Hari Om parents,
Hope you are doing well. We had a wonderful session this Sunday morning. Here is a brief summary-
1. We chanted 3 OM's and said our beginning prayers - Om sahna bhavtu then a shlok for Lord Ganesha ( Vakratunda Mahakaya), Devi Saraswati ( Saraswati Namastubhyam) and one for our Guru( Guru Bramha) respectively. The kids know the shlokas by heart. 👍
2. We then chanted the Dhyaan shlok and revised the meanings of the qualities we have learned so far.
3. Brainstorming : Ajadyam or Alertness.
4. Story time : Lazy Misty.
Misty was very lazy. She liked to wear nice things, but she would throw her clothes on the floor leave her books, shoes and toys everywhere. Her mom would get very upset with Misty's lazy habits.
Her mother pray to the Lord, "Dear God, let Misty realize how bad it is to be lazy!" Misty heard and laughed. " Mom, how silly you are! How nice it would be if none of us ever had to work! You don't even know what to pray for. Let me pray!" Bhagwan did not like this wicked prayer. To teach Misty a lesson, he appeared in her dream and said, " May all your work be done automatically." Misty was overwhelmed with joy.
She got up. Her bed was automatically made. She went to the sink. Her teeth were already clean. Misty was thrilled. She went to take a bath but immediately scalding hot water started falling on her. The water was too hot, but she could do nothing about it. Misty ran out of the bathroom and went to her closet to pick a nice dress for school, instead, and ugly dress came out and put it self on Misty. She shouted, "No, no, I want the other dress!" She tried to remove the ugly dress, but it wouldn't come off. Misty gave up and then went for breakfast. She wanted to eat Fruit Loops cereal, but only dry bran cereal appeared in her bowl. She could do nothing about it. Misty was helpless. She went to the sink, the water splashed all over her. Next, she tried to brush through her hair, but the brush refused to cooperate, instead, the brush comb to head into a tight ponytail, making her look terrible.
Misty did not want to go to school like this. She then realized why her mother said that laziness was bad. If she did not work on her own, she could never enjoy life, she could not eat, play or dress as she wanted. She prayed to God let me be as before. I will not be lazy anymore. God withdrew the boon and Misty learned her lesson.
5. Game time: Hanuman Vadati with an added twist. We introduced posture and smile check . When the teacher says with the right hand raised,"P and S check " (posture and smile check), all the children should keep their back straight and have a smile on their face. The goal of the this twist is to check if the kids are alert as they play the game. Let us learn to be alert. Because in life only when we notice, we can act, only when we act rightly, we get the benefit. Lazy people cannot be alert.
6. Story time: How Leo learned to be the King. Even if you are blessed with a crown like Leo, you may have to give it up, if you are lazy. Let us learn from Leo. Help all and be the king of everyone's heart. Here is the link -
7. Geeta chanting - We chanted verses 5 & 6.
8. Hanuman Chalisa - We chanted till 8 th chaupai.
9. Word search : Happy word searching!!
10. Closing prayers.
It was an amazing fun packed class. See you all this Sunday @9:15.
Regards,
Chitra & Rupa.
