Sevikas: Kalpana and Indira
Prayers: Om Sahana Bhavatu (click here for text)
Quiet Time: ऊँ three times, followed by 1 minute of meditation. Kids are doing an excellent job!
Bhajans:
• Ganesha Sharanam (click here for text)
• Gopala Gopala Radhey Nandalala
• Krishna Here, Krishna There
Geeta Chanting: Practiced Chapter 10, Shlokas 1, 2. Learnt verse 3. (click here for text and audio)
Story: Story about FRIENDSHIP – Lord Krishna and Sudama's Friendship.
Activity/Games: Made a puppet of Lord Hanumaan (click here to view)
Likhita Japa: none
End of Class Prayers: OM Poornamadah (click here to view text)
Comments: We reviewed Alphabets A through E. We learnt alphabet F is for Friend, discussed what qualities makes someone a special friend. Kids came up with various qualities, like "I like my friend because he plays with me." Another one was "because he builds LEGOS with me."
We talked about the Friendship story — Lord Krishna & Sudamaa.
We learnt verse 3, Chp 10th Geetha Chanting. Kids are doing a wonderful job reciting. Please practice at home. Please practice the new Bhajan and you can try it with different names like Ganesha, Raama, Durga, Lakshmi, etc.
Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda
