Hari Om Parents,
Today was the 26th class of Balavihar!!
Opening Prayers: We together chanted three OMs and then chanted the Opening Prayers - Sahana Vavatu. All the kids chanted together. And then some kids wanted to lead and chanted it again. It was wonderful to hear quiet kids lead.
Introduced the next Letter:the next letter 'P' - Prayer - Is a means to thank God for everything he has given us and we come closer to God when we pray. And a means of having a conversation with God considering God as our friend!
Brainstorming: we discussed how we can pray to God- by chanting verses, shlokas, singing bhajans, japa, meditation, going to temples etc. By doing this we can get closer to God, feel his love, care and kindness. And we can emulate the qualities of God in our day to day life by being helpful, compassionate, being thankful, kind and helpful to all.
Exploration: We learnt that God loves us a lot to give us blue sky, sunshine, mountains, rivers, birds, flowers, fruits etc. And we should always be thankful and bow to the Supreme Lord.
Story Time: Through the story of Gajendra Moksha, we learnt that sincere prayers are always answered and we need to completely surrender to God and God will definitely help us get through our challenges.
Attendance: was taken by each kid saying 'Hari Om' when their name was called out.
And then we practiced for the Annual Day performance. It was a good practice session today.Kids happily participated and picked up the dance steps. We will continue to practice more in the upcoming classes.
After this, we went to the Assembly, and watched 5th grade and 8th grade play.
Have a wonderful week ahead!!
Note: Next class is on June 2nd, 2024. We will meet in the classroom at regular time.
Pranams
Mahalakshmi & Chandarani.