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 & 4
Bhajans:
- गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
- सुब्रह्मण्यम् - subrahmaNyam (My prayers, pg. 62)
- अम्बा देवी सरस्वती - ambaa devI saraswati
- कृष्णं वन्दे नन्दकुमारम् - kRuShNaM vande nandakumaaram
- आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera hanumantashUra
Story: Ganesha and Kubera
Art Project: Join the dots, Ganesha picture coloring
Sanskrit segment: Sanskrit vowels (swaras); गणेशः वदति... मन्दम्... शीघ्रम्... (gaNeshaH vadati... mandam... shIghram...)
Yoga segment: None
End of class:
- ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: Today we had such a busy class that we even ran over the clock :). After our shlokas and bhajans, we did Geeta chanting. The children are doing super duper in their recitations. Keep up the good work kids. Parents, we can't emphasis enough about registering for the geeta chanting presentation. They are all doing so well and we are so, so proud of them. Please make sure you register all your children. Could use the link above to do it online.
We heard the story of Ganesha and Kubera. We saw how Kubera was so proud of his riches and wanted to show off. But Ganesha sure taught him his lesson. He ate up all the food for the entire party and said he was still hungry. Kubera ran to Lord Shiva for help. When Parvathi offered Ganesha only one modak with love, He felt full. Kubera was humbled by this and learnt to never feel proud of his possessions. Our really, really smart children understood the purpose of the story so well (see snippets).
After enjoying the snack and juice, the children joined numbered dots 1 through 80, to reveal a picture of Ganesha! What wonderful artists we have in our class!! We saw some beautiful pieces of art, when the children colored their pictures and brought proudly for us to see. We were so engrossed with the activity that we ran over time too!
We then learnt something new in sankrit. We learnt to say sanskrit alphabet (vowels) अ आ इ ई ..... अं अः (a aa i I ..... aM aH). They found the अः (aH) sound very funny and burst into giggles every time we said that :).
We then reviewed our gaNeshaH vadati game and expended all that extra energy by jumping in response to उत्पततु (utpatatu - jump). We had so much fun that we did not even have enough time to do our yoga segment today.
Until next week, have fun, stay warm and DO NOT forget to register for the geeta chanting :)
Snippets: After the story, aunty was testing the kids. She asked, is it nice to say to a friend, 'I've more toys, better toys. My red car is better than yours, etc.' Our toddler immediately says, 'No! That is not nice to say.... Every one has nice cars!' Such a beautiful thought and so simply put, too!!
