Amrutham Class---November 2nd!!!

Hari Om parents,

Thank you for your continued support and your involvement in Amrutham class. Appreciate your feed-backs, support in signing up for snacks, asking questions, etc which help us help your children better.

As always we started our class with 3 Oms. Continued with:

• Opening prayers ("Om Sahana vavatu.....)
• Then we called upon Ganesha to remove any obstacles that might hinder in our learning at Bal Vihar. We recited Shloka "Vakratunda...."
• Once all the obstacles were removed we were ready to learn and call upon Goddess Saraswati to give us the knowledge and to help us retain our learning. We recited Shloka "Saraswati namastubhyam..."

While we had volunteers help with the bathroom break (which happened in the first fifteen minutes of the class) I told them the story of Ganesha and how he was born and got the face of the elephant. Please ask your children to tell you the story cause I got ALOT of ohhhhh and ahhhhh so they were very attentive and amazed.

Once everyone returned we talked about:
Trinity: (Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva))

• Brahma:
• He's the creator of everything.
• Vishnu: I showed them a picture
• He's the  protector/preserver.
• He has below listed "things" in his hands:
• Gada
• Sudarshan Chakra or just chakra (some couldnt say Sudarshan)
• Shankh
• Lotus
• Hes protected by the "Shesh-naag"
• Shiva: I had a nice visual for them
• He's the destroyer of ALL evil/bad things
• Father of Ganesha
• He has the below listed things:
• He has river ganga flowing from his head
• He has crescent moon on his head
• He has snake in his neck
• In his hands he has:
• Trishul
• Damru
• Kamandal

We continued to learn about the "belongings" of the Goddess':

• Saraswati: She gives us "knowledge"
• She carries:
• Vedas
• Sitar
• Lotus
• Her vehicle is Swan
• Lakshmi: She gives us "wealth"
• She carries:
• Coins (as the children wanted to call it)
• Lotus
• Her vehicle is Owl
• She sits on lotus
• Durga: She gives us "strength"
• Her vehicle is tiger

We had snacks (Doritos chips and water) and did a coloring of Shiva with all the stuff he holds to help them remember.

We finished our class with closing prayers. We did "Om Sarve bhavantu..." and "Om purnamadah...."

Few announcements:

• Please continue to send the following items for each class:
• Crayons
• Folder to keep their work safely
• Leak proof water bottle
• Snacks if your children is allergic to any foods just to avoid any mishaps.
• Continue to recite Shlokas with your children--they are doing amazing.
• Please continue to take your children to the bathroom before dropping them to the class room.
• NO CLASS next Sunday.
• Next class is on November 16th and its our back to Bal Vihar class. ALL Madhuram and Amrutham parents will meet directly in our class room after the assembly. Please come prepared with questions or concerns you may have so that we can look forward to having a GREAT year....!!! 
• We will be having our class "Thanksgiving lunch" in the cafeteria at 12. Please sign up for the potluck--food to bring by going to the below link:

Click here to sign up for the Thanksgiving Potluck

Have a great week ahead!!!!!! Hari Om!!!!