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')
Meditation: None
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: The talkative tortoise
Words of the week: Review of many done so far
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: Stories by the children!
End of class:
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
Another rocking day as we come closer to the grand finale! It was officially the last day of balavihar 'classes'. We will be having our final day on June 12th, at the Chinmaya Ananda Mela. It will be held at the ashram premises. Our class will be performing on stage, for which we have been practicing rigorously. We had a practice yesterday at the ashram. Thanks to all the parents taking interest and bringing the children for these extra practice sessions. We will be having our final rehearsal on June 4th, Saturday at 10 a.m. at the ashram back office room. Please make sure the children arrive on time. We need this extra time for them to give their best on stage.
With what we have seen so far, the children are doing a wonderful job! We are so impressed with their eagerness to listen and learn! Makes us want to come back with more for them :). Today, we did several practices, along with having loads of fun.
For a break, we listened to the story of the talkative tortoise. We concluded that it is not essential for anyone to keep talking all the time. It almost seemed like the story had an effect on the children instantaneously. They all became even better listeners suddenly :).
We went back to our practices again. After doing a wonderful job, since we had some time to spare, we had an impromptu story telling session by the kids! They came up and narrated such wonderful stories and concluded with appropriate morals that we were so impressed! Made us sad to think that we will be missing these wonderful Sunday morning get-togethers soon :(.
Children, you have been one of the best classes we have seen! Keep up the good work and become wonderful young people!! Parents, our hearty thanks to you all for giving us the opportunity to work with your kids. Hope your experience was just as wonderful as ours! Hope to see you around. Children, you are always welcome to stop by our classes and say hello, we would love that :).
* 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')
Meditation: None
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 14
Story: The talkative tortoise
Words of the week: Review of many done so far
Likhita japa: None
Activity: None
Game time: Stories by the children!
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Rashmi aunty and Kusuma aunty:
Ruchi aunty and Meera aunty:
Another rocking day as we come closer to the grand finale! It was officially the last day of balavihar 'classes'. We will be having our final day on June 12th, at the Chinmaya Ananda Mela. It will be held at the ashram premises. Our class will be performing on stage, for which we have been practicing rigorously. We had a practice yesterday at the ashram. Thanks to all the parents taking interest and bringing the children for these extra practice sessions. We will be having our final rehearsal on June 4th, Saturday at 10 a.m. at the ashram back office room. Please make sure the children arrive on time. We need this extra time for them to give their best on stage.
With what we have seen so far, the children are doing a wonderful job! We are so impressed with their eagerness to listen and learn! Makes us want to come back with more for them :). Today, we did several practices, along with having loads of fun.
For a break, we listened to the story of the talkative tortoise. We concluded that it is not essential for anyone to keep talking all the time. It almost seemed like the story had an effect on the children instantaneously. They all became even better listeners suddenly :).
We went back to our practices again. After doing a wonderful job, since we had some time to spare, we had an impromptu story telling session by the kids! They came up and narrated such wonderful stories and concluded with appropriate morals that we were so impressed! Made us sad to think that we will be missing these wonderful Sunday morning get-togethers soon :(.
Children, you have been one of the best classes we have seen! Keep up the good work and become wonderful young people!! Parents, our hearty thanks to you all for giving us the opportunity to work with your kids. Hope your experience was just as wonderful as ours! Hope to see you around. Children, you are always welcome to stop by our classes and say hello, we would love that :).
