K blog March 30^th 2014

Shanti Paath ( Invocation of peace) Om Sahanavavatu

Prayers of Bhagvan Ganesha ,Saraswati Goddess, Guru

Daily prayers ( karagre Vasate, Brahmarpanam, Shubham Karoti, ( My Prayer Book)

Students learned second verse of Kara charan kritam( night prayer)

Bhajans : Shree Ganaraya, Amba Parameshwari, Dhimiki Dhimiki ( My prayer Book)

Yoga poses

Sanskrit colors ( Latika book)

Activities: Right and wrong worksheet, Writing Sanskrit vowels ( pl refer Latika Book), coloring

Lesson: O for obedience. Students learned what is obedience, and obeying is important to save us from trouble and brings harmony in life.

Story: Vikram’s Obedience

K Blog                                                           2014, March 23^rd

Shanti Paath (Invocation of peace): Om Sahanavavatu

Prayers: Vakrutunda Mahakaya, Saraswati Namastubhyam, Gururbrahma

Daily Prayers: besides chanting previously learned prayers (karagre vasate, Brahmarpanam, Shubham Karoti), students learned a new prayer: One that is sung before sleeping (Kara charan kritam).

Bhajans: Shree Ganaraya, Amba parameshwari, Om Dhimiki Dhimiki

Most of the students did well recalling lines of bhajans

Lesson: N for nobility. We learned what the act of nobility is.

Story: Noble cow

Yoga poses

Sanskrit colors: Students pointed to colors on each other’s dresses when name of the color was called out.

Writing: Writing vowels, we reviewed previously learned letters and new letters.

We sang Birthday song for Rupali auntee.

Home work: Coloring pages for M and N.

K blog March 10 th

1        Shanti Paath.

2        Daily Prayers

3        5 verses of the Guru stotram

4        Bhajans :  Shree Ganaraya, Subramanyam

5        We learned L for love., what is love ,how we express , most important is to serve the person you love, how Shabari and Hanuman showed their love for Prabhu Ramchandraji,

6        Stories: 1 Mahatma Gandhi, how he changed a thief with his love 2 The best gift, what do the teachers love to see in a student.

7        Activities :

8        1 Building a house with a popsicle stick with a message, Glue binds a house, Love binds a home. Love binds and keeps family together.

2        A puzzle, build a word with beginning letters of  the names of pictures.

3        Coloring L for love. 

 We had a classroom party. It was good to see all of you !    

 K blog March 16^th, 2014

Shanti Paath ( Invocation of peace)

Bhagvan Ganeshji’s prayer(Vakratunda Mahakaya)

Devi Saraswati’s prayer ( Saraswati namastubhyam)

Daily Prayers ( Brahmapanam Brahmahavir, Shubham Karoti) 

Bhajan: Amba Parameshwari, Dhimiki Dhimiki Dhim( pg 119 My Prayer)

Lesson : M for moher. We discussed what do mothers do for us. Students talked about how dads play roles of mom many times in the absence of mom. Guru is mother of all who protects , nurtures us all the time.

Story : The Kissing Hands

Activity: Students drew pictures of mom and designed their own picture frames

for the picture

Meditation

As class began at 10.30 am we had to shorten lesson,  cancel writing, and learning Sanskrit

 K blog March 2 ,2014

Shanti Paath : Om Sahanavavtu

Prayers :  Vakratunda Mahakaya, Gurur Brahma,Saraswati Namstubhyam

Daily Prayers :  We completed memorizing Evening Prayer : Shubham Karoti ( Pg 16 My Prayer)

Bhajan : We chanted Ambam Bhajami ( My Prayer pg 74   )

Activities :

1.  Writing :  Today we focused on writing  OM  ( Sanskrit) and Sanskrit vowels Latika book : 

अ  आ   उ  ऊ  इ ई  ए ऐ  

2. Worksheet for L: Students glued Shiny sparkles on glue for the worksheet on Letter L ( love binds home

Lesson : K for Kindness, we discussed what is kindness, how to it is presented. Students marked act of kindness and unkindness as smiley and sad faces next to sentences.

Meditation

Home work :

• Please write act of kindness Students did during the week and present in the next class.
• Color worksheets for letters j,k,l.

K blog Feb 23

OM 3x

Shanti Paath

Prayers of Bhagvan Ganeshji,Mother Saraswati and Guru

Daily prayers : We chanted morning prayer, prayer before food, and studying. We learned  first verse of evening prayer (Shubham Karoti)

Bhajans: Shree Ganaraya,  bhajan:  Amba Parameshwari

Sanskrit Colors and names of body parts

Yoga Poses :  Tree, Bird, Windmill, Candle, Butterfly, lion ,mouse

Lesson : J for Japa . We learned why it is important to repeat the name of God.

What is Om, why it is important to focus and have good attention?

Activity/ Game: Game of concentration.

We also talked about upcoming lesson on K,L and partly completed  one of worksheets of lesson L and found a secret code.

We greeted four new students and introduced each other