Beginning Prayers
- Om Saha Navavathu
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Rama Lakshmana Jaanaki Jai Bolo Hanuman ki
- GuruStotram (My Prayers, Page 9) - We did sloka 1
Story:
We described Ayodhya and how beautiful a city it is. It is where King Dasharatha was ruling, and there was no fight/war in the city - hence the name.
Activity:
Each of the kids drew the city of Ayodhya as they imagined it - by the river Sarayu, a palace, a bright sun, happy men, women and kids, gardens, birds, chariots etc
Meditation/Japa:
We did 'Likhita Japa' today. We wrote the name of Lord Rama, in absolute silence, 11 times.
Games:
We played Hangman with the kids, reiterating some of the new names/places they learnt today
Conclusion:
We conluded the day with
- Om Jaya Jagadeesha Hare
- Pledge
- Om Purnamadah
We had a wonderful start to our Balavihar year. We had about 11 friends, and we will learn the names of all our friends soon. We have a very enthusiastic bunch of kids, who were willing to participate in all the activities and class discussions. We talked about how everyone spent their summer and how excited they are to be back in Balavihar.
We also talked about trying to win the best attendance awards and to collect as many gold coins as we can for our team 'Saraswathi'.
Reminders:
Please try to send the following items in your childs bag:
- Crayons
- Pencil
- Notebook
- Glue
- Snack/Drink
- A folder to keep their pictures/artwork.
- 1st grade Balavihar books - Bala Ramayan, coloring book and a copy of 'My Prayers'
No comments:
Post a Comment