Prayers:
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Lion Pose, Stretching, Butterfly Pose, Cobra Pose, Tree Pose, Goddess Pose
Shlokas:
• वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
• कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
• वसुदॆवसुतं दॆवं – vasudEvasutaM dEvaM (My prayers, pg. 15)
• बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
Bhajans:
• Oh Great God HanumAnji, I bow to thee
• गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ बुर्भुवः सुवः Gayatri Mantram – Om burbhuva suvaha
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 4
Art Project: Decorated hearts door knob hanger
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by the Toddler Team.
Story Segment: Hanuman helps Rama and Lakshmana
Sanskrit lesson of the week: रक्तः raktaH- Red; पीतः peetaH- Yellow; हरितः haritaH- Green; नीलः neelaH- Blue; श्वेतः shwetaH- White; क्रिष्नः krishnaH- Black; पाटलः pAtalaH- Pink; धूमलः dhUmalaH- Purple; मित्र – mitra – friend; Counting 1 - 10
Game Segment: Colors, Mama Mitra
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे- Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments: Our topic today was about Hanumanji. We did our 3 Oms and some Yoga stretches. We learnt a new pose, the Goddess pose, today! After the warm up, we sat down and said our shlokas and then had Bhajan time. Today, we learnt a new song today just like our favorite Great God Ganapathy called Oh Great God Hanumanji! The children had a lot of fun singing it. Then we sang the Gayatri mantram. We moved on to Geeta chanting practice. Today we heard many of the kids recite loudly and confidently. They are beginning to feel more and more at home, which is very good to know. After Geeta chanting we had craft time. We decorated hearts today and made door knob hangers for Valentine’s Day. We reviewed our colors just before snack time. We were very impressed that all the children remembered even the new colors. It was very cute to hear some of them say ‘bluetah’ for blue! After snack time, we got ready for today’s story by counting 1 – 10 in English and Sanskrit. Today’s story was about how Hanuman brought the Aushadi mountain to save Rama, Lakshmana and the other monkeys and bears in Rama’s army. Indrajit, the son of Ravana, sent the Brahmastra, the biggest weapon there is, to put the monkeys and bears in Rama’s army to sleep. Rama wanted to protect the monkeys and bears that love him so much and decided to take the astra on his self and so did Lakshmana. Only Hanuman and Vibheeshana, Ravana’s brother, were immune to the Brahmastra. Everyone including Rama and Lakshmana had fallen asleep under the spell of the Astra. Then Vibheesana adviced Hanuman to bring three plants from the Aushadhi Mountain, the smell of which will wake up Rama and Lakshmana and the entire army. Hanuman flew to the Himalayas and reached Aushadhi Mountain but didn’t know where the magical plants were. So he decided to bring the entire mountain. As soon as he brought it to where Rama and the others were, the smell of the magical medicinal plants revived Rama and Lakshmana and all the others! Hanuman went to all the trouble out of love for Rama. After story time we played a new game called Mama Mitra. It is very much like Mama Nama except when the music stops we had to say Mama Mitra… and say a friend’s name. Then it was time to leave! We sang Om Jaya Jagdeesha Hare and finished with the ending slokas. We had a really great time today. Hope you enjoy the class as much as we do! Enjoy your week!
