Sept 9th 2012 was the first Jersey City Balavihar class for the 2012-2013 school year. The class resumed with a great spirit. Kids enjoyed the class again with our great teacher Harshala aunty :)
We started with the prayers and shlokas.
Prayers/Shlokas
- OM (3 times)
- Om Sahanavavathu
- Karaagre Vasate Lakhsmi (Early morning prayer to say each morning after waking up)
- Vakratunda Mahakaya (Prayer for Lord Ganesha)
- Saraswati Namastubhyam (Prayer for Goddess Sarawathi)
- Gurur Brahma (Prayer for Guru)
- Brahmaarpanam (Prayer before eating meals)
- Subhamkaroti Kalyanam (Evening prayer before lighting lamp)
- Karacharana Kritam
- Ganesha Sharanam
- Ambam Bhajami
- Gauri Nandana
- Rama Nama Tarakam
- He Shivashakar
- Swami Chinmayananda
- Swami Tejomayananda
- Swami Shantananda
The kids had a great time doing yoga (Tree pose, windmill quiet mouse, candle pose, lion pose, butterfly pose).
Quiz
- Who rides on lion? - Goddess Durga rides on lion
- Who rides on mouse - Lord Ganesha
Our kids meditated on Lord Ganesha's picture for 2 minutes.
Sanskrit colors and body parts
First we played 'Krishna Says' game for learning Sanskrit Body parts.
- Shirah (Head)
- Karnah (ears)
- Nasika (nose)
- netram (eyes)
- hastah (hands)
- Padah ( feet)
- Jivah (Tongue)
- Udanam (Stomach)
- Dantaha (teeth)
Second, we played the recognizing sanskrit colors games.
- RED - Raktah
- BLUE - Nilah
- YELLOW - Pitah
- GREEN - Haritah
- WHITE - Shvetah
- BLACK - Shamal
The sanskit vowels that were taught last year were revised. Please have the kids practice the sanskit vowels in the LATIKA workbook.
Storytime
Today's story was 'The source of all power God'. The moral of this story was to teach kids not to brag about themselves.
Arti - Om Jai Jagadish Hare
Ending Prayer
Om Poornamadah Poornamidam
Homework
Find another name for butterfly.
Next Class
Our next Balavihar class is on Sunday Sept 16th, 2012. See you all then.
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