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Sept 20, 2020 - KG (Sunday PM)


Hari Om Parents,

Welcome to Balavihar 2020-2021 and the KG Sunday PM session. We had a great start this Sunday afternoon and had a lot of fun with the introductions, exercise, jumping jacks and wonderful stories.  

Request parents to try and make the kids repeat the prayers we learn during the class, at home. This will help them remember the words, as well as help us be more productive in following sessions. 

 Weekly Update

Sept 20th 2020 / 12:45 PM

Today's Activities

  1. Introduction & General Guidelines

    1. Try to be on time to the Zoom class session by 12:45 pm every Sunday

    2. From the next session, please ensure your child has a folder, the necessary printed coloring sheet, and a set of coloring pencils / crayons

    3. To avoid breaks during the session

      1. Try your best to ensure that the kids have had a bathroom break prior to joining the zoom. 

      2. Ensure the child has a water bottle nearby

  2. Om Chanting

  3. Guru Stotram

om saha navavatu,

saha nau bhunaktu,

saha víryam karavavahai,

tejasvinavadhítamastu ma vidvishvahai.

om shanti shanti shantih

 

  1. The class had some fun doing some jumping jacks and "Simon says". Today's was a trial run, but with more children from the next session, we will make it more fun.

  2. Story of answering Who is God?Where is God? What Does God Do?

    1. We discussed the story of the King, Minister and his cook. How the king challenged his minister to answer the three questions, but in the end the witty and intelligent cook answered them with some very practical examples. Thus making the King very pleased

  1. We followed this with another short sloka

Eka Dantam,Maha Kayam

Lambho Daram Gajananam

Vighna Nasham Karam Devam

Herambam Pranamamyaham

 

  1. We reviewed the Geeta Chanting Primer: https://youtu.be/HkuUCKp3BW0

  2. Closing prayers: As we were almost out of time and needed to jump to the Aarti chanting Zoom meeting, the teachers recited the closing prayers. From next class the children will recite the following closing prayers:

om sarve bhavantu sukhinah 

sarve santu niramayah

sarve bhadrani pashyantu

Ma kaschid dukhabhagbhavet.

om shanti shanti shantih

Next Session Agenda

  1. Proceed with our curriculum on Alphabet Safari and start with letter A & B

  2. Practice our Slokas / Prayers

  3. We will introduce a bhajan

  4. Class drawing / craft activities with stories

  5. Please print and have the following slides from this PDF document ready for next week's session: 

    1. Slide 7: Alphabet A - Aspiration

    2. Slide 11: Palm Tree & Boat

    3. Slide 12: Alphabet B - Brotherhood

 


Reminder & Activities for home

  1. Please practice singing the slokas

  2. We use this slide deck during class to drive our discussion and stories relevant to the letters we are learning in the class. Some slides contain links to youtube Videos that we have used throughout this year for showing some relevant stories.

 

Pranams

Rajesh Jayakumar

Ulka Powar



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