Second Make Up Session

The previous balavihar class was another make up session for one of the lost snow days.

Our class progressed with the attendance followed by a run through of the Dhyaana Shloka - Om Sahanavavatu (pg 9) and the daily prayers (Karaagre Vasate, Vakratunda, Saraswati Namastubhyam, Bramhaarpanam, Shubham Karoti, Kara Charana - pages 14-17 of the My Prayer Book) as well as the Guru Sthothram (pg 85-86), the bhajans Rama Naama Thaarakam (pg 211), Atma Nivasi Ram  (pg 209-210) and  Radhe Radhe (pg-169). We also started a new bhajan.

In Ramayana, we covered the chapters involving Hanuman creating havoc in Lanka by uprooting trees, destroying the gardens and streets and causing an uproar all around. We saw how Ravana sent his most powerful rakshasas as well as two of his sons to fight Hanuman. While one of his sons, Akshaya, got killed, the other son, Indrajit, used the Brahmastra to subdue Hanuman. But Hanuman had a boon from Brahma that the Brahmastra would not kill him but would instead make him weak for a little while. During that time, the people of Lanka tied him up and presented him to Ravana who ordered that Hanuman's tail should be set on fire as a punishment. When this is done, Hanuman breaks his bonds and jumps all around Lanka setting everything on fire and destroying everything. Later, he feels sorry for having caused so much destruction and realizes that innocents could have been hurt. Then he douses the fire in the sea, makes sure Sita is fine and crosses the sea back to  his waiting friends. 

We also read the story about how Hanuman got his name - do ask the kids about this.

We practiced our consonants in Sanskrit. As a part of homework, the kids have been asked to write the first line of consonants 5 times. Some of the children are still having trouble writing their names in Sanskrit, please practice the same.

We revised the first and second verses of the fourteenth chapter of the Bhagvad Gita and learnt the third verse. We ended the class with the concluding prayers Om Poornamadah (pg-20) and Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha (pg-19).

Apart from homework, please make sure that the children revise the Chinmaya Mission Pledge, it will be the first graders' turn next to lead the pledge.

See you at the next class. Please be on time and bring your folders.