Prayers:
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
* 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)
Bhajans:
- गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
- आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera hanumantashUra
Story:
Snack/Juice: Provided by -- Lots and lots of parents! -- धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Art Project: Sanskrit book of 'Colors, Shapes, etc.'
Sanskrit segment: Reading the sanskrit book of 'Colors, shapes, etc.'.
Yoga segment: None. Played a game of pass the ball.
End of class:
- ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Started the class with a few shlokas, bhajans and geeta chanting. Read the book of 'Colors, shapes, etc.'. Later, everyone got to make their own books to take home. They were specially signed and blessed by Swamiji for our littlest friends!
After that, we played a game of 'Pass the ball' and the kids got to come up and say their names and whether we will see them next year or move into pre-k class. We learnt that a lot of children from our class are big kids and are moving up. We will certainly miss you, but we are sure that you are ready for the next grade! We are so proud of your accomplishments here. Do remember to practice all the shlokas, bhajans and geeta chanting. You were a cool class of kids as well as parents! We will miss you so much.... Best of luck for all your future endeavors. Those of you who will come back to our class next year, we are sure there will be more fun in store when you come back.
After 'brahmaarpaNam..', we got to eat loads of delicious food brought in by all the parents. The food was awesome! It was a party in full swing!! We had everything from appetizers, to desserts to ice pops. The kids had a blast eating all the yummy food and chilling out with the ice-pops and juice. Adults enjoyed too, since they do not get to eat a snack at balavihar every day ;). Thanks parents for all the wonderful delicacies and also to those that helped us do all the clean up too, at the end. That was very thoughtful of you all!
We will see you all next week (June 13th), at the annual day celebrations. Enjoy your summer break kids and stay healthy. See you all soon, either in class or in the hallways :). Lots of love to you all.
Snippets: It was a very fun class and everyone enjoyed chit chatting with each other. (We do not get to do that very often amidst our busy schedules in the class :). Hence, there were lots of snippets...
