Prayers:
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose.
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH –Vikram and Shravamti
शुक्लाम्बरधरम् विष्णुं – SuklAmbaradharam viShNuM –Aswini and her mom
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa -Aadhya
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM - Navya, Anushka, Dia and Rhea
Dattatreya shloka - Shravamti
Bhajans:
Bhajan on Lord Hanuman by Tejas and his mom
Bhajan on Lord Rama by Shravya and her mom
Ganapathy Bhajan by Satvik’s mom
Come here my dear Krishna Kanhaiah by Dia and her mom
Bhajan on Lord Rama by Reya and her dad
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
खाते भि राम कहो– khaate bhi Ram kaho by Vikram and Rupa Aunty
Geeta Chanting: Chap. 11; verses 1 - 5
Art Project: Friendship bracelet by Aniketh and Akhilesh’s mom
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Samvrit and Family
Story Segment: Bheema and Bakasura
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22)
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: What a fun class it was today!! We had 4 new friends who may be joining us next year. It was the last Parent Participation session for this year and we had an amazing response to this event all through May! We started out with our 3 OMs and did some Yoga stretching exercises and moved on to Shlokas. We had so many volunteers for the shlokas. Special Thanks to Vikram, Shravamti, Aadhya, Ashwini, Anushka, Rhea, Navya, Shravya, Tejas, Reya, Dia, Satvik and all our wonderful Toddlers who did an awesome job with the shlokas and Bhajans. During Bhajan , we came to know about the hidden talents of the Moms and Dads! Tejas and his mom started with a Hanuman Bhajan. Then Satvik’s mom taught us a Ganapathy Bhajan to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little star. Then it was Shravya’s turn to sing a bhajan on Lord Rama. After this Dia and her mom sang a cute Bhajan on Lord Krishna followed by Reya and her dad with another Bhajan on Lord Rama. We, of course, had to finish off with our favorite Hanuman Bhajan and our new favorite Khate bhi Ram kaho! After Bhajan we sat down and recited our Geeta shlokas 1 – 5 of Chapter 11. After this it was time for craft. Aniketh and Akhilesh’s mom taught us how to make friendship bands with beads and pipe cleaners. Everyone loved to make beautiful friendship bands! After craft we had our snack time after chanting brahmArpaNam. Today, Samvrit and his family provided the snack. After snack time, we had the last story of this year’s Balavihar with Nanda Aunty. Nanda Aunty will not be able to join our class picnic on June 5th. So she said good bye to the toddler class today. Hope some our friends graduating to Pre-K next year will be in her class! The story was about how Bheema killed Bakasura and saved the people of Ekachakra village where the Pandavas went into hiding for a whole year. Then it was time to finish off with the ending prayers. In all we enjoyed today’s class and all of the parent participation sessions. Thank you once again, Parents, for taking the time and making the effort to make it really fun for the children! See you all on June 5th. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
May 15th class
Prayers:
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose, king dancer pose.
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
Mooshika Vahana by Reya and her dad
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Ganapathy, I bow to thee
गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
सुब्रह्मण्यम् सुब्रह्मण्यम् – Subrahmanyam Subrahmanyam (My Prayers, pg. 62)
Art Project: Lion puppet by Vishnu and his mom
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Toddler team
Story Segment: The Cap seller and the monkeys – presented by Rhea’s mom and dad
Game Segment: Colors, Counting 1 - 10, शिरः स्कन्दौ जानु अन्गुलि-shiraH skandau jAnu anguli (head shoulders knees and toes)
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22)
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: We had a slow start today and weather was a bit sleepy but we picked up later on. We said our 3 Oms and did some Yoga stretches to wake us up. After Yoga we started our Shlokas. We had a few helpers come up and lead the shlokas. As part of parent participation theme Reya and her dad said the Mooshika vahana shloka on Lord Ganesha. We moved on to Bhajans. After a long time we sang our favorite Ganesha action song. We had help from Roshan’s mom, Rhea’s dad and Pooja’s mom with the bhajans. After bhajans we had a little game of colors with Rupa Aunty. The children remembered their colors very well! Good job kids! After colors, we did our craft for the day. Today’s craft was an adorable lion puppet put together by Vishnu’s mom. It is Narasimha jayanthi today, the birthday of Lord Narasimha (the lion faced and human bodied avatar of Lord Vishnu) hence the lion puppet. After craft we chanted brahmArpanam and had our snack. After snack time, we counted 1 – 10 in English and Sanskrit and got ready for our special story time with Rhea’s mom. It was a story about the monkeys and the clever cap seller. The cap seller put his bag of caps under a tree on the way to the city and took a nap. Meanwhile, the monkeys that lived on the tree climbed down and took all the caps and wore them. The cap seller was shocked to see this when he woke up. He began thinking of a way to get his caps back from the monkeys. While he was thinking he sneezed. The monkeys imitated him and sneezed too. Then he got an idea. He threw his cap on the floor. The monkeys followed him and did the same! He got back all his caps and went and sold them in the city. The moral of the story is that we should never give up hope and faith in God and always should believe in ourselves. The kids all got special caps from the ‘cap seller’ and were really excited about them! It was a lot of fun. Thank you Rhea’s mom and dad for the enjoyable story time! We then did the head shoulders knees and toes song with Aryan and Lakshmi’s mom. We sang Om Jaya Jagadeesha Hare and finished off with the ending prayers. See you all next week!
