Hari OM Dear Families,
Here is this week's update.
Week 21 :
16th April 2023 / 9:15 AM
Opening prayers and Shlokas
Slokas: Class began with 3 OMs followed by
"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
Om shrI Ganeśaya Namaha, shrI Saraswatyai Namaha, shrI Sat Gurubhyo Namaha.
"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)
Saraswathi Namasthubhyam
"Gurur Brahma" (page 60 in My Prayers book)
"Krishnaya Vasudevaya" (page 105 in My Prayers book)
Today's lesson : 24 Teachers
riddle : Who am I?
I am not really ugly, but people get petrified by me
The earth is my home, but nobody wants to be near me
Some boys and girls like to keep me as a pet, but mommies still hate me
Yes, it's the snake.
Saint Dattatreya tells king Yadu that he learnt from the snake to live alone and speak less.
Snake is quiet and lives alone.
•Snake teach us to say only what is necessary.
•Silence is golden.
•Keep your affairs to yourself.
•The man who is always telling what he is going to do, never does anything.
•This is called procrastination.
•DO NOT TALK ; ACT !
Short story : Once there lived an old couple. The old woman was bored, so asked her husband to bring her a cat. The old man goes to the cat mountain and finds thousands of different kinds of cats. Not knowing which one to pick, he brings all of them home. His wife is surprised that he brought so many cats. They are unable to pick the cat they like, so the old man asks the cats to vote among themselves as to who is the most beautiful. Unable to bear the noise that the cats were making, they went inside the house and shut the door. After some time, they notice that it's completely quiet outside. The cats had all killed each other. Only one little cat was sitting there quietly. The old man asks the tiny cat how he managed to survive. The cat tells him "I am just a simple cat. When they all said they were beautiful, I just did not say a word. I was quiet, so no one bothered me." This story illustrates the importance of staying away from arguments and being silent.
One more teacher-
Riddle : I use my saliva to build my home anywhere.
I use my home to catch my prey
Who am I ?
Our next teacher today is the Spider.
A spider makes the web with its saliva, plays with it, lives in it and then swallows it. Just like the spider makes the cobweb from itself, and swallows it back, the world comes out of God and goes back into God and again it comes out again. That is the fun of it……it never gets destroyed really..It only changes shapes and comes back!
We practiced for our class play. We have sent the scripts to all families in the email, please print a copy for them. (each child should have a personal copy, please ) Parents, please help our children to memorize the lines with expressions and make them understand to note whose line is before theirs to form into a sequence.
Play on 5/7 - the stage rehearsal date and time
5/6 - 4.00 pm - 5.30pm
(These are given in the whatsapp group. FYI)
House contests-
The Geeta chanting yagna is on 4/22 at our ashram, an in person event. The registration is closed. Good luck to all those who are going to participate. Participation itself is a success and a blessing.
Bhajanotsav on 4/29, at our ashram 9 am until 12.30 noon, an in person event. The registration is closed. Good luck to all who are going to sing bhajans.
We concluded the session with arathi and pledge in the assembly.
We look forward to seeing the kids in the class next session (4/23)
Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you and HariOm,
Neelima Turaga & Vidhya Aiyer
