of the week: Many many :).
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: Four corners game, along with quiz cues, yoga
End of class:
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
We combined the classes and will be doing so for the rest of the year. We did our regular morning prayers and gItaa chanting. The chanting is only getting better as the days go by :). Our hearty congratulations to VIBHAV AMBUGA for winning 2nd prize in the finals of the gItaa chanting! (Interestingly, he came second only to his own sister, who bagged the 1st prize :). We are so thrilled! Keep it up Vibhav.
We handed out the scripts for the mela performance and practiced in full swing! In between, we heard a fun fun story of the monkeys and the pickle. After that, we promised to try not to be monkeys and copy someone thoughtlessly :).
Later, we played the 'four corners' game with a twist. Aunties would give clues and the children had to figure out the answer and go to that corner accordingly! We tried to trick them, but they were too smart. We tried to give them questions with more than one possible answer, but they figured that working as a team works. They split into smaller groups to represent all the correct answers! How smart is this class, really!
The children were so attentive that the day was so productive and we had time for more fun! We did some great yoga stretches and moves. Then, we also did the naama japa, with the names of - raama, sItaa, lakShamNa, bharatha, shatrughna. They wanted to do more!! So we did - hanumaan, sugrIvaa, jaTaayu, as well :).
See you all next week. We will be meeting in room D-100 at 9:30 for next two classes as we need that extra time for practice. Please bring your children on time and we promise to make sure they will have a good time :). Also please make them practice the script we have sent home with them today.
See you all next week.
* 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 and the pickle
Words of the week: Many many :).
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: Four corners game, along with quiz cues, yoga
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
We combined the classes and will be doing so for the rest of the year. We did our regular morning prayers and gItaa chanting. The chanting is only getting better as the days go by :). Our hearty congratulations to VIBHAV AMBUGA for winning 2nd prize in the finals of the gItaa chanting! (Interestingly, he came second only to his own sister, who bagged the 1st prize :). We are so thrilled! Keep it up Vibhav.
We handed out the scripts for the mela performance and practiced in full swing! In between, we heard a fun fun story of the monkeys and the pickle. After that, we promised to try not to be monkeys and copy someone thoughtlessly :).
Later, we played the 'four corners' game with a twist. Aunties would give clues and the children had to figure out the answer and go to that corner accordingly! We tried to trick them, but they were too smart. We tried to give them questions with more than one possible answer, but they figured that working as a team works. They split into smaller groups to represent all the correct answers! How smart is this class, really!
The children were so attentive that the day was so productive and we had time for more fun! We did some great yoga stretches and moves. Then, we also did the naama japa, with the names of - raama, sItaa, lakShamNa, bharatha, shatrughna. They wanted to do more!! So we did - hanumaan, sugrIvaa, jaTaayu, as well :).
See you all next week. We will be meeting in room D-100 at 9:30 for next two classes as we need that extra time for practice. Please bring your children on time and we promise to make sure they will have a good time :). Also please make them practice the script we have sent home with them today.
See you all next week.