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose, king dancer pose.
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
Mooshika Vahana by Reya and her dad
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Ganapathy, I bow to thee
गणेश शरणम् - gaNesha sharaNam (My prayers, pg. 7)
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
सुब्रह्मण्यम् सुब्रह्मण्यम् – Subrahmanyam Subrahmanyam (My Prayers, pg. 62)
Art Project: Lion puppet by Vishnu and his mom
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Toddler team
Story Segment: The Cap seller and the monkeys – presented by Rhea’s mom and dad
Game Segment: Colors, Counting 1 - 10, शिरः स्कन्दौ जानु अन्गुलि-shiraH skandau jAnu anguli (head shoulders knees and toes)
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22)
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: We had a slow start today and weather was a bit sleepy but we picked up later on. We said our 3 Oms and did some Yoga stretches to wake us up. After Yoga we started our Shlokas. We had a few helpers come up and lead the shlokas. As part of parent participation theme Reya and her dad said the Mooshika vahana shloka on Lord Ganesha. We moved on to Bhajans. After a long time we sang our favorite Ganesha action song. We had help from Roshan’s mom, Rhea’s dad and Pooja’s mom with the bhajans. After bhajans we had a little game of colors with Rupa Aunty. The children remembered their colors very well! Good job kids! After colors, we did our craft for the day. Today’s craft was an adorable lion puppet put together by Vishnu’s mom. It is Narasimha jayanthi today, the birthday of Lord Narasimha (the lion faced and human bodied avatar of Lord Vishnu) hence the lion puppet. After craft we chanted brahmArpanam and had our snack. After snack time, we counted 1 – 10 in English and Sanskrit and got ready for our special story time with Rhea’s mom. It was a story about the monkeys and the clever cap seller. The cap seller put his bag of caps under a tree on the way to the city and took a nap. Meanwhile, the monkeys that lived on the tree climbed down and took all the caps and wore them. The cap seller was shocked to see this when he woke up. He began thinking of a way to get his caps back from the monkeys. While he was thinking he sneezed. The monkeys imitated him and sneezed too. Then he got an idea. He threw his cap on the floor. The monkeys followed him and did the same! He got back all his caps and went and sold them in the city. The moral of the story is that we should never give up hope and faith in God and always should believe in ourselves. The kids all got special caps from the ‘cap seller’ and were really excited about them! It was a lot of fun. Thank you Rhea’s mom and dad for the enjoyable story time! We then did the head shoulders knees and toes song with Aryan and Lakshmi’s mom. We sang Om Jaya Jagadeesha Hare and finished off with the ending prayers. See you all next week!
May 8th class
Prayers:
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose, king dancer pose, downward dog pose.
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
गुरूर् ब्रह्मा गुरूर् विष्णुः gurUr brahmA gurUr viShNuH (My prayers, pg. 9)
Bhajans:
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
Rama and Govinda bhajans by Sravamthi and her great grandmother
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 5
Art Project: Special Art work for a surprise
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Navya and family.
