Hari OM!
Beginning Prayers
- Om Saha Navavathu
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Ramaya Ramabhadraya
Bhajans:
We learnt a new bhajan on Ganesa from the Assembly book
- Vigneshwara Vinayaka
We reviewed the following two bhajans. The children are now quite familiar with these.
- Rama Lakshmana Jaanaki Jai Bolo Hanuman ki
- Om Shiva Om Shiva Paraatpara Shiva
Stotram:
- GuruStotram (My Prayers, Page 9) - We did slokas 1, 2, 3, 5 and 14
Story:
We recapped the story from the last class.
We talked about how happy Ayodhya was with Sri Rama and Princess Sita's arrival. Thus passed 12 years. Soon, King Dasharatha was thinking about retiring to the forest after handing over the kingdom to Sri Rama. As his coronation was being planned, Manthara-the hunchback maid of Keikeyi sowed the poisonous seed in Keikeyi's mind that only Bharatha should be made King. So, Keikeyi asks Dasharatha to give her the 2 boons (promised earlier) - 1. Bharatha should be made king. 2. Rama should be sent to the forest for 14 years. This devastates King Dasharatha, but in order to be true to his dharma he sends for Rama and gives him the orders to go to the forest. Rama takes these orders as calmly as he did when he was told he would be coronated. Lakshmana and Sita convince Rama that they will accompany him in his exile to the forest. They depart to the forest, amidst a very sad Ayodhya.
Activity:
We talked about how happy Ayodhya was with Sri Rama and Princess Sita's arrival. Thus passed 12 years. Soon, King Dasharatha was thinking about retiring to the forest after handing over the kingdom to Sri Rama. As his coronation was being planned, Manthara-the hunchback maid of Keikeyi sowed the poisonous seed in Keikeyi's mind that only Bharatha should be made King. So, Keikeyi asks Dasharatha to give her the 2 boons (promised earlier) - 1. Bharatha should be made king. 2. Rama should be sent to the forest for 14 years. This devastates King Dasharatha, but in order to be true to his dharma he sends for Rama and gives him the orders to go to the forest. Rama takes these orders as calmly as he did when he was told he would be coronated. Lakshmana and Sita convince Rama that they will accompany him in his exile to the forest. They depart to the forest, amidst a very sad Ayodhya.
Activity:
Today, we colored a picture of Rama and Sita.
Meditation/Japa:
We did 'Likhita Japa' today. We wrote the name of Lord Rama in absolute silence, 11 times.
We did 'Likhita Japa' today. We wrote the name of Lord Rama in absolute silence, 11 times.
Games:
Four Corners: We played Four Corners to recap the names from the story from today and past few weeks.
Conclusion:
We concluded by doing the Aarthi and Pledge in the assembly.
Comments:
We had a good attendance today. The kids were a little out of touch with their slokas, not having been in class for over a month. Parents, please work with the kids on the Gurustotram. Soon, we will start with Lingashtakam and Geeta Chanting as well.
There are still some kids who dont bring in their snacks. Please send in a snack with your child.
There are still some kids who dont bring in their snacks. Please send in a snack with your child.
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.
- Scissors
- 1st grade Balavihar books - Bala Ramayan, Ramayana characters and a copy of 'My Prayers'; assembly handbook.
