Hari Om Parents,
Below was covered in the class this week.
Shloka Chanting:
We started the class with our opening prayers. Class began learning Mahalakshmi Ashtakam. We chanted 5 & 6 verses of this. Please refer to page 40 in My Prayers book.
Gita Chanting:
Class chanted along with Bhagavad Gita Video of Chap 5, Verses 4 & 5
Link : BG5 - V4 - V5
Lesson:
India - Our Land:
Games of India:
In this section, covered the following points with the help of this presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P5QJ6kXUHeF8VfkVh4evsKKaPCNzBmSMDaa_wspXPP4/edit?usp=sharing
Started with icebreaker questions:
How many Indian Games do they recognize based on the Photo collageMokshapatha rules, how is it played
Mokshapatha teachings - Virtues = Ladder, Vices = Snake, 100th square is Moksha
What is Moksha?
Why Mokshapatha was changed to a simple 'Snakes And Ladders' version
Benefits of playing games
List of Games given by India to the World:
Chess, Polo, Playing cards
Chausar/Ludo
Games remained confined to India
Gulli Danda
Mallakhamb
Kabaddi
Hockey - National Game of India
We wrapped up the class by playing both Langadi and Kho Kho. In Langadi, we played the infection version, where tagged players must also hop on one leg, just like the tagger.
We also played a couple of rounds of Kho Kho. In the first round, the kids initially struggled with understanding the strategic aspects of the game, but with some guidance, they quickly improved in the second round. The children got really excited and wanted to keep playing, but we had to stop as the allotted session time ended.
Overall, it was a fun and engaging session where the kids learned about traditional Indian games and enjoyed themselves while learning.
Mahabharata:
We continued our revision of Mahabharata. As years passed by, people wished Yudhishthira to be the king and Duryodhana plans to kill them by burning them alive in a wax palace. Pandavas with the help of their uncle Vidura escape the fire through the tunnel but decide to be incognito till it was safe for them to reveal their identity. During this period Bhima kills Hidimbasura and gets married to Hidimba. They have a son together named Ghatotkacha. Later pandavas live in Ekachakra pura and Bhima kills the demon Bakasura.
Drupada the king of Panchala was bestowed a son-Dhrishtadyumna to take revenge on Dronacharya and a daughter- Draupadi who would get married to Arjuna. Hearing about the swayamvara of Draupadi, Pandavas travel to Panchala to participate in the feat. Arjuna finally wins over the swayamvara. With Kunti's misspoken words, all the five pandavas get married to Draupadi. Pandavas identity gets revealed and they travel back to Hastinapura. Dhritarashtra unwillingly divides the kingdom into 2 parts and gives away a barren land Khandavaprastha to Pandavas. They in-turn transform it into a beautiful city by name Indraprastha. Arjuna goes through an exile period and in the interim gets married to Lord Krishna's sister Subadhara. They have a son named Abhimanyu. Yudhishthira ruled the country wisely and with help of his brothers conquered many kingdoms.
Announcements:
We had our second parent-teacher meeting and let the parents know about the progress we made so far and also updated them on the upcoming Yagnas in December.
See the below link for more information and register for the Yagnas. Please participate in sponsorship and/or volunteering for any of the days in the event,
Link : Surabhi
Thankyou,
Sirisha and Sachin
