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Jan 5, 2020 - Shishu Vihar (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents,

Happy New Year to all. Hope you all enjoyed a nice winter break.

Here is a brief summary of the class activities from Jan 5, 2020.

We started our class with our 3 Oms followed by

Om saha nāvavatu

saha nau bhunaktu

saha vīryam karavāvahai

Tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai

Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

hariH Om

Shri gurubhyo namaH

hariH Om

and 3 chants

• Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om Sri Saraswathye namaha, Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha

We chanted three shlokas:-

1. Vakratunda Mahākāya

vakratunda mahākāya
sūryakoṭi samaprabha

nirvighnam kurū me deva

sarva karyeśu sarvadā

2. Saraswati Namastubhyam

sarasvati namastubhyaṃ
varade kāmarūpiṇi

vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi

siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥

3.. Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh

Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh,
karamūle sarasvatī
karamadhye tu govindaḥ,

prabhāte karadarśanam

After some yoga stretches and poses we did our bhajans:

Great God Hanumanji, I bow to Thee(Action Song)
Great God Hanumanji, I bow to Thee,
Monkey faced One, I bow to Thee
Delight of Lord Rama, I take refuge in thee
Brave and strong son of Anjani
Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee

You fight all evil and win Victory

Khate Bhi Ram Kaho (action song)
Khathe bhi ram kaho ; peethe bhi ram kaho;
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Jumping bhi ram kaho Running bhi ram kaho
Walking bhi ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Khathe bhi ram kaho ; peethe bhi ram kaho;
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Likhte bhi ram kaho Padte bhi ram kaho

Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...

Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram

Aanjaneya veera hanumantha shoora
aanjaneya veera hanumantha shoora
vaayuu kumaara vaanara veera
mahaanubhaava jaya hanumantha

sree raam jaya raam jaya jaya raam

seetaaraam jaya jaya jaya raam

Ganesha Bhajan
gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.

After bhajans we played our meditation game and were able to count to 16 and all our little ones did an awesome job of closing their eyes and counting in their mind. We learnt how to tell the numbers from 1 to 16 in Sanskrit :

1. One  (ekam)                  2. Two (dve)                 3.Three (treeni)
4. Four  (chatvaari) 5. Five (pancha) 6. Six (shat)
7. Seven (sapta) 8. Eight (ashta) 9. Nine (nava)
10. Ten (dasha)   11. Elelven (ekaadasha)
12. Twelve (dvaadasha) 13. Thirteen (trayodasha
14. Fourteen (chaturdasha) 15. Fifteen (panchadasha)

16. Sixteen (shodash)

We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like
Red – Raktaha White - Shvetah
Yellow – Peethaha Black - Krishnaha

Blue – Neelaha Green – Harithaha

Pink – Patalah

We all enjoyed the story "Eat a Mango where no one can see you" and learned that God is everywhere and in everyone.

Our weekly craft was greeting card with Ganesha or Saraswathi picture on it,

the kids enjoyed doing it.

We wrapped up our session with our closing prayers

Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya

pūrṇamevā vaśiṣyate

and moved to the temple for Aarthi.

Looking forward to seeing all of you at our next class, Jan 12th.

Regards,

Vidya and Pramila

Nov 3, 2019 - Shishu Vihar (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents,

Here is a brief summary of the class activities from Nov 3^rd,2019 :

We started our class with our 3 Oms followed by

· Om saha nāvavatu saha nau bhunaktu saha vīryam karavāvahai

Tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai

Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

hariH Om

Shri gurubhyo namaH

hariH Om

and 3 chants

• Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om Sri Saraswathye namaha, Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha

We chanted three shlokas:-

1. Vakratunda Mahākāy \

vakratunda mahākāya

sūryakoṭi samaprabha

nirvighnam kurū me deva

sarva karyeśu sarvadā

2. Saraswati Namastubhyam

sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi

vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥

We all went for a class photo, our little ones did a good job by sitting patiently in front of the camera. We were back in our class so quick, thanks to our excellent photo team.

We did our yoga stretches and poses (Tree, Lion, Snake & Butterfly ) followed by our meditation game and were able to count till 13 quietly in our mind.

