Prayers:
* ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Namaskara Pose, Lion Pose, Cobra Pose, Butterfly Pose, Sunrise/Sunset and Tree Pose
Shlokas:
* वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
* कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
* बुद्दिर्बलं - buddhirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
Bhajans:
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:
Art Project: Monkey Mask
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Nalanya and Prachi Aunty: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Sanskrit lesson of the week: Counting 1 - 10
Story Segment: How HanumAn helped find Sita
Game segment: HanumAn vadati
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: Another fun filled session went by. The children have slowly begun to warm up and started making friends. Since the weather was sleepy and cold, we decided to warm up with Yoga stretches with Anitha Aunty! We became lions and snakes and butterflies! The new stretches for this class were Sun Rise and Sun Set and the tree pose. Fantastic job by the children!! We are very proud of our very active toddler class!! Today, we learnt a new Shloka on HanumAn. We talked about HanumAn and thought it would be a good idea to pray to him to make us clever and brave and strong just like him!! Everyone remembered the Shlokas we learnt last week and we said them again. Rupa Aunty taught us a brand new Bhajan on HanumAn and we had a great time singing Great God gaNapathy and gaNesha Sharanam with her! Nanda Aunty taught us the first 2 lines of chapter 11 of Geeta. Although it may seem that the children are not saying the verses, it is truly amazing to see that they will be reciting their verses beautifully by April. Parents, please remember to keep practicing with the kids at home as well. Reinforcement at home helps the children learn faster and it can be a fun activity to do with them! After Geeta we made monkey masks for our craft! The children all wore their masks that they made and became little HanumAns! They were so adorable! We said BrahmaarpaNam and had our snack. Then it was Story Time with Nanda Aunty! The children helped her find HanumAn from her bag!! Our little HanumAn played a game of HanumAn vadati with Rupa Aunty and jumped and danced around! We finished with Arati and Om poorNamadaH
