Prayers:
ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose, Cat Pose, Downward Dog
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmetiVasuthe Sutam Devam
Vasuthe Sutam Devam
Ekatantaya Varkratundaya
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kahoगायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2, 3, and 4
Art Project: Paper bag Bird puppet
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Puja and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The Ant and the Bird story.
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaHॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It was a nice Sunday this week and as always it’s always lovely to see our enthusiastic kids and parents. We started our class with chanting Om three times and then went on to do our yoga stretches. We learnt how to stretch like a cat along with all our other fun poses.
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. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. The kids were eager with their requests. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. We loved to dance to Great God Hanumaji and खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho. The kids had lots of fun with this and got really creative with the things they do.
Then it was Gita chanting time. We learnt the fourth verse today. 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 at craft time we made a PaperBag Bird Puppet. The kids made some awesome birds. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Puja 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 ‘The Ant and the Bird’. We learnt that one good deed deserves another. After the story we got to play a quick game of “Bird Vadhathi” which is similar to Simon says. The kids had a lot of fun following along with their Bird Puppets. It was a great class.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
January 22, 2012
Prayers:ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose , Tree Pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmetiVasuthe Sutam Devam
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
नन्दलाला यदुनन्दलाला - nandalAlA yadunandalAlA
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svah
Atma Rama Ananda Ramana (My Prayers, pg.54)
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2
Art Project: Sun maskSanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Srinidhi and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of Sun God and Wind God taking a vacation.
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaHॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It was very nice to see the eager kids and enthusiastic parents on this cold and wintery morning. As usual we started our class with chanting Om three times. We really needed to warm up on this cold morning and Reshma aunty (Lakshmi’s mom) lead us through the yoga and warm up stretches.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. The kids loved to help lead the Shlokas. Some of the little helpers like Satvik, Diya, Rohini, Nagaraj, and Krishna were able to lead the Shlokas all by themselves. Great job kids and thank you parents for helping them practice. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. Today Ramya aunty (Satvik’s mom) helped us with the bhajans. She even brought in a keyboard. The kids were really excited and we got to learn a new bhajan “Atma Rama”. Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first, second, and third 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 Sun Masks. The kids shined bright through their masks. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Srinidhi 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 ‘The Sun God and Wind God wanting to go on a vacation’. We learnt that we have to be thankful to the elements of nature like the Sun, Wind, and Rain for a good harvest. After the story Meena aunty (Diya’s mom) showed us how Pongal (Harvest Festival) is celebrated in Tamilnadu. We got to hold a pot and play a game of ‘passing the pot’. The kids and parents shared in their languages how they wish each other during the harvest festival. It was lots of fun.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Butterfly Pose , Tree Pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmetiVasuthe Sutam Devam
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Oh Great God Hanumanji, I bow to thee
नन्दलाला यदुनन्दलाला - nandalAlA yadunandalAlA
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svah
Atma Rama Ananda Ramana (My Prayers, pg.54)
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2
Art Project: Sun maskSanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Srinidhi and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of Sun God and Wind God taking a vacation.
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaHॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: It was very nice to see the eager kids and enthusiastic parents on this cold and wintery morning. As usual we started our class with chanting Om three times. We really needed to warm up on this cold morning and Reshma aunty (Lakshmi’s mom) lead us through the yoga and warm up stretches.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. The kids loved to help lead the Shlokas. Some of the little helpers like Satvik, Diya, Rohini, Nagaraj, and Krishna were able to lead the Shlokas all by themselves. Great job kids and thank you parents for helping them practice. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. Today Ramya aunty (Satvik’s mom) helped us with the bhajans. She even brought in a keyboard. The kids were really excited and we got to learn a new bhajan “Atma Rama”. Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first, second, and third 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 Sun Masks. The kids shined bright through their masks. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time. Srinidhi 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 ‘The Sun God and Wind God wanting to go on a vacation’. We learnt that we have to be thankful to the elements of nature like the Sun, Wind, and Rain for a good harvest. After the story Meena aunty (Diya’s mom) showed us how Pongal (Harvest Festival) is celebrated in Tamilnadu. We got to hold a pot and play a game of ‘passing the pot’. The kids and parents shared in their languages how they wish each other during the harvest festival. It was lots of fun.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
January 8, 2012
Prayers:ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Tree Pose
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmeti
Vasudeva Sutam Devam
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
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
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gajananam Bhoota Ganadi Sevitam
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2 ,3Art Project: Japa Mala
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Rohan and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of how Hanumanji crossed the mighty ocean to find Sita
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: We started our class in the New Year by wishing each other a nice warm ‘Happy New Year’. It was nice to see all the enthusiastic children and parents after a long break. It seems like all the kids have gotten a little taller over the past two weeks.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We then did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches like the Tree pose, Turtle pose, and Lion pose. It was absolutely adorable to see the kids do the Turtle pose and pop up their heads to say “Hari Om”.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. Today we learnt a new Shloka बुद्दिर्बलं – buddirbalaM. The shloka highlights all the wonderful qualities of Hanumanji. 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. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. Today we learnt a new Bhajan “Great God Hanmanji” and the kids loved to dance to this new Bhajan. The kids were eager with their requests. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first, second, and third 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 Japa Malas. The kids did an awesome job beading their Japa Malas. After we made the Japa Malas we learnt how to chant ‘Ram’ with it. The kids did great. After craft it was snack time, Rohan and his 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 ‘How Hanumanji crossed the vast ocean to find Sita’. We learnt about all the amazing qualities in Hanumanji.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas. Aarthi was in the auditorium.
