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Announcements
Next Class: March 3, 2013
@ Cafeteria at 10:00 AM
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Class Review:
Just a quick recap of what we did today:
Yoga:
- Basic stretches
- Turtle pose
- Downward dog
- Tree pose
- saha nāvavatu
- karāgre vasate lakshmīḥ
- śubham karoti kalyāṇam
- buddhirbalam yaśo dhairyam
- Kara Charana
- brahmārpanam (Prayer before Snack)
Story:
Elephants and Mice
Elephants and Mice
Bhajan:
Vedic Chanting:
Gita Chanting:
- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Shloka 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Craft/Activity:
Mouse bookmark craft
Comments:
Looks like all our kids are almost ready to graduate. Everyone participates so well in the class that it has become the most 'funtastic class'. It is really great to see that the kids always seem to be on track with their bhajans, shlokas and yoga lessons. Keep up the good work kids. We also missed some of our regular little friends, they must have been tired after the long weekend. This week we did our regular activities and began the class with stretching. We did our shlokas and reviewed some shlokas that we didnt do in a long time. I think we need to practice them a few more times. This week we also learnt a new bhajan. It was a very nice Shiva bhajan and with practice we will master this one as well.
Today our theme was 'Friendship'. We spoke last week about how a small mouse helped the Lion. This week we listened to a story about how a group of mice helped their Elephant friends when they were in
trouble. Again we learnt that size does not matter and if you are a true friend, you will find a way to help your friend. We always have a special skill that we can use to help our friends. We made a beautiful mouse bookmark craft that we can gift a friend or keep it for us.
We finally learnt the fifth shloka in Geetha chanting and we are really doing great learning all the shlokas.
Parents you can refer to the link below for reference.
http://www.geetachanting.net/bvg13v01-10/
As a reminder I just want reiterate what Ameetji was saying about the Entry and Exit policy. For ENTRANCE PLEASE DO NOT USE THE BACK DOOR AND ALSO DO NOT HOLD IT FOR ANYONE TO ENTER (you do not want to be held responsible for any mishap) Exit you can use the back door but if you use the front door while exiting you can eat prasadam :)
thank you for your cooperation.
trouble. Again we learnt that size does not matter and if you are a true friend, you will find a way to help your friend. We always have a special skill that we can use to help our friends. We made a beautiful mouse bookmark craft that we can gift a friend or keep it for us.
We finally learnt the fifth shloka in Geetha chanting and we are really doing great learning all the shlokas.
Parents you can refer to the link below for reference.
http://www.geetachanting.net/bvg13v01-10/
As a reminder I just want reiterate what Ameetji was saying about the Entry and Exit policy. For ENTRANCE PLEASE DO NOT USE THE BACK DOOR AND ALSO DO NOT HOLD IT FOR ANYONE TO ENTER (you do not want to be held responsible for any mishap) Exit you can use the back door but if you use the front door while exiting you can eat prasadam :)
thank you for your cooperation.
Questions for this week?
- Why were the mice unhappy?
- How did the Mice help the Elephant herd?
- Who is the God we are talking about in the new bhajan?
- Which Entrance should we use to Enter and Exit?
Look out for more fun crafts in the future. Also special thanks to 'sayyuj's' parents for bringing a tasty snack. We also gave our ‘धन्यवाद’ in Sanskrit.
