Prayers:
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Snake Pose, Lion Pose, Stretches, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmeti
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
नन्दलाला यदुनन्दलाला - nandalAlA yadunandalAlA
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
जय जय देवी -jaya jaya devI
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1
Art Project: Diwali Sparkler
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 - 10Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Ananya, Aditya and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of Narakasura
End of class:
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - oum jaya jagadeesha hare
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It was a cool, fall Sunday. So we decided to warm up with Yoga after starting with our 3 Oms. We did some stretches and poses, roaring like lions and hissing like snakes and playing peek-a-boo like turtles and of course jumping like monkeys! Now that we were all warmed up, we sat down and chanted some shlokas. Vikram and Diya helped by leading 2 shlokas and Krishna helped us learn a new one on Rama. We also chanted ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times. Then it was time to sing some Bhajans. Today’s Bhajans were Listener’s Choice! Diya requested a Krishna Bhajan and then Reya requested everyone’s favorite Ganesha Action Song! Then we sang the Gayatri Mantram. Of Course, we had to sing Neeraja’s favorite जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI ! Then we revised our Bhagavat Gita Chapter 12, first verse. We discussed a little about the CORD Walkathon. It was then time for our craft of the day. Since Deepavali is coming up soon we made sparklers with glitter foam and icecream sticks. The children had a lot of fun making the craft today! After that, we counted 1 - 10 in English and Sanskrit and said ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam and had our snack. Today, Ananya and Aditya brought us the snack and we said धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH) to them! After snack, we had story time with Madhu Aunty. She told us the story of the Evil Narakasura and how Lord Krishna destroyed him and freed the world! In South India, this is considered to be the reason we celebrate Deepavali, the festival of lights! In North India, we celebrate the festival of lights as the day Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after destroying the evil Ravana! In both cases, it is the prevelance of Good over Evil! Let the lights of Deepavali destroy the darkness of the mind and make it shine with love always! Then we sang the first stanza of Aarti and finished with ending shlokas. Next week, we hope to meet you all at the Mercer County Park, East Picnic Area!
October 9, 2011
Prayers:
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Snake Pose, Butterfly Pose, Stretches, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये – sarve mangala mAngalye
नमस्तेस्तु महामाये – namastEstu mahAmAye (Mahalakshmi shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1
Art Project: Connect the dot cat
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 - 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Nagaraj and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of 2 cats and the monkey
Game segment: hanumAn vadati
End of class:
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Aarti and Pledge in the Auditorium
Comments: It was wonderful to meet our little friends after a 2 week gap! They have familiarized themselves with the class routine and fallen into a comfortable pattern. We started with our Om chanting. At yoga, we did our usual poses and did a new one today, the snake pose! After Yoga, we said our shlokas. Vikram helped us start the shlokas with वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa. Today’s new shloka was नमस्तेस्तु महामाये – namastEstu mahAmAye on Goddess Lakshmi. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we moved on to Bhajans. Neeraja wanted the class to sing Jaya Jaya Devi and so we started with that! All the kids did a beautiful job singing the Bhajans! They were amazing! We started our Gita chanting today by learning to chant the first shloka. Although it may seem like the children are not saying much yet but they pick up at an amazing speed and chant with appropriate pronunciation! After Gita chanting, we needed a snack break! Before that we learnt to count 1 - 10 in English and Sanskrit! Then we said ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam and got ready for snack time. Today’s snack was provided by Nagaraj and family. After snack time, Ram uncle (Vikram’s dad) spoke about CORD Walkathon that is going to be on the 23rd at Mercer County Park. CORD is all about sharing and giving to help the people in need. Today’s story helped us understand that sharing is very good and everyone can be happy by sharing rather than being greedy and keep toys and treats to ourselves. In the story, the two cats, Ramu and Somu found a nice yummy cookie on the floor and started fighting over it instead of sharing it. Kapish, the clever monkey decided to trick the cats and eat the whole cookie himself without sharing. So he broke the cooki into 2 halves and kept eating a bit from each half in the name of making it equal portions for each cat! In the end he ate up the whole cookie and Ramu and Somu didn’t get any piece of it! Then the cats realized that they should have shared the cookie with each other! After story time, we did a connect the dots cat craft. Then HanumAn came to visit us in class and we played hanumAn vadati with him. We concluded with the ending shlokas and went to the auditorium for Aarati and Pledge. We had loads of fun today! Hope you did too! See you next week.
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Snake Pose, Butterfly Pose, Stretches, Tree Pose, Turtle Pose
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये – sarve mangala mAngalye
नमस्तेस्तु महामाये – namastEstu mahAmAye (Mahalakshmi shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhayam (My prayers, pg. 44)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
जय जय देवी - jaya jaya devI
गणेश शरणम् - Ganesha sharanam (My prayers, pg. 7)
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1
Art Project: Connect the dot cat
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 - 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Nagaraj and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of 2 cats and the monkey
Game segment: hanumAn vadati
End of class:
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Aarti and Pledge in the Auditorium
Comments: It was wonderful to meet our little friends after a 2 week gap! They have familiarized themselves with the class routine and fallen into a comfortable pattern. We started with our Om chanting. At yoga, we did our usual poses and did a new one today, the snake pose! After Yoga, we said our shlokas. Vikram helped us start the shlokas with वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa. Today’s new shloka was नमस्तेस्तु महामाये – namastEstu mahAmAye on Goddess Lakshmi. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we moved on to Bhajans. Neeraja wanted the class to sing Jaya Jaya Devi and so we started with that! All the kids did a beautiful job singing the Bhajans! They were amazing! We started our Gita chanting today by learning to chant the first shloka. Although it may seem like the children are not saying much yet but they pick up at an amazing speed and chant with appropriate pronunciation! After Gita chanting, we needed a snack break! Before that we learnt to count 1 - 10 in English and Sanskrit! Then we said ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam and got ready for snack time. Today’s snack was provided by Nagaraj and family. After snack time, Ram uncle (Vikram’s dad) spoke about CORD Walkathon that is going to be on the 23rd at Mercer County Park. CORD is all about sharing and giving to help the people in need. Today’s story helped us understand that sharing is very good and everyone can be happy by sharing rather than being greedy and keep toys and treats to ourselves. In the story, the two cats, Ramu and Somu found a nice yummy cookie on the floor and started fighting over it instead of sharing it. Kapish, the clever monkey decided to trick the cats and eat the whole cookie himself without sharing. So he broke the cooki into 2 halves and kept eating a bit from each half in the name of making it equal portions for each cat! In the end he ate up the whole cookie and Ramu and Somu didn’t get any piece of it! Then the cats realized that they should have shared the cookie with each other! After story time, we did a connect the dots cat craft. Then HanumAn came to visit us in class and we played hanumAn vadati with him. We concluded with the ending shlokas and went to the auditorium for Aarati and Pledge. We had loads of fun today! Hope you did too! See you next week.
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