Sept 24, 2023 - Kindergarten (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents,

Today was the third class of Balavihar!!  Here is the summary of what we covered in the class today:

All of us assembled in our classroom 'Krishna',Kids were asked to pick their Name Tags and wear it. We all sat in a circle crisscrossing our legs, hands together in Namaskar pose, kept our eyes closed, and then we all chanted three OMs and then chanted the Opening Prayers - Sahana Vavatu.

Repetition of Opening Prayers : Then we chanted each line of the opening prayers individually, and made the kids repeat it multiple times, and everyone joined in the chanting and some of them willingly volunteered to lead the Opening Prayers for the next class.

 Sloka chanting:  We were discussing how each of them performed Ganesh pooja and few kids voluntarily wanted to share the Slokas they chanted at the home for Ganesh pooja, and individually stood in front of the class and chanted. It was wonderful to see their motivation and courage to recite in front of the whole class.

After this, we started with the second Lesson from our curriculum which is 'How to See God?'.

 Exploration time: Hide under the Sky: We had some discussion on whether we can hide from the Sky, and try not to be under it.  We heard a lot of Fun ideas from kids where kids felt there was no Sky at a specific location and hence they could hide there. 

And then we learned that Sky is everywhere, similarly, God is everywhere.

  

 Story Time: Through the story of Who is Watching? - We learned that God is watching us at all times, even though we may be alone. No one can hide from him. God is watching us, protecting us, and taking care of us at all times. He sees everything, hears everything, and knows everything.

Activity: LadyBug Search : Kids were asked to find the LadyBug in the Picture provided, with bare eyes we cannot find it,  hence were asked to use the Special Instrument -the Magnifying Glass to help them. They had some fun looking for it. Class pictures shared in whatsapp group.

 Brainstorming: Through small examples, we discussed What a Sweet Mind is? And who is a Sweet person?  Kids shared a few instances at home where they helped their parents and were a sweet person.

   And then we discussed, we become Sweet people when we develop a Sweet mind and we develop Sweet Mind when we attain special qualities which we can learn by learning 

  the Vedanta alphabet and start applying it in our life. And we learnt that we can See God through a Special Instrument called Sweet Mind!

And we discussed in KG, we will be learning the Vedantic Alphabet Safari which will help us develop a Sweet Mind! And using our Sweet Mind, we can get Closer to God!

  Exit Ticket: The Activity sheet will be shared via the class whatsapp group, please print it and help kids find it. And ask them to color it too. They can use the Magnifying Glass to find the LadyBug.

   Geeta chanting: We will be learning the Bhagavad Geeta Ch 4,The opening and we learnt the first verse (slokam) today. Please make the kids chant along, after swamiji's chant in the videos. The video will be shared in the whatsapp group.

Attendance: Attendance was taken and each kid responded by saying 'Hari Om'.  And then we went to the Prayer Hall for Aarthi and Pledge.

It was a very interactive class with kids, and kids shared interesting views and thoughts with all.
         
Note: 

         Please help kids practice

               Geeta Chanting Ch 4 - Verse 1 -- video shared in Group.

               Opening Prayers chant - video shared in Group

           Print the Lady Bug Activity sheet and help kids complete it.  

           Next class : is on Oct 1st, 2023.

Have a wonderful week ahead!  

Pranams
Mahalakshmi & Chandarani.