Prayers:
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
* कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIh (My prayers, pg. 43)
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa
* सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
* गुरुर्ब्रह्मा - gururbrahmaa (My prayers, pg. 9, 3rd shloka of 'gurustotram')
* बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalam (Lord Hanumaan shloka)
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 10, shloka 1
Bhajans:
- गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
- सुब्रह्मण्यम् - Subrahmanyam (My prayers, pg. 62)
- जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
- अम्बा देवी सरस्वती - ambaa devI saraswati
Story: Crow and the fox
Art Project: Lakshmi Toran
Sanskrit segment: Shapes, GaneshaH vadati, Numbers
End of class:
- ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: The kids tried chanting the first geeta shloka after aunty. We asked the parents not to assist them and the kids did good for their first attempt.
In lieu of Diwali, we learnt that we celebrate the festival of lights during this time of the year. As the days start getting shorter, it is a nice way of making the days more brighter! We made our own beautiful 'Lakshmi Torans' to hang above the doorways. They will certainly make the festival more colorful. The Lakshmi on the torans will make Diwali more prosperous for all.
In the story 'Crow and fox', we learnt not to fall for false praise or feel too proud of ourselves. We sure have a bunch of good listeners.
At the same time, we ask parents to refrain their children from playing with toys during the class time. We do understand that they like to bring in a comfort toy or a stuffed animal with them. That's okay. But please pack them up before the class begins. Since children in our class are very young, they get distracted very easily and then the whole class follows suite and class becomes chaotic. We thank you in advance for your co-operation in this regard.
We wish you all a Happy, bright, cheerful and prosperous Diwali.
Snippets: During bhajans, after learning the Ganesha bhajan and moving on to Subrahmanya bhajan, the question was - who is Subrahmanya's brother. Promptly got the answer from one toddler - 'Ganesha'. Then when asked what does Subrahmanya sit on, another toddler very cheerfully repeated - 'Ganesha'!
