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)
* वसुदेवसुतं देवं - vasudevasutaM devaM (My prayers, pg. 15)
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 10, shloka 1, 2 & 3
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
- कृष्णं वन्दे नन्दकुमारम् - kRuShNaM vande nandakumaaram
- आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera hanumantashUra
Story: Thirsty Crow
Art Project: Crow puppet
Sanskrit segment: Colors; Numbers
Yoga segment: None
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
- Aarti and pledge in the auditorium.
Comments: We did a lot of hands on learning in the class today! After our regular shlokas, bhajans and Geeta chanting, we learnt a new bhajan for our favorite, Hanuman! Then, we heard the story of clever crow who was very thirsty. The children helped the crow by dropping marble stones in a cup of water, so the water rises up. They saw how the smart crow, with his timely thinking, quenched his thirst. We also made sure to tell the kids - not to try drinking like that themselves - putting marbles or stones in their own water :)
In our art segment, we made a crow puppet, to fly home with :) We reinforced our learning of colors from last week and we counted them too. Since it was a short class, we didn't have enough time to do our yoga segment.
We got to tell how impressed we are with the kids. All of them are participating so well and interacting very nicely during the class. They are all comfortable chanting the shlokas, bhajans and Geeta. It is a delight to see them grooving along a bhajan or taking initiative to lead along in a shloka. It is a treat to see their faces light up, when they know an answer to something! Keep up the spirits kids :)
Guess what kids, we said we had something special after class, for chanting Geeta so well. Apparently, we forgot about it by the end of the class :( Wondering what it was... We will bring it back in the next class, that's a promise! Till then..., keep guessing! And stay warm!!
Snippets: On one of the shlokas, when the volume was going down a little bit, aunty asked 'What happened...? No gas?' Everyone laughed. But that's not the real snippet of the week. During story time, aunty said the crow had been flying for a looong time. Then aunty said, 'do you know what happened?' and our toddler goes, 'No gas...' instantaneously!! That caused a bigger uproar :) Isn't it amazing when toddlers pick up lines and apply it in their tone.
