Prayers:
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Lion Pose, Stretching, Butterfly Pose, Cobra Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose, king dancer pose, downward dog pose.
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
Ganesha Gayatri –ऎक्दन्ताय विद्महे वक्रतुन्डाय धीमहि तन्नो दन्ति प्रचोदयात्
EkadantAya vidmahe vakratunDAya dhImahi tanno danti prachodayAt
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
श्रि राम राम रामेति, रमे, रामे, मनोरमे, सहस्र नामःततुल्यं राम नाम वरानने
Sri rAma rAma rAmeti, rame, rAme, manorame, sahasranAma tatulyam rAma nAma varAnane
Bhajans:
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh Great God Hanumanji
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 5
Art Project: Peacock coloring sheet
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Rohan and family.
Story Segment: Krishna and Sudama
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;
Parts of the body: शिरः shiraH - head; स्कन्दौ – skandau – shoulders; जानु jAnu – knees; अन्गुलि anguli – toes; नेत्रम् nEtram – eye; कर्णम् karNam – ear; नासिका nAsikA – nose; मुखम् mukham – mouth;
Counting 1 – 10
Game Segment: head shoulders knees and toes
End of class:
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Aarati and Pledge in the Auditorium
Comments: First Balavihar Sunday in Spring! The weather was good enough for a fun filled, action packed class indoors. Some of us decided to get all dressed up pretty! We started with the Oms and did Yoga with Rupa Aunty. The children were such a great mood today. They made up a new Yoga pose, “the froggy pose” and we jumped about like little frogs! Then we got ready for Shlokas. Great job, Vikram, Shruti,Anushka and Navya, coming and help Anandhi Aunty lead the shlokas! We are so proud of all our toddlers! Then we learnt a new Bhajan on Lord Rama and tried to add new words in the Bhajan that sang about how we should think of Lord Rama whatever we do. Then we sang our very first Bhajan : Ganesha Sharanam after a very long time. After Bhajans, it was time for chanting the Bhagavat Gita with Nanda Aunty. We have only 2 more Balavihar sessions before the competition. Parents, please make sure the children are registered. As you already know, they will be chanting as a group. If any child wants to come up front to chant the Gita shlokas during next Balavihar, they can come forward and lead. After Gita, it was time for a very quick review of colors in Sanskrit. Then it was snack time. We thank Rohan and family for bringing our snacks today. After snack we counted our 1 – 10 in English and Sanskrit and got ready for our story of the day with Anitha Aunty. Krishna visited us today to hear the story. It was about the friendship of Krishna and his BFF, Sudama. Although, Krishna was a king and Sudama, so poor that he didn’t even have enough food at home, Krishna hugged him and welcomed him and treated him very well. Sudama forgot ask Krishna for help in all his excitement in seeing him after such a long time but when he went back home, he found that his wife and children had a great big palace and lots of clothes, toys and delicious food! Krishna had given even without being asked. He had known what Sudama’s family needed! Krishna was a true friend, indeed! After the story we colored pretty peacocks with all the colors we learnt! It was almost time to go as Aarthi and Pledge were at the auditorium but we managed to squeeze in some time for our new Shirah, skandau… song and sung it as fast as we could! It was a fun class today! Can’t wait to meet you all next Sunday!
