We had a short class today as all balavihar students assembled in the prayer hall to do Saraswathi pooja.
A few housekeeping reminders-
1. As the class sits on the floor, make sure your children are dressed comfortably to sit cross legged.
2.Please make sure that the child uses the bathroom before stepping into class minimizing interruptions during class.
3.Some children are still anxious about leaving their parents- a quick hug, smile,kiss with the word that you will pick them up at the end of class is usually enough.
As we were going to do pooja together, class began with a discussion of what is a pooja, have the kids seen one, done one?We had interesting inputs like- it is a time to pray, it is time to do aarti,it is time to offer food.So, whatever poojas the kids have been in, they have been keenly observing!We then talked a little about what to expect during the pooja in the hall-including waiting to eat the raisins only after they have been offered to God.
We, then turned to Alphabet Safari- our kindergarten curriculum. As there were many new students, we went over A is for Aspiration.. We had to use it in a sentence for them to understand its meaning. We asked what each of their personal aspirations were- some said artist, teacher, doctor, engineer, police officer, firefighter. Some had multiple aspirations. We discussed if that is ok.
Then came the subtler step- is it enough to aspire- what is needed as follow up?
Finally we ended with reminding the students to tell the parents about what happened in class and also ask family about their aspiration.
Parents- please ask your kids what is needed as follow up to aspiration.
Happy Navrathri.
See you all on Oct 11.
Pranjali and Uma
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