HariOm Every one!
As usual we started our session with breathing exercises and chanting Om 3 times. We turned off lights in our class so that kids will settle down and also as an indication for kids who came in late to wait outside until the morning prayers are done.It's really important to bring your kids on time by 9.55AM. Thank you to parents and kids who helped me arrange the chairs. Your help is appreciated!After our morning prayers, we recapped the Krishna story we learnt so far. Had a small pop quiz.We continued the story line and learnt how Krishna's birth was celebrated in Gokula, Kansa's evil plan to destroy his nephew failed.. Putana's futile attempt to poison baby Krishna, how forgiving Krishna was .. purified and gave moksha to Putana with his touch..Kansa's trickery..demise of asura trnavarta in Krishna's hands.
We completed learning Sree Ganapati Stotram. Recited couple of times . We already handed over hard copy of this stotram, please ask your kid to practice and bring the sheet back to class.Click here for the text and audio version. Kids did Likhita japa. It's very impressive to see how neatly they wrote the mantra. We reviewed last week's pending home work about Kali's influence and how kids overcame Kali.. what phrases they used..etc.
We continued our Krishna storyline and learnt about the naming ceremony of Krishna and his big brother Bala Rama.. why they were given those names by Garga Rishi..We also went over the mischiveous actions of the two brothers.. how they stole butter and annoyed Gopis..how they apologized to mom Yashoda. We had a discussion on "why would Krishna steal butter?" . We had lot of interesting answers..Pose this question to your kid to know more.. We also discussed about one more virtue of Krishna "Sharing". . We talked about about the importance of sharing and how we can help others. We also went over CORD walkathon in this context of sharing and the enrollment process. Please encourage your kids to participate in CORD walkathon on Oct 28 in Mercer county park. Additional info can be found at http://cord.cordusa.net/ . After the attendence, we headed to auditorium for Aarthi and pledge.
See you all in our next Balvihar session on 10/21.
