Hari Om Parents,
Below is the update from our class grade 6 Sunday AM this week.
11th OCT 2020 / 9:15AM
Shlokas
We began class with regular opening prayers.
Today we chanted 8 slokas of the Guru Stotram following the same pattern of each of the slokas being recited by one child.
Mahabharata- our lesson
We started with Brihannalla's victorious return to the Matsya kingdom along with prince Uttara Kumara. The children also answered all the questions with regard to events leading up to them winning the war against Kauravas and bringing back pieces of cloth from the fallen warriors for his sister's dolls.
We continued with the lesson and covered the following topics-
1.King Virata bragging about his son's courage and valor and taking all the credit for his son winning the war. Yudhishtira states that this was Brihannalla's achievement. Virata throws the dice at Yudhistira, disguised as Kanka.
2. Draupadi does not let the blood from Yudhishtira's nose fall on the ground-collects it in a bowl of water.
3. Pandavas reveal themselves and come to the court in their regal attire. Virata is humbled by their presence and offers his daughter in marriage to Arjuna. Abhimanyu is suggested as a more suitable groom for the princess by Arjuna.
4. Abhimanyu and Uttara's wedding is celebrated with great pomp and all neighboring kings attend. Krishna and Balarama also attend.
5. Duryodhana starts forming his army of allies and friends..has no intention of giving the Pandavas their share of the kingdom.
6. Duryodhana and Arjuna both reach Dwaraka to solicit lord Krishna's help.Arjuna opts for Krishna while Duryodhana foolishly chooses the Narayana Sena.
The stage is being set for the famous Kurukshetra war.
The children are excited about the impending war and the types of strategies that will be used in the war.
Activity
Then we played a story telling game where we started them off with a few characters-Gita and Gopal who live in a village near Hastinapur and their father is a guard at the palace.
The children had great fun using their imagination and adding lines to this story—after a lot of twists and turns they made the Pandavas and Kauravas make a peaceful pact and not go into war.
Festival-Navaratri
We discussed about the upcoming festival of Navaratri and the story behind it. We watched a short video of Durga Devi and the killing of Mahishasura. We also talked about the different ways in which Navartari is celebrated in different parts of India using a slideshow.
Geeta Chanting
We also showed the Geeta chanting video to the children and had them recite the verses along with Swamiji's recording.
We ended class with arti and pledge.
Thank you and hari om.
Latha Kakani
Prarthan Gururaj
| Requirements for class *We start at 9.15 with opening prayers. Please be in the zoom room on or before 9.15.
*Please bring a notebook and a pen or pencil to note down important pointers.
*Please bring your My Prayers book and last year's handbook for Aarti and Pledge
Next class is on 11/1/2020. Please write back or text with questions or queries you may have. Thank you all. Grade 6 teachers Sunday AM Latha Kakani and Vidhya Prarthana Gururaj | |