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Tree Pose
Shlokas:
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmeti
Vasudeva Sutam Devam
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
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
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Gajananam Bhoota Ganadi Sevitam
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2 ,3Art Project: Japa Mala
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45)
Snack/Juice: Provided by Rohan and family: धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of how Hanumanji crossed the mighty ocean to find Sita
End of class:सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: We started our class in the New Year by wishing each other a nice warm ‘Happy New Year’. It was nice to see all the enthusiastic children and parents after a long break. It seems like all the kids have gotten a little taller over the past two weeks.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We then did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches like the Tree pose, Turtle pose, and Lion pose. It was absolutely adorable to see the kids do the Turtle pose and pop up their heads to say “Hari Om”.
After Yoga, it was time for Shlokas. Today we learnt a new Shloka बुद्दिर्बलं – buddirbalaM. The shloka highlights all the wonderful qualities of Hanumanji. 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. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. Today we learnt a new Bhajan “Great God Hanmanji” and the kids loved to dance to this new Bhajan. The kids were eager with their requests. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first, second, and third 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 Japa Malas. The kids did an awesome job beading their Japa Malas. After we made the Japa Malas we learnt how to chant ‘Ram’ with it. The kids did great. After craft it was snack time, Rohan and his 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 ‘How Hanumanji crossed the vast ocean to find Sita’. We learnt about all the amazing qualities in Hanumanji.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas. Aarthi was in the auditorium.
December 18, 2011
Prayers:ॐ सहनाववतु - Om sahanaavavatu (My prayers, pg. 6)
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Bee Pose , Tree Pose, Snake Pose, Dog pose
Shlokas:
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45) Snack/Juice: Provided by Madhu Aunty : धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of the Lion and the Mouse
End of class:
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We were all a little sleepy given the cold weather. We needed to wake ourselves up for class, so we did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches like the Bee pose, Tree pose, Turtle pose, Lion pose and Snake pose. The kids enjoyed buzzing like a bee in the Bee pose, roaring like a lion in the Lion pose, and popping up to say “Hari Om” in the Turtle and Snake poses. It was adorable. We learnt how to do the downward dog and called it the Dog pose.
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. Vikram and Shruti were helpers with the Shlokas. The rest of the class did an awesome job repeating the shlokas in their loud and enthusiastic voices. Great job kids and thank you parents for helping them practice. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. The kids were eager with their requests. We practiced our new bhajan ‘subrahmaNyam subrahmaNyam’. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. We loved to dance to Great God Ganapathy and खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho. The kids had lots of fun with this and got really creative with the things they do.
Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first and second verses of chapter 12. We are getting better with our Gita chanting. We were able to chant the first and second verse fluently as a group. We are going to keep practicing our verses.
We made a yummy craft at craft time. We made a candy cane mouse ornament. The kids made some really cute mouse. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time.
After snack we counted to 10 in Sanskrit and got ready for Story time. Today we heard the story of ‘The Lion and the Mouse’. We learnt that no one is too small to help and kindness is always repaid in kindness. After the story we tried to remember the colors learnt last week. We added a few more colors to our list. The kids did a great job of remembering the colors. After we learnt our colors, little Krishna visited with us and played a quick game of “Krishna Vadhathi” which is similar to Simon says. The kids had a lot of fun following along with Krishna. It was a great class.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
Happy Holidays and see you all in 2012!
