Hari Om Parents,
Today was the 15th class of Balavihar!! Here is the summary of what we covered in the class today:
Opening Prayers: We together chanted three OMs and then chanted the Opening Prayers - Sahana Vavatu.
Pranams
Mahalakshmi & Chandarani.
Today was the 15th class of Balavihar!! Here is the summary of what we covered in the class today:
Opening Prayers: We together chanted three OMs and then chanted the Opening Prayers - Sahana Vavatu.
Introduction of the Next Letter: We introduced the next letter "L'' - stands for 'Love which means being affectionate. And we express our Love through good behavior and serving others.
Brainstorming: We discussed various ways we can express our Love for others. And that Love is a special feeling you have when you are around anyone who you like,have affection for and you are ready to do everything for them. And we all cannot live without love, and God loves us all the most.
Yoga time: Jumping Jacks.
Story Time 1: Gandhiji's Love - we learnt that Love could change a person to become good and we all need to have love for each other.
Story Time 2: The Best Gift - one can show Love by doing good things and behaving well with others and we can show our love through simple deeds every day.
Exploration: Who Loves Us The Most? We discussed all the gifts we have, and what is the best gift we have? Kids responded that their parents are the best gift that God gave to them and that God gave a lot of wonderful gifts in this whole universe and God loves us the most.
Brainstorming: We discussed various ways we can express our Love for others. And that Love is a special feeling you have when you are around anyone who you like,have affection for and you are ready to do everything for them. And we all cannot live without love, and God loves us all the most.
Yoga time: Jumping Jacks.
Story Time 1: Gandhiji's Love - we learnt that Love could change a person to become good and we all need to have love for each other.
Story Time 2: The Best Gift - one can show Love by doing good things and behaving well with others and we can show our love through simple deeds every day.
Exploration: Who Loves Us The Most? We discussed all the gifts we have, and what is the best gift we have? Kids responded that their parents are the best gift that God gave to them and that God gave a lot of wonderful gifts in this whole universe and God loves us the most.
Introduction of the Next Letter: We introduced the next letter "M'' - is for Mother. Mother cares, nurtures, and protects us and Alphabet chant for letter M is - 'Mathru devo bhava'.
Brainstorming: We discussed the various ways we can express love to our Mother by helping her, respecting her, listening to her and respecting her.
Story Time 1: Mommy's Love - through the Panda story (Mummy Panda & Baby Panda) we learnt that Mom's Love is with us always and is very powerful.
Story Time 2: P.S. I love you Mom - When you love someone, you don't demand anything in return.
Exploration: We learnt that 'Mother Nature', 'Mother India, Mother USA', 'Mother Sruti', 'Mother Earth' and 'Mother Cow' are all symbols of Mother who we worship. They care for us, nourish us and sustain us.
Activity: Kids did a coloring activity - They made colorful Bouquet of Hearts, Balloons, Flowers and they wrote sweet notes to express their love for their loved ones on the cards.
It was another very interactive and lively session with kids.Kids enjoyed doing the activity time and got engrossed in making colorful and wonderful cards for their loved ones. We learnt 2 letters today 'L' and 'M'. And then we assembled in the prayer hall and watched the Grade 9 class performance and for aarti.
Please note: We will be practising class bhajan(s) with kids coming early(before class starts) - Today we continued learning Kathe bhi Ram Kaho bhajan - Kids were chanting along and learnt the first 2 verses.
Have a wonderful week ahead!!
Note: Next class is on Feb 25th 2024.
Please register kids to the below competitions:
Shlokathon on March 9th - bit.ly/Shlokas24 (Any slokas including ones taught in class can be recited by kids)
Bhajanotsav on May 4th - bit.ly/bvbhajan24.
Bhajanotsav on May 4th - bit.ly/bvbhajan24.
Pranams
Mahalakshmi & Chandarani.
