Nov 10, 2024 - Grade 1 (Sunday AM)

Hari OM Dear Families,

Here is this week's update.

 

Week: 6

10th Nov 2024 / 9:15AM

 

Shlokas-

We all chanted OM 3 times followed by  shlokas

"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book) 

"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)

"Sarawathi namasthubhyam" (page 12 in My Prayers book)

"Guru Brahma" (page 61 in My Prayers book)

We learned a new sloka "buddhir balam" (page 152 in My Prayers book)

Deepavali/ Diwali festival discussion.

How did you celebrate diwali was the question asked.  Kids came up with what they did with their family. Most of them played with sparklers, Lighted Diyas, attended the family pooja, Ate sweets like besan ke laddu, kaju katli, attended or hosted diwali parties, made rangoli designs and handcrafted diyas.

For the question "why do we celebrate the Diwali".., they all answered in chorus, "to welcome Rama and sita after 14 years of the vanvasa, by lighting diyas all over the Ayodhya.

What do we do before performing the Lakshmi Pooja? 

The answers include, cleaning our homes and decorating them nicely and also making prasada.

Likhita japa- 

Please make our children write  "Rama" 25 times in a loose leaf paper and make them write their names, please bring it to class and drop it to us. parents please read the below message and kidly register for this divine cause. Thanks

This year Swami Shantananda ji's Sampoorna Ramayana Yajna will happen between Dec 7th and Dec 13th. We would like all children to write Rama (राम) Japa  before the Yajna is over. This will earn them 200 House points (5 points for every 25 times) and those who submit before Dec 13 will get a bonus 100 points. All children who complete can come to the Yajna and pick up a participation prize. Please write your name, grade, session and House on all pages so we can keep track. You can write on loose leaf paper.

Adults can also participate and submit the Likhita Japa. 
Please register here. (both kids and adults)

Ramayan katha and radha kalyanam-

We would like to encourage all families to attend the Ramayan Katha from Dec 7th to 13th and Radha Kalyanam on Dec 14th and 15th.

Gita Time 

Today we saw the gita video chapter 5 for this year with swamiji's message and verse 2 and 3.

BG5 - V2 - V3 (youtube.com)

Bhajan time- 

We learned action bhajan "Khate Bhi ram Kaho" (My prayers book page 145, we learned the fourth and the fifth verses with action) This bhajan is completed.

We also practiced Ganesa charanam song. (My prayers page 31)

Please practice these bhajanas at home. We have recorded a video of the Khate bhi bhajan and posted it in the WA group.

We then proceeded to the Mantapa for the arati.

Next class on 11/17/24 (please head to class, unless there is any message)

Class Rules and requirements: 

 

 

1. Children should bring their own copy of "My prayers" book, Ramayana coloring book ( for coloring activity)  , Balavihar handbook (we provided on the first session) 9/15), pencils and erasers and crayons. 

2. Children may bring their own "spill proof water bottles"

3. NO snacks please. Please give them a good breakfast before coming to Balavihar. Also make sure they use the bathroom before going into the class.

4. Please bring the children to balavihar a few minutes before 9.15. We want to promptly start by 9.15. Please make sure the student is not late and may come latest by 9.20 and not later than that.

 

Links and Reminders:

Please join the class WhatsApp group if you have not already-

WhatsApp Group Invite

https://chat.whatsapp.com/IAbzyq5I0ioF7FF6Cr85J0

 

Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Hari OM

Indira Bhaskar and Vidhya Aiyer