Prayers:
· ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Lion Pose, Stretching, Cobra Pose, Tree Pose, Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation)
Shlokas:
· वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
· कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
· बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
· वसुदॆवसुतं दॆवं – vasudEvasutaM dEvaM (My prayers, pg.15)
Bhajans:
· lÉlSsÉÉsÉÉ rÉSÒlÉlSsÉÉsÉÉ – nandalAlA yadunandalAlA (My prayers, pg. 53)
· आञ्जनेयवीर हनुमन्तशूर - aa~njaneyaveera HanumAntashUra
· aÉÉrÉÌ§É qÉl§ÉÇ - Á pÉÔpÉÑïuÉÈ xuÉÈ gAyatri mantraM - om bhUrbhuvaH swaH
· Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 4
Art Project: coloring blocks
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Anushka and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: Theme: Pongal/Makar Sankaranti/Uttrayan/Lodhi:
Sanskrit lesson of the week: U£üÈ raktaH- Red mÉÏiÉÈ peetaH- Yellow WûËUiÉÈ haritaH- Green lÉÏsÉÈ neelaH- Blue µÉåiÉÈ shwetaH- White Ì¢üwlÉÈ krishnaH- Black ; Counting 1 - 10;
Game Segment: qÉqÉ lÉÉqÉ - mama nAma – My name is ….. with Hanuman
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: A new year, with lots of promises, has started and has brought a few new friends to our Toddler class. On behalf of the Toddler team we would like to extend a warm welcome to our new friends! We hope you enjoy your Balavihar sessions as much as we do. As usual we started by chanting ॐ three times and went on to Yoga with Anitha Aunty. After warming up with Yoga stretches, we said our shlokas and did Bhajans with Rupa Aunty. We learnt to sing the aÉÉrÉÌ§É qÉl§ÉÇ (Gayatri mantram). We moved on to Gita chanting which we were reviewing after quite a break. We learnt about colors in Sanskrit today. The children colored a recatangular block each with one of the colors: : U£üÈ raktaH- Red mÉÏiÉÈ peetaH- Yellow WûËUiÉÈ haritaH- Green lÉÏsÉÈ neelaH- Blue. We will be using these to play a surprise game next Balavihar class. We had our snack break following this. We thank Anuska’s family for providing the snack and juice today even though they were not able to join us for class. After snack we quickly wound up and got ready to talk about a festival coming up over the next weekend. In Tamilnadu it is called Pongal. In Andhrapradesh, Karnataka it is called Makar Sankaranti. In Gujarat it is called Uttrayan and in North India it is known as Lodhi. It is the harvest festival, a thanksgiving to the Sun God and Nature for a good harvest. We shared a few views about how it is celebrated in different parts of the country. We could continue to discuss some more during the next Balavihar session if anyone is interested in sharing more information. We did manage to find the time to play a game of mama naama. We passed our little Hanuman around and introduced ourselves to him. It is amazing how quickly time flies when you are having fun! At the end of class, we sang ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare and chanted xÉuÉåï pÉuÉliÉÑ xÉÑÎZÉlÉÈ - sarve bhavantu sukhinaH and ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH and completed today’s class. We will meet on the 23rd of January, 2011.
