Hari Om Parents,
We had an almost full class this Sunday afternoon and had a lot of fun with the japa mala, exercise, jumping jacks and wonderful stories.
Request parents to try and make the kids repeat the letters & shlokas we have learnt thus far, at home. This will help them remember the words. This will help us be more productive in class.
Weekly Update
Feb 2nd 2020 / 12:45 PM
Today's Activities
- Guru Stotram
- Om Chanting with the kids in the classroom
- Repeated the following shlokas in our class
- Quick re-cap of all the letters we have learned so far along with characteristics & qualities that goes with each letter
- A - Aspiration - I want to be a <doctor or pilot or fireman….. >
- B - Brotherhood - The whole world is my family
- C - Cleanliness - Cleanliness is Godliness
- D - Dad - Pitrdevo Bhava
- E - Enthusiasm -
Go, go, go & fly
Soar, soar, in the sky
Work, Work, hard and try
You'll make it just dont cry
- F - Friendship - A friend in need is a friend indeed
- G - God -
Krisna here krisna there
Krisna Krisna everywhere
God is one, God is one
God is one for everyone
- H - Happiness - Happiness is an attitude
- I - Intelligence - Think before you speak & act
- J - Japa - Ram Rama bolo Rama Rama Rama
- K - Kind - God is Kind
- L - Love - God is Love
- M - Mother - Mitrdevo Bhava
- N - Nobility - Mahatma Gandhi ki jai
- O - Obidience -
GururBrahma GururVishnu
GururDevo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshaat ParaBrahma
Tasmai Sri Gurave Namaha
- R - Right - Do Right Don't you fuss
- S - Smile - Wear a Smile to be in style
- T - Truth - Satyam Vada, Priyam vada
- Following this the kids spent some time making the colorful japa mala.
- Exercise/Fun time: The entire class then performed some stretching exercises and jumping jacks to get the blood flowing again after the craft work
- The new letter we learnt today was:
- U - Unity - United we Stand, Divided we fall
We discussed this different examples of being united we are strong. One the
example was with sticks. Trying to bend one think stick Vs trying to bend a
bundle of sticks. Then we watched a video of the story of a flock of birds and how
the escaped the hunter by being united. Please refer to this video:
- Closing Prayers & Pledge in the Auditorium
Next Session Agenda
- Proceed with our curriculum and move to i and try to repeat all the letters
- Practice our Slokas and Bhajans
- Class drawing / craft activities with stories
Reminder & Activities for home
- Please practice singing the slokas
OM Sahana Vavatu
Sahanau Bhunaktu
Saha Viryam, Karavavahai,
Tejasvi Navaditamastu,
Ma Vidvishavahai
Ekadantam Mahaakaayam
Lambodara gajaananam
Vighnanaasakaram devam
Herambam pranamaamyaham
Saraswati Namastubhyam
Varade Kaama-Roopini
Vidyaarambham Karishyaami
Siddhir-Bhavatu Me Sadaa
- Parents we use this slide deck during class to drive our discussion and stories relevant to the letters we are learning in the class. Some slides contain links to youtube Videos that we have used throughout this year for showing some relevant stories. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Av3f7OwNIXRcCSvEV-4sRGPN8fJ7XZ8ncMUvxQm-LUg
Pranams
Rajesh Jayakumar
Priya Nambiar
