Beginning Prayers:
- 'om' chanting - 3 times
- meditation
- shuklaambaradharam, saraswati namastubhyam, gururbrahma
gitaa chanting:
- 13th adhyaaya 1- 12 shlokas
hanumaan shlokas/bhajans:
- buddhirbalam
- hanumaan chaalIsa 1- 22 chaupas
Brain Storming:
- Why hanumaan a wise minister
- How is hanumaan a good adviser
- What is the glory and power of raama naama
Story time:
- sugrIva meets raama
- You become the company you keep
- hanumaan meets vibhIShaNa
- naarada's pride
Activity:
- Simon says
Ending Prayers:
- sarvebhavantu sukhinaH
- pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
- aarati and pledge
Comments:
Rashmi Aunty and Prajna didi:
We are coming along nicely with the gItaa chanting as well as hanumaan chaalIsa. Keep up the good works kids! The registration for gItaa chanting competition is now open. Click here or the link in the Announcements section above. We encourage each one of you to register, participate in the competition and do your best! We shall continue to practice in class and you continue to practice the verses at home regularly. Remember, the class with the most registrants wins an ice-cream party at the end of the year! Let's make it the 2nd graders this year!!
We had some interesting discussions regarding hanumaan's efficiency as an adviser as well as a minister. Do discuss with your children the conversations we had. We refreshed our memories with the stories of hanumaan's encounter with vibhIShaNa and his timely wisdom to sugrIva. We also heard 2 stories regarding naarada's pride about being the best devotee. This reinforced to us the fact, we just need to focus on being 'OUR BEST' than being the 'WORLD BEST'. When we have put in our best effort and keep trying to better ourselves, there is nothing that can beat that! In the story of the 2 parrots, we saw how the company we keep affects us and we 'become' the company that we keep. Hence it is very important to keep a check on our surroundings and especially our own thoughts and habits.
Until next class, keep practicing the chants and stay warm!
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We had some interesting discussions regarding hanumaan's efficiency as an adviser as well as a minister. Do discuss with your children the conversations we had. We refreshed our memories with the stories of hanumaan's encounter with vibhIShaNa and his timely wisdom to sugrIva. We also heard 2 stories regarding naarada's pride about being the best devotee. This reinforced to us the fact, we just need to focus on being 'OUR BEST' than being the 'WORLD BEST'. When we have put in our best effort and keep trying to better ourselves, there is nothing that can beat that! In the story of the 2 parrots, we saw how the company we keep affects us and we 'become' the company that we keep. Hence it is very important to keep a check on our surroundings and especially our own thoughts and habits.
Until next class, keep practicing the chants and stay warm!
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Madhuri Aunty and Shilpa Aunty:
Hari Om
