List of the "Words of the Week"
Prayers Recited:
- OM saha naavavatu ("My Prayers," pg. 6 )
- Early Morning Prayer ("My Prayers," pg. 43)
- Before Studies Prayer ("My Prayers," pg. 44)
- Before Evening Lights Prayer ("My Prayers," pg. 45)
- Guru Brahma ("My Prayers," pg. 9 -- third shloka of Shree Gurustotram)
- Lord Hanuman Shloka
Bhajans:
- Ganesha Sharanam ("My Prayers," pg. 7)
- Jaya Ganesha ("My Prayers," pg. 7)
- Gopaalaa (2nd verse)
- Subramanyan (My Prayers," pg. 62)
- Aanjaneya Raghuveera ("My Prayers, pg. 21)
- Om Namo Bhagavate Vaasudevaaya
Snack: Provided by Krishna Gurram and Kaavya Satish -- धन्यवादः!
Story: Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit
Art Project: Rabbit Puppet
Sanskrit: We read the book प्राणी (PraaNii, Animals) by SAMI, Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton and played shashakaH vadati. We also introduced two new opposite words "high उच्च and "low नीच." We plan to introduce "opposite" words in April with another fun book by Sandra Boyton.
End of Class: Poornamadah.
Comments: A new friend, Shreya Iyer, has joined our class. We want to extend a very warm "Hari OM" and welcome to her. Shreya, we are delighted that our circle has gotten bigger -- and hope that you will have lots of fun with your new friends!
Our Geeta Chanters are doing super! As of this morning (before 8:00 a.m.) we have eight children registered for April 25 -- and heard after class that more are planning to register. Parents, please be sure and do so -- these kids have been working hard since September, and we really want them to feel part of this special day. Everybody gets to have fun -- and everybody gets a medal!
Some parents have expressed an interest in their child chanting independently. Please be aware that our toddler group will not be competing among their peers -- rather our focus and goal is for the children to build their confidence and love for chanting by doing it in a group. If, however, you want your child to chant individually, please let one of the sevikas know in our next class and we will speak to the coordinators to see if we can have your child assigned a specific time slot -- in addition to our group time slot.
Indu Aunty, Priya and family: many thanks, again, for cutting out the turtle shapes for our future art project. We know how much work it was (and how long it took!) to do this. We all truly appreciate your helpfulness.
We also want to thank Abhi Uncle for bringing in his guitar (and other percussion instruments) today. We had a great time having him lead us in "Om Namo Bhagavate Vaasudevaaya."
Please mark your calendars for April 4. There will be an evening of "East West Fusion" with instrumentation and singing by Sruti Ram and Ishwari. Place: Vrindavan Ashram. Time: 6 pm. For more information please contact Abhi and Sonia Kanitkar at www.krishnaleela.org. (click here for website.) Hope to see you all there for an evening of kiirtan energy.
Our next Balavihar class will be April 5. In the meantime, have a wonderful break. We hope all of our little शशका: (shashakaaH) will enjoy themselves as they jump around in this spring weather. Just don't let them forget to eat their carrots and greens ...
