Feb 28, 2020 and March 6, 2020 - Grade 4 (Friday)

HariOm Parents,

We had a  very good Friday on Feb 28^th. It was our Spirit Day at the Balavihar.

All kids were dressed in Blue and Indian clothes. That was wonderful to see. All kids came in early and had a lot of fun.

We said Om 3 times and then starting class with our Opening Prayers(Om Sahanavavatu).

1.      Chanting My Prayers: Since all the kids who attended 3^rd grade were already taught the My Daily Prayers we chanted it. For the benefit of the newcomers, the Daily prayers are in My Prayers Pg,11 of green book. The following are the shlokas

a.       Karagrevasathe Lakshmi

b.       Gangecha yamunechaiva

c.       Saraswati namstubyam

d.       Brahmarpanam

e.       Subhamkaroti kalyanam

f.        Karacharana kratamvaak

g.     Kayenavacha manasaindriyeyva

After the Opening Prayers our Spirit Day started. Our kids of 4^th grade did Ninja star and cups in 4^th grade answered questions moved to 5^th grade to do lego and then moved to 7^th grade to do snack cup  Last they were in 6^th grade to play flip the blanket. They had so much fun.

After that they moved to the prayer hall where they opened the treasure box just second.

Yes, our 4^th graders worked as a collected team and did a wonderful job. Thanks to the house team who did a well planned engaging activity very well planned and executed.

March 6^th

We had only half the normal attendance last Friday. So, we decided to skip our skit practice and planned to record gita so we can collect more house points and also get prepared for our Gita yagna.

We said Om 3 times and then starting class with our Opening Prayers(Om Sahanavavatu).

1.      Chanting My Prayers: Since all the kids who attended 3^rd grade were already taught the My Daily Prayers we chanted it. For the benefit of the newcomers, the Daily prayers are in My Prayers Pg,11 of green book. The following are the shlokas

a.       Karagrevasathe Lakshmi

b.       Gangecha yamunechaiva

c.       Saraswati namstubyam

d.       Brahmarpanam

e.       Subhamkaroti kalyanam

f.        Karacharana kratamvaak

g.     Kayenavacha manasaindriyeyva

      2. Shlokas :

           a. Krishnashtakam

           b.Govinda Damodara Stotram : 1^st 2 verses.

3. Bhagawat Gita : We did Bhagawat Gita chanting verses 9 to 14 verses.

4. Closing Prayers : We did aarti and pledge at the classroom

We would like you to do the following

1.      Please practice Bhagawat Gita and register for the Gita Yagna

2.      Also please register for Shlokathon and ask them to practice

a.      Opening Prayers

OR

b.      Hanuman Chalisa

OR

c.      Govinda Damodara Stotram.

Please stay healthy and we will see Next Class is on March 13^th

Pranaam,

Meena and Viji