Beginning Prayers:
- 'om' chanting - 3 times
- meditation
- shuklaambaradharam, saraswati namastubhyam, gururbrahma
gitaa chanting:
- 13th adhyaaya 1- 18 shlokas
hanumaan shlokas/bhajans:
- buddhirbalam
- hanumaan chaalIsa
Brain Storming:
- None
Story time:
- None
Activity:
- Rehearsal
Ending Prayers:
- sarvebhavantu sukhinaH
- pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
- aarati and pledge
Comments:
Rashmi Aunty and Prajna didi:
Awesome kids! We did it!! We went in the true 'yagna' spirit to the 'gItaa chanting yagna' and made it an awesome, memorable event! We were the group with the highest registrants and.... we won ourselves an ice-cream party for the Summer :)). Oooo! We sure can't wait for that day, right?!
We did better than that! We have always been talking about how we are not learning for the sake of competing alone. We are learning to chant due to our love for gItaa and the values it gives us to lead meaningful lives. To uphold that, we continued our learning today, beyond the 15 verses cap that we had for our grade!! Infact, the children want to learn ALL 35 verses in the chapter! So, we learnt 16 - 18 today and will continue to add to it through the rest of the year.
After that, we had a combined class. The 2nd graders have been rehearsing for a presentation on the Annual Day, on May 5th. Please make sure the children practice their 'hanumaan chaalIsaa' chanting well by then. The program starts at 3 p.m. Will be posting on the blog, as well as sending emails regarding the time they need to assemble in the cafeteria on the day of the performance. They can come in Indian clothes, please NO jeans/shorts/casuals. Look out to hear from us. If we don't see them in the cafeteria, they will not be able to go on stage. So, please be there on time.
See you all soon. Until then, happy practicing.
We did better than that! We have always been talking about how we are not learning for the sake of competing alone. We are learning to chant due to our love for gItaa and the values it gives us to lead meaningful lives. To uphold that, we continued our learning today, beyond the 15 verses cap that we had for our grade!! Infact, the children want to learn ALL 35 verses in the chapter! So, we learnt 16 - 18 today and will continue to add to it through the rest of the year.
After that, we had a combined class. The 2nd graders have been rehearsing for a presentation on the Annual Day, on May 5th. Please make sure the children practice their 'hanumaan chaalIsaa' chanting well by then. The program starts at 3 p.m. Will be posting on the blog, as well as sending emails regarding the time they need to assemble in the cafeteria on the day of the performance. They can come in Indian clothes, please NO jeans/shorts/casuals. Look out to hear from us. If we don't see them in the cafeteria, they will not be able to go on stage. So, please be there on time.
See you all soon. Until then, happy practicing.
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Madhuri Aunty and Shilpa Aunty:
Hari Om