Yoga segment: Stretches, Lion Pose, Turtle Pose, Bee Pose , Tree Pose, Snake Pose, Dog pose
Shlokas:
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः - karaagre vasate lakshmIH (My prayers, pg. 43)
श्री राम राम रामेती - SrI rAma rAma rAmeti
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam
वसुदॆवसुतं दॆवं - vasudEvasutaM dEvam (My prayers, Pg.15)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Subramanyam Subramanyam Shanmuganata Subramanyam
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Jaya Jaya Devi
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2, 3
Art Project: Mouse Candy Cane Ornament
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाया - vakratuNDa mahaakaayaa
बुद्दिर्बलं - buddirbalaM (Lord HanumAn shloka)
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam
वसुदॆवसुतं दॆवं - vasudEvasutaM dEvam (My prayers, Pg.15)
ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH
Bhajans:
Subramanyam Subramanyam Shanmuganata Subramanyam
Oh Great God GaNapathy, I bow to thee
खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho
गायत्रि मन्त्रं - ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः – gAyatri mantraM - oum bhUrbhuvaH svaH
Jaya Jaya Devi
Gita chanting: Chapter 12, shloka 1, 2, 3
Art Project: Mouse Candy Cane Ornament
Sanskrit segment: Counting 1 – 10, Colors
Shloka before meal: ब्रह्मार्पणम् – BrahmArpaNam (My prayers, pg. 45) Snack/Juice: Provided by Madhu Aunty : धन्यवादः (DhanyavaadaH).
Story Segment: The story of the Lion and the Mouse
End of class:
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः sarve bhavantu sukhinaH
ॐ पूर्णमदः - Om poornamadaH
Comments: Today was a very cold morning. The kids and the parents were all bundled up and trying to stay warm. It is always nice to see the eager and enthusiastic kids in the class. The kids are settling in well and doing great with our class routine.
Comments: Today was a very cold morning. The kids and the parents were all bundled up and trying to stay warm. It is always nice to see the eager and enthusiastic kids in the class. The kids are settling in well and doing great with our class routine.
We started our class as usual with chanting Om three times. We were all a little sleepy given the cold weather. We needed to wake ourselves up for class, so we did our yoga stretches. We did lot of fun stretches like the Bee pose, Tree pose, Turtle pose, Lion pose and Snake pose. The kids enjoyed buzzing like a bee in the Bee pose, roaring like a lion in the Lion pose, and popping up to say “Hari Om” in the Turtle and Snake poses. It was adorable. We learnt how to do the downward dog and called it the Dog pose.
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. Vikram and Shruti were helpers with the Shlokas. The rest of the class did an awesome job repeating the shlokas in their loud and enthusiastic voices. Great job kids and thank you parents for helping them practice. After chanting ॐ गम् गणपतयॆ नमः – Om gam gaNapataye namaH 5 times, we started with Bhajans. The kids were eager with their requests. We practiced our new bhajan ‘subrahmaNyam subrahmaNyam’. It is nice to see so many of them joining in and singing to make the Bhajans enjoyable. We loved to dance to Great God Ganapathy and खाते भि राम कहो पीते भि राम कहो – khaate bhi Ram kaho peete bhi Ram kaho. The kids had lots of fun with this and got really creative with the things they do.
Then it was Gita chanting time. We chanted the first and second verses of chapter 12. We are getting better with our Gita chanting. We were able to chant the first and second verse fluently as a group. We are going to keep practicing our verses.
We made a yummy craft at craft time. We made a candy cane mouse ornament. The kids made some really cute mouse. After working hard on their craft, it was snack time.
After snack we counted to 10 in Sanskrit and got ready for Story time. Today we heard the story of ‘The Lion and the Mouse’. We learnt that no one is too small to help and kindness is always repaid in kindness. After the story we tried to remember the colors learnt last week. We added a few more colors to our list. The kids did a great job of remembering the colors. After we learnt our colors, little Krishna visited with us and played a quick game of “Krishna Vadhathi” which is similar to Simon says. The kids had a lot of fun following along with Krishna. It was a great class.
We ended out class with the closing Shlokas.
Happy Holidays and see you all in 2012!
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