Prayers:
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Butterfly Pose, Tree Pose
Shlokas:
Vakrathunda Mahakaya
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
नमस्तेस्तु महा माये -Namastestu MahaaMaaye
Om Namo Narayana
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
subrahmaNyam, shaNmukhanaatha subrahmaNyam
Atma Rama Ananda Ramana (My Prayers, pg.54)
Radhe Gopala (My Prayers, pg.105)
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2,3, & 4
Art Project: Maracas
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Akshara and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of the Fox and the Drum.
End of class:
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It was lovely to see the eager kids and our parents on this beautiful Sunday morning. It was indeed a special class, with so many of our parents helping out and the kids leading the shlokas, bhajans, and Gita chanting all by themselves.
We started our class with chanting Om three times and went on the warm up with our yoga stretches. Once we were all warmed up we practiced our 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 even learnt a new Shloka for Goddess Lakshmi.
Today we added a new chant to our list. “Om Namo Baghavate Vasudevaya” It was another chant for Lord Vishnu. The children did an awesome job chanting. After chanting it was time for our Bhajans. As usual the kids were eager with their requests. Today a special mention has to be made for Pragna and Krishna who lead us through “Atma Rama” all by themselves. Mukil and his mother introduced the class to a new bhajan “Radhe Gopala”. It was beautiful. We will keep practicing this one.
We then chanted the first, second, third and fourth 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 Maracas. The kids made some really good noise makers. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Akshara and her family brought in snack for the entire class even though they were unable to attend our class today. We appreciate their effort.
After snack we counted to 10 in Sanskrit and got ready for Story time. Today we heard the story of ‘The Fox and the Drum’. We saw how the greedy fox had to go home with no dinner. The kids helped out with making a lot of noise on their Maracas each time the wind blew in the story to lead the Fox to the Drum. After Story time we played a quick game of ‘Head Shoulders Knees and Toes’. We learnt to sing the song in Sanskrit. It was a lot of fun.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
