Hari OM!
Beginning Prayers
- Om Saha Navavathu
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Sri Rama Rama Rameti.
GuruStotram (My Prayers, Page 61) - We reviewed sloka 1 and learnt sloka 2.
Story:
We started the story session by conducting a quiz based on the last week's lesson. Rama and Lakshmana along with Viswamitra went on their first adventure. They went through the Dandaka forest which was dark and ugly because of the Demon Taataka and her son Mareecha. Rama killed Taataka and then the forest became beautiful again. On reaching the ashrama, Sage Vishwamitra started his mouna vrata for the 6 day yagna. Rama and Lakshmana watched over the ritual and there were no problems for 5 days. They were very alert on the 6th day when Mareecha and Subahu tried to disrupt the yagna. Rama used the Manavastra which tied Mareecha and threw him into the ocean thousands of yards away. He used another arrow to kill Subahu. Vishwamitra completed his yagna succesfully and told Rama and Lakshmana to accompany him to Mithila to see the Rudra bow. Rama and Lakshmana were excited to have this opportunity.
Activity:
The kids found Ayodhya on the Map of India and stuck the foot of Rama on the Map. They will follow the trail of Rama in the coming weeks as we continue with the story.
Meditation/Japa:
The kids wrote Rama 11 times (Likhita Japa) on Rama Padam.
Games:
Quiz
Yoga
Conclusion:
We celebrated the Birthday of Aaryan with Donuts and sang the Happy Birthday song the Balvihar way.
We conluded the day with
Om Purnamadah
Comments:
The kids participated very enthusiastically in the quiz. Surprisingly they remembered all the new names they learnt in the last class and every quiz question was answered by them. They loved doing Yoga and we ended it with some Pranayam.
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'
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