On Apr 24th, on the occasion of Shakara Jayanthi and Ramanujacharya Jayanthi this week, our class payed respects to our Gurus.
Pooja: Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Song:First stanza of Guru Stotram
Revised all songs
Story: We were fortunate to introduce these stories to kids:
Birth of Adishankara
The story of how he was bitten by crocodile and got permission to take sanyasa.
Kanakadhara Story
Please repeat these stories to them. See if you can get a book for them. There is a very nice telegu movie on Adi Shankara which is entertaining as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl1vWInhT68
You can show the parts of the movie where these stories are shown.
On March 4th, we were blessed to have Maa Durga in our class.
Pooja: the kids helped setup the class temple and then we performed our pooja to all gods including Maa Durga.
Song: We started learning a new Durga song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIwEAzexs4U
Jagadambe Jagadambe Jai Durge Jai Kali Ma
Jagadambe Jagadambe Jai Durge Jai Kali Ma
Jagadambe Jagadambe Jagadambe Jai Kali Ma
Hardam Hardam Hardam Har Dukh Harane Wali Maa
Aye Ma Durge Bhavani Maa
Aye Ma Nando Ki Nani Maa
Story: We learnt about the origin of Maa Durga, How she was created by powers of other gods to end Mahishasura.
Festival: We talked about Holi! We even played a little Holi with KumKum and turmeric.
Craft: We colored a beautiful Durga Mask drawn by our Sangeeta Madam and ended with playing a Ganesha puzzle.
Hope to see you at next week's Science Utsav class!
