Class Recap for October 21st (Section 1)

Hari Om Parents and Guardians,


We all had a fun time in our class today. We all are reciting our "Mantras" and "Shlokas" very well. Please keep practicing. We request all the parents to bring their children on time so none of us miss any activity in the class room. If you are late and "Meditation" is going on please wait outside the classroom till we are finished. We don't want the class to get disturbed when everybody is trying to concentrate.

Today our story was about King Janaka and how he found Sita. We also talked about" Rama and Sita's "wedding! How exciting. We discussed what happens in weddings and compared the festivities and celebration during " Rama and Sita" wedding and weddings today. It was really interesting to hear feed back from children regarding what they think happened during "Rama- Sita" wedding. We also learned about "Parashurama" and his fury.

We all did the coloring and sang our Bhajan with lots of enthusiasm and energy. The class ended with aarti and Pledge.

Please note that our next class is going to be in "Mercer County Park" where "CORD WALKATHON" will be held. Please register for the walkathon if you have not done so. It is going to be a fun filled event for the whole family. We will meet at the park as a class for couple of minutes and then all the kids will  be free to walk/have fun with their parents.We have already talked about it in the class. Please visit the "chinmayavrindavan.org" for more details.

Have a good week and see you at the park on October 28th.

Class Recap for 14th October ( Ruchi and Rukmani Aunty)

Hari Om Everyone,

We had a great class today and we got a brand new classroom! It is much bigger so we all can do our activities and games much better.Our new class room number is A-105.

As usual we started with shlokas. We did "Om Sahana Vavatu" followed by "Daily Prayers".We then recited two shlokas from "Sri Guru Strotam". We all recited loudly and looks like we have been practicing at home because most of us can say them without looking at the book. Great job everyone. Soon we will be starting "Geeta Chanting " as well.

We did one minute meditation. We are so proud of our students. There is so much discipline and silence during this time. It is hard to believe that we have first graders in the class. We have asked the students to practice meditation before bed time or/and after waking up.

Story time was exciting as we learned about "Vamana" and also the fate of "Maricha and Subahu". We heard the story of "Ahalya" and played a game related to the story. We can't wait to hear next week's story as "Rama will reach Mithila".

We finally started the coloring books. Almost everyone has bought the coloring books now. If you haven't paid, please do so by next class. Please make sure that students have crayons so they are able to enjoy this activity. We will color the chapter that we have covered in the class. The books will be collected at the end of the class. The coloring books will be sent home periodically.

We finished our bhajan (Khate bhi Ram kaho). It was so much fun doing the actions during the bhajan. Please ask your children about the bhajan. They have remembered it by now.

Aarti and pledge was done in the auditorium.

Thank You so much and have a good week. See you coming Sunday.

Class Agenda for October 7th ( Ruchi and Rukmani Aunty)

Hari Om Everyone,

We had a great time today in our class. Today we got our coloring books! How exciting! Some of the parents have bought the books already (it is $5). Those of you who haven't got it, please get them next week. Please bring exact change. Thank you so much!

We all started with our mantras and shlokas followed by meditation. It is amazing how still and silent these young kids are during this time. Our request to parents is that please come on time so your kids do not miss this important part of our agenda but if you are late please stand outside the class door and wait till we finish our meditation. We love it when all of us are silently doing Rama Nama Japa.

Today our story time was about how Rama. Lakshmana, Bharat and Shatughna were growing up in Ayodhya and how happy was King Dashratha surrounded by his sons. Also how King Dashratha allowed Rama to go with sage Vishvamitra and followed the command of his Guru, trusting it would be for his good.
 Also we came to know about Tatka and how she was cursed to lead the ugly life of a demon.

We did some exercises and jumped up and down. We also learned the Bhajan "Khate bhi Rama kaho." It was so much fun. We all did actions along with the song and danced as well. We did not get a chance to finish the song. We will do so in our next class.

We finished with aarti and pledge. Please note that  we might change our class room next week as we are not able to accommodate everybody in our room D112.. When you come for Balavihar next class we will post our new class number at the entrance.

Have a great week and we will see you all coming Sunday.