Prayers:
· ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Lion Pose, Stretching, Butterfly Pose, Cobra Pose, Tree Pose,
Shlokas:
· कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
· वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
· सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
· बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
· नमस्तेस्तु महामाये – namastEstu mahAmAye (Mahalakshmi shloka)
Bhajans:
· gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH swaH
· – nandalAlA yadunandalAlA (My prayers, pg. 53)
· suBrahmanyam suBrahmanyam (My prayers, pg. 62)
· Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 4
Art Project: Tortoise
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Sourya and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: Bunny and the Tortoise
Sanskrit lesson of the week: raktaH- Red peetaH- Yellow haritaH- Green neelaH- Blue shwetaH- White krishnaH- Black ; Counting 1 - 10;
Game Segment: Colors, Hanuman vadati
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: We had yet another fun filled Balavihar class yesterday and there were again many new friends who joined us this time. We started with the Yoga warm up followed by our shlokas and bhajans and Geeta chanting practice. Then we made the tortoise magnet for craft. Then it was snack time. Today’s snack was provided by Sourya and family. After snack time we wound up, and got ready for the story about a bunny and a tortoise having a race. The tortoise kept on walking slowly but steadily while the bunny, though he started early and went very fast, got distracted along the way. He ate too much and fell asleep! In the end, although the tortoise was walking slowly, he kept his focus and that made him win the race! Whereas the bunny was very lazy and so came in last! Then we had a game of colors with Rupa Aunty. We tried out a new game where we tried to play Hanuman Vadati with just the
