Hari Om Parents,
Welcome to Week 10 of Balavihar 2020-2021 and the KG Sunday PM session. We had a full class today with enthusiastic participation from the children. They seem to enjoy the online games a lot and we are going to try to use the same to also practice the alphabets. Below is a brief summary of today's session and request the parents to follow review the Reminder section below.
Weekly Update
Dec 20th 2020 / 12:45 PM
Today's Activities
Om Chanting
Guru Stotram
om saha navavatu,
saha nau bhunaktu,
saha víryam karavavahai,
tejasvinavadhítamastu ma
vidvishvahai.
om shanti shanti shantih
We revised the following Slokas for Goddess Lakshmi & Ganesha
KaraAgre Vasate Lakshmi,
Kara-Madhye Saraswati
Kara-Moole Sthitaa Gowri,
Mangalam Kara-Darshanam
Eka Dantam,Maha Kayam
Lambho Daram Gajananam
Vighna Nasham Karam Devam
Herambam Pranamamyaham
The kids had fun playing the online game: https://wordwall.net/play/8810/124/511 and also revise all the alphabets and stories we have in the class so far.
We spent some time revising and learning the first three verses of the Geeta chanting chapter 2. We learnt by breaking it into one word at a time so they can get the pronunciation. We hope the children will practice it home using these links,
We followed this up with each kid taking turns in leading the Rama J-Japa bhajan for every 2 lines.
Eating bhí rama kaho,
Drinking bhí rama kaho
Bolo Rama Rama bolo
Rama Rama Rama - Hey !!
Studying bhí rama kaho,
Writing bhí rama kaho.
Bolo Rama Rama bolo
RamaStanding bhí rama kaho,
Sitting bhí rama kaho.
Bolo Rama Rama bolo
Rama Rama Rama - Hey !!
Laughing bhí rama kaho,
Crying bhí rama kaho,
Bolo Rama Rama bolo
Rama Rama Rama - Hey !!
Rama Rama - Hey !!
We learnt a new alphabet N - Nobility (Mahatma Gandhiji Ki Jai). We first discussed the story of the noble cow, who was willing to give up her life for the sake of truth and keeping one's word. The Lion who was waiting to kill & eat the cow was so moved by her nobility that he spared her life and let her return to her calf. Then we also watched a small youtube story of the Noble Monkey King and all his subjects. The kids shared what they learnt from the story of how the Monkey King stayed till the end to ensure all his subjects crossed to safety before taking his turn. It moved the King of the nearby kingdom, who had actually come to take away his mangoes, to then leave the Monkeys unharmed and becoming friends with the Monkey king.
The kids then again took a game break which also helped them revise the alphabets and have some fun
We started learning our next alphabet O - Obedience, which we will continue further with stories and discussion
O - Obedience
GururBrahma GururVishnu
GururDevo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshaat ParaBrahma
Tasmai Sri Gurave Namaha
And finally we closed with closing prayer followed by Aarthi
om sarve bhavantu sukhinah
sarve santu niramayah
sarve bhadrani pashyantu
Ma kaschid dukhabhagbhavet.
om shanti shanti shantih
Next Session Agenda
Revise alphabets, slokas and bhajan covered in previous sessions
We will revise 3 verses of Geeta chanting and proceed to verse 4.
Alphabets: We will process the O & R.
For the nest class, please print and have the following slides from this PDF document ready for next week's session:
Slide# 33 & 34
Reminder & Activities for home
Please practice reciting the prayers & slokas
Please also let the children play these games to further reinforce the lessons learnt in the class:
https://wordwall.net/play/8479/097/933 & https://wordwall.net/play/8810/124/511
Please Practice Geeta Chanting using the video links shared earlier (Geeta Chanting Introduction Video, Verse #1, 2 & 3).
We used this slide deck during class today to drive our discussion and stories.
Pranams
Rajesh Jayakumar
Ulka Powar
