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Hari Om Parents,

Our next class is on May 18th, 2014. It is the day for the souvenir photo shoot. Please check the blog for updates on important events.

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Dec 16, 2012










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Announcements
Next Class: January 6, 2013

@ Crossroads Middle School at 10:00 AM

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Class Review:
Just a quick recap of what we did in class today:

Yoga: 
  • Basic stretches
  • Lion pose
  • Turtle pose
  • Butterfly pose
  • Tree pose
Shlokas:
Story:
Two cats and a Monkey
Bhajan: 

Gita Chanting:
  • Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Shloka 1, 2, 3

Vedic Chanting:
Om Saraswatyai namah


Craft/Activity:
Cat

Game: 
Sanskrit words
Comments:  

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We would like to take a moment to reflect on the tragedy that occurred in the Sandy Hook Elementary school. Our hearts go out to the parents going through this tragedy.
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We have definitely made a lot of progress in all these weeks, who would have thought we would already be reciting so many shlokas and songs in such a short span time. Thank you parents for being so sincere and bringing your kids week after week to the class.
This week we talked about a very important theme which was sharing. It is especially important during this time of the year where we receive and give so many gifts. It is important for the kids to understand that by sharing we actually receive so much joy. We repeated the shlokas that we learnt last week, just by repeating them several times we will get really good at it. Please make sure you also repeat them at home and explain why we say it and when we say it. The Vedic chanting  really works well for quiet times and otherwise too. 

As we all know our action songs are superhit with the kids. This is the time when they really get to dance and enjoy the Bhajans. How we wish Rupa Aunty would introduce more songs like these. 
Progress in Geetha chanting has increased twofold. Now everyone looks very comfortable and is chanting freely including some kids. We will reach our goal very soon and even learn more than that. For a great tool to help in chanting please check the link below. 

 http://www.geetachanting.net/bvg13v01-10/

Keeping with our theme we talked about Christmas and why Santa shares his gifts with us. We talked about the theme further in the story which was about two cats and a monkey. When we refuse to share amongst ourselves someone else takes advantage of it. Parents you can discuss this story with the kids during holidays. This theme is really apt with the Holiday theme. What happens when we share? What do we gain, if we gain anything?

We talked more about the story during the craft time. This week we made a cat and were introduced to Origami. As usual, Parents you can use the craft to talk about the story at home.

In Sanskrit we repeated our numbers and played Hanuman vadati. Parents, you can keep repeating these numbers so they can count on their own. For reference please check the link below. 
For counting sheet please the link below.  

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27343066/Numbers-in-Sanskrit

This week we played the game by referring to these words. A link is provided below for this game. The link talks about krsna vadati but you can replace it with any god.

उपविशतु
उत्तिष्ठतु
उत्पततु
भ्रमतु
नृत्यतु
तरतु
धावतु 
    
http://cmtots.blogspot.com/2005/10/krishah-vadati.html 

   Questions for this week.
  • What did the cats do when they found a piece of Cheese? Did they share?
  • Who did they go to for advice? 
  • Who ate the cheese finally?

Our special thanks to  parents for bringing a tasty snack. We also gave our ‘धन्यवाद’ in Sanskrit.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2013. 
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