March 26,2023-Kindergarten (Sunday PM)
SUN PM K class blog
On arrival while waiting for other students to join, students present in the classroom wrote ॐ in the Likhita Japa book.
After taking the correct seating posture, we chanted OM 3 times.
Opening Prayer ( Om Sahanavavatu pg. 8 My prayers green book).
Prayer of Bhagvan Ganesh : Vakratunda Mahakaya ( Pg 27 My Prayers Green book)
We also chanted SriRam Stotram #1 Apadam uphartaram pg 140 My Prayer Book
Attendance: Students stood up when the first letters of their names were called and greeted Hari Om.
Daily Prayers : We chanted Karagre Vasate Laxmi ( Prayer after getting up in the morning), Saraswati Namastubhyam( Prayer before study),and Gange cha Yamune chaiva (Prayer before Bath) (My Prayers Green book pg. 11). We practiced memorizing the first verse of the prayer before food : Brahmarpanam Pg 12 Prayer #4
Pl help students to memorize. To register for Shloka classes: Bit.ly/Shlokas22
Topic of the day : U for Unity
Brainstorming:
Activity #1 Student folded a paper like a paper fan.Teachers helped them by cutting a human figure on the paper fan. It made a human chain ( 5 human beings holding each other's hands.) Students wrote the letters UNITY on the chain.
We learned Unity is working together, holding hands with each other and helping each other. Unity helps us to be successful as a team and also protects the team. Unity is strength.
Exploration: All body parts work in unity . Hands help to bring food to mouth. Mouth transfers food to the stomach . Stomach digests food and sends nutrients to blood . So we become healthy and strong.
Activity #2 Big Fish and small fish Each student got a small fish. They colored fishes with different colors. They pretended to swim in the water holding the fish in the hand. A mean black fish ( teacher holding the mean fish) followed them and all students ( small fish started running here and there). Soon they realized that if they unite and make a giant fish they would be able to scare away the mean fish. Students glued their small fishes and made a giant fish. They chased the mean fish. The mean fish got scared and ran away. All small fish were safe.
Inference : Through unity we can overcome the greatest challenge.
Story #1 : Students heard a story of 4 cows and a lion. When Lion came to attack cows that were grazing grass. They held each other and pointed their horns to the mighty lion and scared him away. One day cows had a fight and stopped talking to each other. They started grazing away from each other. When the lion came, they were not united. So, the lion attacked and hurted one of them. Soon cows learned the lesson and united again.
Moral: We have better chance of protecting ourselves from an enemy when we are united
Yoga exercises
Gita chanting first 1-7 verses.
https://www.chinmayavrindavan.org/activities/geeta-chanting
Departure to the prayer hall.
Home work:
Color the human beings in the chain , white, black, yellow, red, brown ( different skin colors)
All students, Pl register for Gita chanting competition and earn ice cream for the entire class.
Please note students can write any Japa ( Ram, ॐ). in the Likhita Japa book outside the classroom
