Hari Om Parents,
Welcome to week 18 of Balavihar 2020-2021 KG Sunday PM session. We started discussing our annual class presentation planning with the parents and also marked the day we completed all the Alphabets in our 2021 Safari. We have now moved onto discussing the pledge section of our syllabus.
Weekly Update
Mar 14th 2021 / 12:45 PM
Today's Activities (Class Deck for Mar 14th, 2021)
We first discussed briefly with the parents regarding our annual program planning. We will cover all the alphabets and a short play. Once all the children confirm their availability we will assign the Alphabets & Scripts for recordings. After the class ended we got confirmation from balavihar coordinators that KG Sunday PM annual program is now scheduled for June 12th. So we have additional time for preparation.
Om Chanting
Guru Stotram (Lead by Shrikar)
om saha navavatu,
saha nau bhunaktu,
saha víryam karavavahai,
tejasvinavadhítamastu ma
vidvishvahai.
om shanti shanti shantih
The children followed Ulkaji in reciting all the solkas
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
Saraswati Namastubhyam
Varade Kaama Roopini
Vidyaarambham Karishyami
Siddhir-bhavatu me sadaa
Mukam Karoti Vacalam
Pangum Langhayate Girim,
Yat-Kripa tam-aham vande
Paramananda-madhavam
Ramaya Ramabhadraya
Ramachandraya Vedhase
Raghunathaya Nathaya
Sitayah Pataye Namah
We continued to repeat our Yoga / Exercise break. The children are now getting the hang of how to balance onself and how balance is important to perform other task during the day.
.We revised our last Alphabet P - Prayer briefly. The children shared their thoughts on how they prayed during the week. We learnt from Aayan how he prays to the Sun god (Surya Bhagavan).
Then we moved on to cover our final Alphabet Q = Quite - "Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi". The children shared their thoughts on what is the meaning of being quiet, how we need to be quiet when studying or preparing for a test, how it is difficult to hear and understand someone when there is a lot of noise around. We further watched the story of the foolish Tortoise, who ended up losing his life just because he could keep his mouth closed and be quiet. After watching the story we discussed the story with the children to understand the importance of being quiet
The children then took a break for coloring sheet Q.
We proceeded to learn our balavihar pledge:
We stand as one family bound to each other with love and respect.
We serve as an army, courageous and disciplined, ever ready to fight against all low tendencies and false values, within and without us.
We discussed the importance of love & respect, by watching and discussing the story of ugly duckling. The children shared their ideas on how one should understand that everyone is different and that everyone is special. One should always respect their friends, classmates, neighbors and others in the community with love & respect. God has made everyone unique and special and by loving everything around, we are indirectly loving God
We closed out with our closing prayer & Aarti .
Next Session Agenda
We will revise Geeta chanting.
Alphabets: We will revise and practice all alphabets with actions for our annual performance
For the nest class, please print and have the following slides from this PDF document ready for next week's session:
Slide# 53 (Lesson#30 )
Reminder & Activities for home
Please practice reciting the prayers & slokas. All these are available in this slide deck
Please Practice Geeta Chanting using the video links shared earlier (Geeta Chanting Introduction Video, Verse #1, 2, 3 & 4).
Children can color page #52 (Lesson#29) at home during this week, if they would like to.
Pranams
Rajesh Jayakumar
Ulka Powar
