Prayers:
v ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Namaskara Pose, Lion Pose, Cobra Pose, Tree Pose, Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation)
Shlokas:
v वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
v बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
v कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
v सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
Bhajans:
v गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
v xÉÑoÉë¼hrÉqÉç xÉÑoÉë¼hrÉqÉç - suBrahmanyam suBrahmanyam (My prayers, pg. 62)
v lÉlSsÉÉsÉÉ rÉSÒlÉlSsÉÉsÉÉ – nandalAlA yadunandalAlA (My prayers, pg. 53)
v आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera HanumAntashUra
v Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 - 3
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Nivetha and family - धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: Theme: kUrma avatara
Sanskrit lesson of the week: Counting 1 - 10; MÔüqÉïÈ kUrmaH - Turtle
Game Segment: qÉqÉ lÉÉqÉ - mama nAma – My name is …..
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
xÉuÉåï pÉuÉliÉÑ xÉÑÎZÉlÉÈ - sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: We had a busy class today and loads of fun! As usual we started with the 3 OMs. We stretched a bit during Yoga with Anitha Aunty and went on to our Shlokas. After Shlokas it was time for Bhajans with Rupa Aunty. We learnt a new bhajan , suBrahmnyam, today. Of course, we ended with our all time favorite, Great God Ganapathy. We did Gita chanting with Nanda Aunty and also listened to the audio CD as well. Then it was snack time. Today’s snack was provided by Nivetha and family. When snack was done, we counted 1 – 10 in English and Sanskrit and quickly got ready for story time with Nanda Aunty. Today’s story was about the churning of the ocean by the Devas. They wanted to be powerful and had to drink Amrita from the ocean. The Mandaara mountain was brought into the ocean and Vasuki the snake agreed to be the rope. When the Devas were churning, the mountain slipped and fell into the ocean. They prayed to Lord Vishnu to help them. Lord Vishnu took the form of a giant turtle and went under the ocean and brought the mountain up. At first, a lot of poison came out and they prayed to Lord Shiva, who gathered all the poison and drank it up. Then Dhanvantri, the doctor of the Devas, came out with the pot of Amrita and the Devas drank it and became very powerful. We played a round of Mama Nama… with Lord Krishna who visited us today again! The children really enjoyed the game! Now they can even say Mama Naama without being prompted! Great work, kids! We sang Om jaya jagadeesha hare, chanted xÉuÉåï pÉuÉliÉÑ xÉÑÎZÉlÉÈ - sarve bhavantu sukhinaH and ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
