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:
Art Project: Diwali Greeting cards
Sanskrit segment: None
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
- Aarati and pledge done in the auditorium.
Comments: Nice class inspite of the weather. The kids are getting better at chanting the 1st Geeta shloka now. They have been trying to chant the shloka themselves with aunty - no parents are allowed to help at that time, right kids!
We learnt in the story that there is Strength in Unity, hands on. Like in the story, all the kids got their own sticks (ear buds). They tried to see if they could bend it. Guess what, they even broke it! Then a bundle of sticks (ear buds) were passed around to see if they could bend that. Apparently, none of us were strong enough to bend the bundle. Through this, we learnt a valuable lesson - Unity is Strength. When asked why they couldn't bend or break the bundle, many of the kids had right answer. It is because 'they are many' and 'they are tied together'. When we co-operate and stick together, we are stronger and are able to accomplish more. We even applied the lesson during art time. We shared the Gel-pens (which worked like magic on the black cards, right) with our friends and made the cards more colorful!
Parents, very colorful and creative cards indeed. The ideas and color combinations were unique and beautiful.
Have a very Happy, Colorful, Cheerful and Prosperous Diwali everyone.
Snippets: Our toddler dialogues seem to come during story time generally. (And rightfully so, that's the time they have a say regarding their opinions :-). The question was - 'do we help our parents at home?' The chorus of course says 'Yes, I help my mom/dad!'. The follow-up question was - 'How do you help?' Our toddler promptly says 'Make her cook!'... How generous :-).
