Hari Om Parents,
The class was started with Likhitha Jaapa, Daily Prayers,Ganesha Pancharatnam and Nirvana Shatakam.
It was our house spirit day.
The class was divided into 4 groups and all 4 groups performed below two tasks.
1) Make paper mala- fold a paper into rectangles and write on the ends either ram/jai shri ram/shri ram and fold it. Punch with a hole puncher and make a hole. We made 10 malas in all.
2) Writing without holding the pen. A pen was tied with 4 strings and kids had to hold each string and without touching the pen they had to write as many times as possible
Ram/Jai Shri Ram/Shri Ram. The kids did an amazing job and coordinated very well.
For our final activity of house spirit day we all assembled in Prayer hall and we were divided into 4 house groups.
Kids had to form a line to pick up stuff from ground without talking and only using signs. The person at the end of the line was not blindfolded and others were. We did a pretty amazing job and our house got 300 points.
It was an evening full of fun filled activities and team spirit.
Until we meet next time.
With Om and Pranams
Anuradha & Shivram
Important Information:
Parents who are not part of our whatsapp group are requested to join the same by using the link below :-
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0cfUe3NUDYCBwYVKD7tyg
List of things that we need the kids to bring to the class
1. An empty notebook to write Likhitha jaapa and notes.
2. Two sharpened pencils
3. Daily Prayers book
4. Curriculum for 5th graders
1. Mahabharata by Raja Gopalachari.
2. India the sacred land (handouts will be provided by teachers)
3. Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 4. Shlokas 1-28
4. Shlokas- Ganesha Panchratnam and Nirvana Shatakam.
4.1 Ganesha Panchratnam
4.1.1 Link to rendition with lyrics in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4lZCKxeJFE or
4.1.2 Link: https://youtu.be/Oyo0FWP9fB8?si=ZaYVDepNkX0YWShI (play at lower speeds for kids to follow lyrics and hear clearly
4.2. NirvanaShatakam
Link to chant
https://youtu.be/rKx7K13OvQ4?si=lM6g_ZtX0kdF5Sfo - Uninterrupted Line Guided Chant - YouTube