Story Segment: The hunter and the birds – presented by Satvik’s dad
End of class:
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Aarati and Pledge in the Auditorium
Comments: Today is a special day for 2 reasons. It is Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayanada’s birthday and also it is Mothers’ day. We started with our 3 Oms after wishing all the mommies a very Happy Mothers’ Day! We then did our Yoga stretches and warmed up for our class. After Yoga, we started the shlokas. Our little helpers Vikram and Navya started Vakratunda Mahakaaya on Lord gaNEshA. As part of our first Parent participation activity, we had Sravamthi and her great grandmother sing a couple Bhajans for us on Lord Rama and Lord Govinda! They did an amazing job and we really enjoyed singing the Bhajan with them! We learnt a new shloka, गुरूर् ब्रह्मा गुरूर् विष्णुः gurUr brahmA gurUr viShNuH and said it for our Pujya Gurudev. At Bhajan time with Rupa Aunty, we sang khAte bhi Ram kaho and tried to list so many activities during which we can remember Lord Rama. It was a lot of fun! We worked on a very special craft today in which the children had to fold some circles, cut them in different designs and stick them on the squares. The children had to write their names and give them back for a special surprise that they will get back on May 22nd. Then it was snack time. Today is snack was provided by Navya and family. After snack time we had a special story by Satvik’s dad. We all had to tell him all the birds’ names first and out of them he picked doves to tell a story about the hunter and the doves. The doves wanted to go near a big banyan tree which is also known as Kalpa vriksha (the magical tree that makes our wishes come true!) So they flew to the tree and found some grains of rice under the tree. The doves were very hungry and they started eating the rice grain. Meanwhile, the wicked hunter put a great big net on them! They were stuck now and tried to flutter their wings hard but couldn’t fly. The leader of the dove came up with the idea that if all of themflapped their wings together at the same time, they could fly with the net. So they tried that and guess what! They made it! They flew with the net until they came to Mr. Mouse (on whom Lord Ganesha rides!) and asked him to chew away the net with his sharp teeth. So the mouse chewed and chewed and cut open the net. The happy doves were free again! They thanked the mouse and flew away home free! What we learn from the doves in the story is that if we work together as a team, we can achieve many things in life! It was a great story and Satvik dad presented it in a very interactive and enjoyable manner! Thank you very much for taking the trouble and presenting us this wonderful story! After story time, we said our ending shlokas and went to the auditorium for the Mothers’ day special program. It was an all together fun class today and we can’t wait to meet the kids next week!
• ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Vajraasan, Tortoise Pose, king dancer pose, downward dog pose.
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
गुरूर् ब्रह्मा गुरूर् विष्णुः gurUr brahmA gurUr viShNuH (My prayers, pg. 9)
Bhajans:
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
Rama and Govinda bhajans by Sravamthi and her great grandmother
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 11, shloka 1 – 5
Art Project: Special Art work for a surprise
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: provided by Navya and family.
Story Segment: The hunter and the birds – presented by Satvik’s dad
End of class:
सर्वे भवतु सुखिनः – sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Aarati and Pledge in the Auditorium
Comments: Today is a special day for 2 reasons. It is Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayanada’s birthday and also it is Mothers’ day. We started with our 3 Oms after wishing all the mommies a very Happy Mothers’ Day! We then did our Yoga stretches and warmed up for our class. After Yoga, we started the shlokas. Our little helpers Vikram and Navya started Vakratunda Mahakaaya on Lord gaNEshA. As part of our first Parent participation activity, we had Sravamthi and her great grandmother sing a couple Bhajans for us on Lord Rama and Lord Govinda! They did an amazing job and we really enjoyed singing the Bhajan with them! We learnt a new shloka, गुरूर् ब्रह्मा गुरूर् विष्णुः gurUr brahmA gurUr viShNuH and said it for our Pujya Gurudev. At Bhajan time with Rupa Aunty, we sang khAte bhi Ram kaho and tried to list so many activities during which we can remember Lord Rama. It was a lot of fun! We worked on a very special craft today in which the children had to fold some circles, cut them in different designs and stick them on the squares. The children had to write their names and give them back for a special surprise that they will get back on May 22nd. Then it was snack time. Today is snack was provided by Navya and family. After snack time we had a special story by Satvik’s dad. We all had to tell him all the birds’ names first and out of them he picked doves to tell a story about the hunter and the doves. The doves wanted to go near a big banyan tree which is also known as Kalpa vriksha (the magical tree that makes our wishes come true!) So they flew to the tree and found some grains of rice under the tree. The doves were very hungry and they started eating the rice grain. Meanwhile, the wicked hunter put a great big net on them! They were stuck now and tried to flutter their wings hard but couldn’t fly. The leader of the dove came up with the idea that if all of themflapped their wings together at the same time, they could fly with the net. So they tried that and guess what! They made it! They flew with the net until they came to Mr. Mouse (on whom Lord Ganesha rides!) and asked him to chew away the net with his sharp teeth. So the mouse chewed and chewed and cut open the net. The happy doves were free again! They thanked the mouse and flew away home free! What we learn from the doves in the story is that if we work together as a team, we can achieve many things in life! It was a great story and Satvik dad presented it in a very interactive and enjoyable manner! Thank you very much for taking the trouble and presenting us this wonderful story! After story time, we said our ending shlokas and went to the auditorium for the Mothers’ day special program. It was an all together fun class today and we can’t wait to meet the kids next week!
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