Welcome to our Grade 4 class, a quick recap of what was covered today. Today was the 19th Session of our class.
We all met in our classroom -- "Kesava" and after everyone sat down we said our Opening prayers.Kids were excited to meet each other after Winter break.
Opening Prayers: We all sat straight, criss-cross, hands folded, chanted together 3 Oms, then Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Slokha -Vakra Tunda, Saraswathi Slokha- Saraswathi Namasthubayam, Guru Slokha - Guru Brahma.
Sloka Chanting: We all together recited KrishnaAshtakam.
My 24 Gurus: We learnt about the next Guru - Arrow Maker -- Skillful worker,Useful in the battlefield, Was used by Lord Rama, Lakshmana, and Arjuna. Who am I?
Next Guru : Concentration - making the mind to focus or think about one form, object, thought, topic, concept steadily for a long time.
Brainstorming: We discussed - An arrow maker was so focussed in making his arrow, that he did not even notice the King and his entire retinue pass by with so much music and show.
How only Newton noted about the apples falling on the ground and came up with Gravitational Law. And Newton's single Pointed Focus brought out many inventions which helped mankind.
Sunlight does not burn a piece of paper, but when we let it pass through a magnifying glass, it burns the paper,
We learnt that Concentration, focus and single pointed attention to any specific thing will make us succeed in it.
Story Time: Drona's Test - Through this story we learnt how Arjuna's single pointed focus made him the best Archer in the entire world. And to achieve anything in life, single pointed focus and concentration are very important.
Attendance: Class Attendance was taken after this.
Class Play: We did some practice today for our Class Play.
And then we all went to the Assembly for Aarthi and Pledge, we watched 6th grade Class Play.
Pranaams
Mahalakshmi Arcot
Anurag Saran
