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)
Snack: Provided by Shivani Anbazhagen and Ruchitha Jegan -- धन्यवादः!
Story: The Swan and the Crow
Art Project: Sponge Art Picture of Owl, Sponge Art Picture of Rabbit, and Sponge Art Picture of Elephant.
Sanskrit: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes; counting 1-10.
End of Class: Poornamadah.
Comments: Happy Mother's Day to all our moms. We hope you are having an absolutely wonderful day with your families. Remember what we said, kids: "The best Mother's Day Gift is to be extra helpful, eat all your vegetables with a smile, tidy up after yourself, and give lots of hugs!"
Priyanka and Vikram introduced us to their cousins, Sanjana and Aditya (from Mumbai) -- a very warm Hari OM to them! We are looking forward to having you in class again next week, Sanjana.
Also, Vikas introduced us to his grandmother and grandfather. They, too, are visiting from India, and we have our fingers crossed that they will be joining us for the June 14th annual function.
End of the Year Decorations are now underway -- and there is an awful lot of work to be done. Parents, please find time to join us at the ashram for production work. Not only will this be our contribution for the June 14th annual event, but we always have fun working together at the ashram ... our hands are busy with creative work, there is lots of laughter, good music, and enevitably some tasty chai emerges from the kitchen for everyone :-) Contact Rashmi Kashi if you have any questions -- she is the project coordinator. All dates and times when we will be getting together to work will be posted above in the announcement section.
Just 3 more weeks and we will be breaking for the summer. Hard to believe that the year has flown by so quickly. It has truly been a joy to watch our children blossom and mature over these months -- we're really going to miss our little graduates. June 7th is our end of the year party -- and we plan to have a blast! We will be bringing a sign up list for tasty foods -- so if you have a favorite dish, please be sure and share it with us that day. If the weather permits, we will spend that morning outdoors (after we put our Sanskrit book together.) Parents be aware: we will have our super duper bubble solution for the kids -- so make sure that they are in outdoor dress. Our party is a casual one :-)
Today was class photo day. However, once we looked through the pictures at home, it became apparent that some of our smaller friends got hidden by the bigger kids. Sorry about that. We'll bring the camera again next week and make sure that we get their pics.
Super big thanks to Roopa Auntie for bringing in some really gorgeous stickers for our toddlers. She hauled them all the way back from India ... and boy, we can't wait to use them! It's going to be pretty hard to decide which one to use on the front cover of our Animal Book.
Also a very special thank you to Chinna Uncle. Once again, he has wowed us with a beautiful drawing of Bala Ganapati to use for our end of the year project. You are all going to be absolutely floored when you see this work of art!
Have a super week everyone -- see you next Sunday.
