Prayers:ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namah
Om Namo Narayana
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
Bolo bolo sab mil bolo Om namaH SivayaH
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2, 3, and 4
Art Project: Valentine’s Heart Craft
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Hassini and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: Krishna and Sudama story
Comments: It was a cold and frosty morning this Sunday. As usual it was lovely to see the eager children and our enthusiastic parents. We started our class with chanting Om three times and then went on to do our yoga stretches. We really needed to warm up on this cold morning.
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. We did two chants today; the new chant Om Namoh Narayana that we learnt last week along with ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH. After Shlokas and Chanting, it was time for Bhajans. Today we learnt a new bhajan for Lord Shiva “Bolo Bolo Sab Mil Bolo”. The words were a little hard but the kids gave it a very good try. I am sure if we do it a few more times we will get the words. We loved to dance to Great God Hanumaji and got really creative with Khaate Bhi Ram Kaho. The kids had lots of fun.
Then it was Gita chanting time. We are getting better with our Gita chanting. We were able to chant the first, second, and third verse fluently as a group. After Gita chanting we got to practice our colors in Sanskrit. Today we added one more color (नारङ्गः naara~ngaH orange) to our list.
During craft time we decorated beautiful Valentine hearts. The kids did an awesome job. After working hard on their craft, it was time for snack. Hassini 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 Krishna and Sudama. Through the story we learnt about the true friendship and love between Krishna and Sudama. After the story little Krishna visited with us and gave every kid a hug and a kiss (Hershey). It was a fun class.
Aarthi and pledge was in the auditorium.
