Prayers:
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Namaskara Pose, Lion Pose, Cobra Pose, Butterfly Pose, Sunrise/Sunset and Tree Pose, Downward dog Pose
Shlokas:
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
*सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
Bhajans:
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera HanumAntashUra
गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 line 1, 2
Art Project: Lotus Magnet
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Sowmya Aunty: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Sanskrit lesson of the week: श्वेत – White, पीत - Yellow
Story Segment: The Kantil and the crocodile – an Indonesian folk tale
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: Today’s class was about saraswati, the goddess of knowledge. We started with our Yoga session with Anitha Aunty. We had fun doing all the animal poses and we learnt the downward dog pose where we got to walk with our hands and stretch like dogs. We discussed about Navaratri where we pray to Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. At Shloka time with Anandhi Aunty, we learnt a new shloka on saraswati, saraswati namastuByam and the new bhajan that Rupa Aunty taught us was jaya jaya devI on Durga. We sang the older bhajans too and our all time favorite, Great God GaNapati!! The children all said the shlokas and sang the bhajans loudly and clearly! We were so happy! Nanda Aunty was ready with Geeta Chanting next. We chanted the first 2 lines of Chapter 11, 1st verse. For our craft today, we made Lotus magnets for our refrigerators. Saraswati sits on a श्वेत – White lotus. When we look at our pretty lotus magnets on the fridge, we will remember saraswati and pray to her. We said ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam and had our snack. Jim uncle and Vasava uncle came and spoke about CORD walkathon. We are going to have a lot of fun on October 24th when we meet for the walkathon. It will be like a field trip! The much awaited story time was next. Today, Nanda Aunty had a story that did not happen in India. It happened in a country called Indonesia. We really loved the story and it had a funny ending. The crocodile was a meanie and tried to attack the nice buffalos that helped him and learnt a hard lesson. Today we did not have much time for a game but we did count our 1 – 10s in Sanskrit and English. The children remembered their numbers very well in both languages. Our toddlers make us proud! We concluded with arati and ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH. We can’t wait to meet you all next week. Happy Navaratri to everyone!
