Hari OM!
Beginning Prayers
- Om Saha Navavathu
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Ramaya Ramabhadraya
- Buddhir Balam Yashodhairyam
Bhajans:
We reviewed the following three bhajans
- Vigneshwara Vinayaka
- 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
- Lingashtakam:
- We started teaching Lingashtakam this week. This is part of the first grade curriculum. We did the first slokha.
Geeta Chanting:
- We did the first verse of Chapter XII.
Story:
We recapped the story from the last class and conducted a quiz.
We contined with the story. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita spend about 10 years in teh forest peacefully roaming between different ashrams and protecting them from the rakshasas. Finally as they near the end of their exile, Sri Rama wants to meet the great Sage Agasthya. When they meet him, he suggests they settle down at Panchavati and they do. Surpanakha (Ravana's sister) comes by and wants to marry Rama. In the end when she tries to hurt Sita, Lakshmana cuts her nose and ears adn she goes running to her brothers who rule over that part of the forest. They come to fight Sri Rama but Rama kills them all. Finally, Akampana (the only rakshasa who survives) goes back to Ravana and tells him to kidnap Sita so Rama can die missing her. It would be impossible to kill him, he tells Ravana. Ravana agrees and tries to convince Marica to help him accomplish this. Marica convinces Ravana that he is already the ruler of the 3 worlds, why would he want to try to fight Rama. Ravana agrees but when he sees Surpanakha, his sister, he is unable to make peace. So he goes back to Marica and orders him to disguise himself as a golden deer to entice Sita out of her hut.
Activity:
We contined with the story. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita spend about 10 years in teh forest peacefully roaming between different ashrams and protecting them from the rakshasas. Finally as they near the end of their exile, Sri Rama wants to meet the great Sage Agasthya. When they meet him, he suggests they settle down at Panchavati and they do. Surpanakha (Ravana's sister) comes by and wants to marry Rama. In the end when she tries to hurt Sita, Lakshmana cuts her nose and ears adn she goes running to her brothers who rule over that part of the forest. They come to fight Sri Rama but Rama kills them all. Finally, Akampana (the only rakshasa who survives) goes back to Ravana and tells him to kidnap Sita so Rama can die missing her. It would be impossible to kill him, he tells Ravana. Ravana agrees and tries to convince Marica to help him accomplish this. Marica convinces Ravana that he is already the ruler of the 3 worlds, why would he want to try to fight Rama. Ravana agrees but when he sees Surpanakha, his sister, he is unable to make peace. So he goes back to Marica and orders him to disguise himself as a golden deer to entice Sita out of her hut.
Activity:
Today, the kids drew and colored a picture of Sri Rama, Lakshmana and Sita living in Panchavati. .
Games:
4 Corners: We played this game with a twist - the kids wnated to play it the American way and we did. Surprisingly most kids liked the 'Indian' way of this game.
Likhita Japa:
We wrote the name of Sri Rama 11 times in silence.
Likhita Japa:
We wrote the name of Sri Rama 11 times in silence.
Conclusion:
We concluded by doing the Aarthi and Pledge in the classroom.
Comments:
The kids are still working on learning the Gurustotram. Parents, please work with the kids on the Gurustotram. We will continue to learn Lingashatakam.
We started teaching verse 1 of Chapter 12 for Geetha Chanting. There are extra Geeta Chanting classes on Fridays in Basking Ridge and possibly in a new location soon. Please try to bring your kids for these sessions so they learn to chant the Geeta. Please encourage your children to participate in the Geeta Chanting competion.
Parents, please encourage your children to participate in WOW-Sanskrit word of the week.
We started teaching verse 1 of Chapter 12 for Geetha Chanting. There are extra Geeta Chanting classes on Fridays in Basking Ridge and possibly in a new location soon. Please try to bring your kids for these sessions so they learn to chant the Geeta. Please encourage your children to participate in the Geeta Chanting competion.
Parents, please encourage your children to participate in WOW-Sanskrit word of the week.
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.
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