Hari Om Parents!
Today was the twentieth class of Balavihar!! Here is the summary of what we covered in class today:
After everyone joined the Zoom session:
1. We started the class with Opening prayers. The opening prayers were led by three kids who chanted Om three times and then chanted Sahana vavatu and we all joined.
2. Some of the kids sang the bhajans we learnt so far- Ganesh, Krishna and Hanuman.
3. For today's class we discussed the next letter 'P' - Prayer - Is a means to thank God for everything he has given us and we come closer to God when we pray.
4. During the Brainstorming session, we discussed how we can pray to God- by chanting verses, shlokas, singing bhajans, japa, meditation, go to temples etc. By doing this we can get closer to God, feel his love, care and kindness. And we can emulate the qualities of God in our day to day life by being helpful, compassionate, being thankful, kind and helpful to all.
5. Then we learnt the below Shloka and its meaning.
Tvam-Eva Maataa Ca Pitaa Tvam-Eva | Tvam-Eva Bandhush-Ca Sakhaa Tvam-Eva | Tvam-Eva Viidyaa Dravinnam Tvam-Eva |Tvam-Eva Sarvam Mama Deva Deva ||
6. During Story time, through the story of Gajendra Moksha, we learnt that sincere prayers are always answered and we need to completely surrender to God and God will definitely help us get through our challenges.
6. Then through the story of God's beautiful Creation - we learnt that God's love us a lot to give us blue sky, sunshine, mountains, rivers, birds, flowers, fruits etc. And we should always be thankful and bow to the Supreme Lord.
7. Then we discussed about the shloka to be chanted before partaking food -
Brahmārpañam Brahma Havir BrahmāgnauBrahmañāhutaṃ, Brahmaiva Tena Gantavyam BrahmakarmāSamādhinah.
8. For Yoga, we did Jumping Jacks, Rainbow Pose, and couple Stretching poses.
9. Then Attendance was taken - with each kid saying Hari Om when their name was called.
10. After this we learnt Rama bhajan, we all sang together and practiced few times. Will continue learning 2 more bhajans in the next couple of weeks.
10. After this we learnt Rama bhajan, we all sang together and practiced few times. Will continue learning 2 more bhajans in the next couple of weeks.
11.Then parents had joined the session as requested and we discussed the KG monthly program plan. And we will be providing each kid's part soon.
It was another wonderful session with kids actively participating. And thank you parents for sitting through the session and for joining us to discuss the monthly program plans.
Congratulations to all kids who participated in the Geeta Chanting session!!.
Wishing everyone celebrating New Year this week a Very Happy New Year !!!
Have a wonderful week ahead!!
Pranams
Selvi and Mahalaxmi