We counted the numbers in Sanskrit too

1. One एकम् (ekam) 2. Two द्वे (dve) 3.Three त्रीणि (treeni)

4. Four चत्वारि (chatvaari) 5. Five पञ्च (pancha) 6. Six षट् (shat)

7. Seven सप्त (sapta) 8. Eight अष्ट (ashta) 9. Nine नव (nava)

10. Ten दश (dasha) 11. Elelven एकादश (ekaadasha)

12. Twelve द्वादश (dvaadasha) 13. Thirteen त्रयोदश (trayodasha)

We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like

Red – Raktaha White - Shvetah

Yellow – Peethaha Black - Krishnaha

Blue – Neelaha Green – Harithaha

Next we did our bhajans :

1. Ganesha Bhajan

· gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.

gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.

vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.

sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.

sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.

2. Great God Ganapati (Action song)

Great God Ganapathi, I bow to Thee,

Elephant faced One, I bow to Thee

Delight of Lord Shiva, I take refuge in Thee,

O big bellied son of Mother Parvathi

Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee

You ride on your mouse and win Victory

We did our Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 1, Verse 1 and 2 from our handbook.

Here is the youtube playlist to listen to our Swamiji chant -

Geeta Ch1 Verses 1-2

Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 1 opening, verses 1 and 2

This week's story was "Krishna and Govardhana Giri" and we enjoyed doing our "Peacock Feather" craft.

We wrapped up our session with our closing prayers

· Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam

pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya

pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

and moved to the temple for Aarthi.

Reminder :- There is no class on Nov 10^th.

For any other updates or any class information please check our Whatsapp messages.

Looking forward to seeing all of you at our next class, Nov 17^th.

Unto Him our best,

Vidya Venkatesh

Pramila Rao

Sep 29, 2019 - Shishu Vihar (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents,

We had a short class due to Saraswathi pooja. Below is the update of the class

for Week 3, 29-Sep-2019 :

We started our class with our 3 Oms followed by

· Om saha nāvavatu

saha nau bhunaktu

saha vīryam karavāvahai

Tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai

Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

hariH Om

Shri gurubhyo namaH

hariH Om

and 3 chants

• Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om Sri Saraswathye namaha, Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha

We chanted three shlokas:-

1. Vakratunda Mahākāya

· vakratunda mahākāya

sūryakoṭi samaprabha

nirvighnam kurū me deva

sarva karyeśu sarvadā

We discussed about Goddess Sarasvati and while looking at her picture, kids identified the things unique to her – White saree, 2 hands holding Veena, the other hands holding japa mala and the book. Visualizing these features we repeated the shloka –

2. Saraswati Namastubhyam

· sarasvati namastubhyaṃ

varade kāmarūpiṇi

vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi

siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥

3. Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh

· Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh

karamūle sarasvatī

karamadhye tu govindaḥ,

prabhāte karadarśanam

We did our Yoga stretches and poses (Tree, Lion, Snake & Butterfly )

followed by Bhajans :

1. Durga Bhajan

· jaya jaya devii, jaya jaya devii, durgaa devii sharaNam

jaya jaya devii, jaya jaya devii, durgaa devii sharaNam

kanaka durgaa devii sharaNam, kanaka durga devii sharaNam

2. Great God Ganapati (Action song)

· Great God Ganapathi, I bow to Thee,

Elephant faced One, I bow to Thee

Delight of Lord Shiva, I take refuge in Thee,

O big bellied son of Mother Parvathi

Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee

You ride on your mouse and win Victory

After bhajans we played our meditation game and were able to count to 11!! and all our little ones did an awesome job of closing their eyes and counting in their mind. We learnt how to tell the numbers from 1 to 11 in Sanskrit :

1. One एकम् (ekam) 2. Two द्वे (dve) 3.Three त्रीणि (treeni)

4. Four चत्वारि (chatvaari) 5. Five पञ्च (pancha) 6. Six षट् (shat)

7. Seven सप्त (sapta) 8. Eight अष्ट (ashta) 9. Nine नव (nava)

10. Ten दश (dasha) 11. Eleven एकादश (ekaadasha)

We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like

· Red - Raktaha

· White - Shvetah

· Yellow - Peethaha

· Black - Krishnaha (कृष्णः)

· Blue - Neelaha

· Green – Harithaha

We chanted the Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 1, Verse 1 from our handbook and said our closing prayers

· Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam

pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya

pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

and moved to the temple for Saraswathi Pooja.

All our kids were awesome sitting for the whole Pooja.

Reminder:-

1. There is no class on Oct 6th.

2. We will meet again on October 13th at 10am for the CORD Walkathon at Mercer County Park. Here is the link to register:

CORD Walkathon | Welcome to Chinmaya Vrindavan

Enjoy your Navarathri week and looking forward to see you all on Oct 13^th.

Regards,

Vidya Venkatesh

Pramila Rao