September 26th Class

Prayers:

* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)

Yoga segment: Namaskara Pose, Lion Pose, Cobra Pose and Butterfly Pose

Shlokas:
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa

* कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIh (My prayers, pg. 43)

Bhajans:
गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)

Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee

Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 line 1:

Art Project: GaNesha Puppet

Snack/Juice: Provided by Bindu Aunty (Sowmya’s mom) धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).

Sanskrit Word of the week: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH) – Thank You

Story Segment: How GaNesha got his elephant head

Game segment: GaNeshaH vadati


End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).

ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.

Comments: Today was our first complete session and what an enthusiastic bunch we were! We started with Yoga stretches. The children were very good with their animal poses and full points to the parents for getting up and doing the stretches with the kids! We learnt to say a new Shloka: कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIh. We decided to try saying it every morning before starting the day. Today we started our very first Geeta Chanting session. Pretty soon the children will be chanting their 4 verses! It never ceases to amaze us how fast they pick up! In the Bhajan segment we had a fun action song about Lord GaNesha. Everyone enjoyed singing and dancing to it! Then we got to make our very own GaNesha puppets!! Moms and Dads did a great job in helping our budding artists as they let their creative juices flow! We had a snack break after which the children grabbed their GaNesha puppets and got ready for story time with Nanda Aunty! Our friend Vikram shared his GaNesha doll with the class and everyone got a turn to touch our little GaNesha! Thank You, Vikram for sharing so kindly - धन्यवादः! We learnt about the story of how GaNesha got his elephant head following which we had a great game of GaNesha Vadati!! Guess who else joined our game?!! Little GaNesha, himself!! Then it was time for our Arati. We are so proud of our little children and enjoy spending Balavihar Sundays with them! Please check the Blog regularly for updates and photos. See you all next week.

Hari Om

September 19th class

The Toddler team would like to welcome the new and returning families to the New Year! We are very excited and look forward to a wonderful journey together!

Prayers:

• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
• वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa

Bhajans:

• गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)

Snack/Juice: Provided by Toddler team

Yoga/Games: Namaskaram (Salutation)

Ganeshah vadati

End of class: ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH. Aarati and pledge were done in the auditorium.

Comments: It was a short class today. We have quite a few new friends in class this year! We got to know each other by names (although it will take us a while to remember all of them :). We familiarized with the class structure. Everyone sat in a circle and did all the prayers and bhajans wonderfully. We enjoyed a nice game of Ganeshah vadati-the children loved jumping to गणेशः वदति उत्त्पततु (gaNeshaH vadati uttpatatu - Ganesha says jump) Great job class!

From next week, we will be having a full class and a whole lot of fun things to do.

We are glad that classes are back in session – look forward to seeing you every Balavihar Sunday!