10/12/14 class

Hari OM dear children and parents

We began our today's session with chanting OM 3 times.

We all were in a circle to chant the Ganesha slokam Gajananam (there are a few kids who recite loud and clear, parents please do not get worried- as the year progresses they all will fall in the right boxes, just that as 3 year old' or even smaller kids they'll take a while to mingle in- as such we meet only once a week!)

How did Ganesha gain the name Ganapthay was the story we saw also, the same story said how the Lord got the elephant head and gained the name Gajanana. Please talk to your child about the story, ask them what happened next to keep up the momentum. We quickly went through the other names we have learned so far like Mooshika Vahana (story done already) Uma suta and Eka danta (story done)

We have a small homework for the next session- discussing the Ganapathy/gajanana name oriented story and the Mooshika Vahana story to be discussed at home and the kids have to tell in the forth coming class.

We did a breathing exercise- inhale raise your arms above the head and exhale and bring the arms all the way down saying haa

We had potty break- the kids had a little recess and walk time at the hallway.

Snack time- Please volunteer in bringing snacks to our class of (7 or 8 kids) No Nuts please and juice is not a must. Please make sure all kids carry their OWN water bottle

Coloring activity- Those who had the Glory of Ganesa book, we picked the Vyasa-Ganesha story of writing the Mahabharat with the broken tooth. (Eka danta story) page was colored. Those did not have the book, we gave them separate Ganesha pics to color. Please bring in some crayons for your child.

Before wrapping up, we chanted the saraswathy slokam (Saraswathy namasthubyam) again forming a circle. Then we concluded with closing prayers.

Reminders-

Parents please do not forget to bring in a water bottle (labelled preferably) for the kids. A box of crayons and a hand sanitizer to cleanse palms after coloring activity and/or before snacks.

Next class is on 10/19/14.

Thanks

Rajesh and Vidhya

Madhuram teachers