Venue: Chinmaya Vrindavan Ashram
95 Cranbury Neck Rd., Cranbury, NJ
Please arrive no more than 10/15 minutes before the time slot your child is registered for. There will be classes in session before us. Thank you!
Friday@ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday @ 2:00 p.m.
Sunday @ 8:45 a.m.
Sunday @ 12.45 p.m.
Sunday @3:15 p.m.
Shlokas
Geeta Chanting: Chapter 15, Shlokas 1, 2,3,4, and 5. 6, and 7 and 8, and 9
Here is an audio blog that has archived all the Bhagavad Geeta chapters. It is a wonderful learning tool... and we highly recommend that you check it out. Also, please note that tutoring classes are being held at the ashram. We highly recommend that you sign your child up for this wonderful opportunity!
Concentration/Shell Game
Two and a half minutes of sitting silently, while focusing on the number of shells that are being dropped into a bowl.... with eyes closed, of course. :-)
Yoga Stretches/Exercise
5 to 10 minutes of stretching
Circle Time/Activity Time
This week's lesson was "O for Obedience"
Story Time: "The Obedient Child "
Game:
We played a fun round of "Teacher Says" which is played like "Simon Says".
Vikram was on a holiday with his father. It was the most exciting holiday a child could dream about. Vikram's father was a sailor. On this holiday Vikram was sailing from port to port.
One day the ship caught fire. soon the deck was full of people. They were are screaming and yelling and running about. Vikram's father ran to help others. Before he left he called Vikram and told " Stand here till I come back. Do not move, whatever happens" One by one everyone started to get out of the ship to the lifeboats. They all called on Vikram , " come quickly otherwise the ship will sink and you will get hurt". But Vikram waved to them and said " my father has asked me not to move from here. He knows what is best for me." So he didn't move a little bit. After few minutes they left without him.
The Sea was too rough, waves were very big and the boats couldn't sail smoothly. So Vikram's father called for helicopter. He came up to the deck looking for Vikram and found him on the smoke filled deck. Small brave boy was standing in the same place where his father had asked him to. The tired sailor's heart was filled with love for his courageous son. Soon the helicopter saved both of them.
Moral: Be obedient and save yourself from trouble. When you are obedient you save others too.
Game:
We played a fun round of "Teacher Says" which is played like "Simon Says".
Likhita Japa
Some children performed their likhita japa with tracing papers, while others wrote "Raama" on the background of their coloring page of Gurudev.
Ending Prayers
Aarti and prayers were conducted with all the other classes/study groups in the Mandir/Temple.
