Prayers:
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu(My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Namaskara Pose, Lion Pose, Butterfly Pose, Stretches, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH(My prayers, pg. 43)
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये – sarve mangala mAngalye
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam(My prayers, pg. 44)
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Art Project: Durga Puppet
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam(My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Aditi Umesh and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of Mahishasuramardhini
End of class:
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: Navaratri is fast approaching and everyone is getting ready to celebrate Durga devi for nine days! In keeping with the spirit of the festival, we dedicated today’s class to the goddess. We started as usual by chanting 3 Oms and sahanAvavatu. During Yoga, we stretched a bit and did a lot of fun poses. We roared like lions, stood like trees, buzzed like bees and fluttered like butterflies. All the workout got us refreshed and ready for shlokas. Today, we learnt a new shloka, सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये – sarve mangala mAngalye, in praise of Durga devi. Then we chanted shlokas on Saraswathi, Lakshmi,Vishnu and Ganesha. We chanted ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times and got our singing voices ready for Bhajans with Rupa Aunty! We started with Devi bhajan and also sang our favorite Ganapathy bhajan and then sang Gayatri Mantram. During craft time we made beautiful standup Durga puppets. We started getting a little bit hungry and then came snack time! We said our Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam. Today’s snack was provided by Aditi Umesh and family. Today is special because it is Aditi’s birthday! Thank you Aditi for sharing a treat with us and spending your birthday with us! After snack there was just a few minutes left for us to listen to Madhu Aunty’s story about how Durga devi destroyed the evil Mahishasura and became Mahishasura Mardini – the reason we celebrate Navaratri. Before we knew it, it was time for ending shlokas. It was a fun class today! See you all on October 9th.
September 18, 2011
Prayers: ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga: Stretches, Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose, Lion Pose
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh great God Ganapathy
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
Art Project: GaNesha Puppet
Snack/Juice: Provided by Rohini’s family धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: How GaNesha got his elephant head
Game segment: GaNeshaH vadati
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve Bavantu suKinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments:
We had our first full session today. Most of our friends seem to have settled down by now and are doing wonderfully well! We started the class by chanting 3 Oms. Then we wanted to warm up on this cold ‘fall weather’ day. So we did some Yoga stretches with Rupa Aunty and did some fun poses like butterfly, lion and turtle. There were a great number of roaring lions today! Once we were all warmed up, we sat down to say some Shlokas with Anandhi Aunty. We prayed to Ganesha, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, and Govinda(Vishnu). We chanted ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times. The children were truly amazing! It is great that the parents are participating well too. We encourage active parent participation as this is what will keep the children involved and interested. Children like to do what the adults do rather than what the adults say! After Shlokas, it was time to sing some bhajans with Rupa Aunty. We reviewed Ganesha Sharanam and got up and did our favorite Ganapathy song. The new Bhajan we learnt today was Jaya Jaya Devi on Godess Durga. After singing, it was craft time. Meena Aunty brought in Ganesha puppets for us to make out of brown bags. We had some funky looking Ganesha puppets! The children were so proud of their wonderful creations and so were we! All the work made our little buddies a bit hungry and they had the yummy snack brought by Rohini’s family. Thank you Rohini and family for bringing in the snack today! We got to know about the CORD walkathon that is going to happen on the 23rd of October. After snack it was time for a story with Madhu Aunty. Today’s story was about how Ganesha got his elephant head. And guess who came to listen to the story too?!! Ganesha himself visited our class today! The kids got to give Him a Hi5!! After story time, Ganesha stayed on to play the Ganesha Vadati game with us. That was a lot of fun! Before we knew it, it was time for winding up. We sang the first line of Om Jaya Jagadeesha Hare and finished with the ending shlokas. We had a great time today and hope you did too!! Can’t wait to see you all next Sunday again!
Yoga: Stretches, Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose, Lion Pose
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh great God Ganapathy
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
Art Project: GaNesha Puppet
Snack/Juice: Provided by Rohini’s family धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: How GaNesha got his elephant head
Game segment: GaNeshaH vadati
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - Om jaya jagedeesha hare (My prayers, pg. 22).
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve Bavantu suKinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Comments:
We had our first full session today. Most of our friends seem to have settled down by now and are doing wonderfully well! We started the class by chanting 3 Oms. Then we wanted to warm up on this cold ‘fall weather’ day. So we did some Yoga stretches with Rupa Aunty and did some fun poses like butterfly, lion and turtle. There were a great number of roaring lions today! Once we were all warmed up, we sat down to say some Shlokas with Anandhi Aunty. We prayed to Ganesha, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, and Govinda(Vishnu). We chanted ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times. The children were truly amazing! It is great that the parents are participating well too. We encourage active parent participation as this is what will keep the children involved and interested. Children like to do what the adults do rather than what the adults say! After Shlokas, it was time to sing some bhajans with Rupa Aunty. We reviewed Ganesha Sharanam and got up and did our favorite Ganapathy song. The new Bhajan we learnt today was Jaya Jaya Devi on Godess Durga. After singing, it was craft time. Meena Aunty brought in Ganesha puppets for us to make out of brown bags. We had some funky looking Ganesha puppets! The children were so proud of their wonderful creations and so were we! All the work made our little buddies a bit hungry and they had the yummy snack brought by Rohini’s family. Thank you Rohini and family for bringing in the snack today! We got to know about the CORD walkathon that is going to happen on the 23rd of October. After snack it was time for a story with Madhu Aunty. Today’s story was about how Ganesha got his elephant head. And guess who came to listen to the story too?!! Ganesha himself visited our class today! The kids got to give Him a Hi5!! After story time, Ganesha stayed on to play the Ganesha Vadati game with us. That was a lot of fun! Before we knew it, it was time for winding up. We sang the first line of Om Jaya Jagadeesha Hare and finished with the ending shlokas. We had a great time today and hope you did too!! Can’t wait to see you all next Sunday again!
September 11, 2011
The Toddler team would like to welcome the new and returning families to the New Year(2011 -2012)! We are very excited and look forward to a wonderful journey together!
Prayers: ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga: Stretches, Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
Bhajans:
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh great God Ganapathy
Snack: Provided by Toddler team
End of class: ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Aarati and pledge were done in the auditorium.
Comments: It is truly wonderful to be back to Balavihar! We have many many new friends this year and a few from last year!It is amazing how much our little buddies have grown over the summer!Since it was Opening Day, we did not get to spend too much time together as we were getting settled with the new group.From next week, we will be having a full class and a whole lot of fun things to do.
We are glad that classes are back in session – look forward to seeing you every Balavihar Sunday!
Prayers: ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga: Stretches, Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratunda mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
Bhajans:
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh great God Ganapathy
Snack: Provided by Toddler team
End of class: ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH.
Aarati and pledge were done in the auditorium.
Comments: It is truly wonderful to be back to Balavihar! We have many many new friends this year and a few from last year!It is amazing how much our little buddies have grown over the summer!Since it was Opening Day, we did not get to spend too much time together as we were getting settled with the new group.From next week, we will be having a full class and a whole lot of fun things to do.
We are glad that classes are back in session – look forward to seeing you every Balavihar Sunday!
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