Prayers:ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose , Tree Pose.
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmetiव
क्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् वरदे कामरूपिणी - saraswati namastubhyam varade kAmarUpiNI
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
नन्दलाला यदुनन्दलाला - nandalAlA yadunandalAlA
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Jaya Jaya Devi
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2
Art Project: Monkey puppet
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Diya and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of Crocodile and the Monkey’s heart
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaHॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It’s starting to get cold outside but it was nice and warm to see all the eager kids and parents in the class today. The kids are settling in well and doing great with our class routine.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We then did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches like the Butterfly pose, Tree pose, and Lion pose. It was absolutely adorable to see the kids do the Turtle pose and pop up their heads to say “Hari Om”.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. The kids loved to help lead the Shlokas. Some of the little helpers were able to lead the Shlokas all by themselves. Great job kids and thank you parents for helping them practice. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. The kids were eager with their requests. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. We loved to dance to Great God Ganapathy and खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho. The kids had lots of fun with this and got really creative with the things they do. Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first and second verses of chapter 12. We are getting better with our Gita chanting and we are going to keep practicing our verses.
Today at craft time we made Monkey puppets. The kids made some really cute Monkeys. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Diya and her family brought in snack for the entire class.
After snack we counted to 10 in Sanskrit and got ready for Story time. Today we heard the story of ‘The Monkey and the Crocodile’. We learnt that in a difficult situation if we stay calm and use our wit we can overcome our problems. After the story we spoke about how the face of the Monkey reminded us of Lord Hanuman. We also reviewed some of our other Gods and Goddesses and their interesting features. It was lots of fun.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
