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)
- Om Namah Shivaya
Story: Goose and the Golden Egg.
Art Project: Sculpted a bird out of clay.
Sanskrit: Today we read "बृहत् लघु" (Big Little by SAMI) and played Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and khagaH vadati.
End of Class: Poornamadah. Aarthi was done in the auditorium.
Comments: We had lots of surprises -- first, Srinidhi turned 4 today and we all had fun singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Srinidhi, Happy Birthday again -- and we hope you had a really great day!
Speaking of singing ... Abhi Uncle brought in his guitar and tamborine. After our bhajan segment we invoked Lord Krishna by singing "Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaaya" to some groovy guitar strumming. We can't thank Krishna's daddy enough for playing guitar and leading us in kirtan. We hope to be able to do this on a regular basis.
Now that we are on the subject of kirtan -- 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.)
Today was the first day that the parents were not allowed to chant our three Gita shlokas with their children. We know that the big people felt a little awkward not singing -- but we are pleased that all complied. There are definitely some brave toddlers ready to chant at the competition, so please continue to work with your children at home and make that leap to register them for the competition. Our toddlers will chant as a group that day, and this is the only age group that parents are allowed to sit with their children. Also, Vrindavan has made it easy for us -- all we have to do is go to the website and register online. (Click here.) Gee, how effortless is that? :-)
Also don't forget to rsvp for the pizza party on April 11 with Swamiji. We certainly don't want to be short of pizza or ice cream that day ...
Priya, hope you feel better. We missed you today and we look forward to seeing you next week.
Priyanka, hope you'll be over your jet lag next week -- can't wait to hear all about your adventures.
Everybody -- open your windows and let that fresh air in. Bhagavan has truly blessed us with some wonderful weather!
Hope everyone has a peaceful week and we look forward to seeing you on the 15th for another fun Sunday.
