• Om Saha naavatu (My Prayers, page 6)
• Karagre Vaasate (My Prayers, page 43)
• Sarasvati Namastubhyam (My Prayers, page 44)
• Guru Brahma (My Prayers, page 9, third shloka)
Vedic Chanting: Medha Sukhtam with Panditji. (Chinmaya Book of Vedic Chants, page 35)
Bhajans:
• Ganesha Sharanam (My Prayers, page 7)
• Radhe Govinda (My Prayers, page 60)
• Subramanyam (My Prayers, page 62)
Storytime with Swamiji: We watched a movie with Swamiji today, which portrayed the Churning of the Milky Ocean and Lord Vishnu's second avatara, KuurmaH. (Comment from one of the aunties: the snake which the demons and the gods used to churn with looked a little too real -- provoked some unexpected 'oooohs' and 'no ways!!')
Shaanti Circle Discussion: We posed the question "Why do we need a Guru in our lives?" to the children. Then we played a quick round of "Telephone." For those of you who may not be familiar with this game: One person thinks of a word or a sentence and then whispers it into his/her neighbor's ear. Then that person whispers it in their neighbor's ear ... and so on -- until you make it completely around the circle. The object of the game is to see how distorted the word or sentence gets before it reaches back to the original speaker. Our sentence started out as "Swamiji likes oranges and wears grape colored Crocs." By the time it got to the next person it was already interpreted as "Swamiji likes oranges and wears cream colored Crocs." Somewhere in the middle, one of our youngest campers said "Swamiji has orange shoes," which then got passed on as "I like pie." So, you can imagine how distorted things became before the message got to our 30th camper! When asked what was said, our last person announced that she was told "I have no idea what she said." Before we knew it, we had to get ready for our Vedic Chanting, so unfortunately we didn't get to discuss our ideas for very long. We plan to continue our game and discussion on Monday -- and we're all going to think about "Why exactly do we need a Guru?" over the weekend.
Art Project: Both grades sewed a japa mala bag.
End of Class Prayers: Poornamadah, Chinmaya Pledge
Photo Gallery: June 26 (click here to view)
Comments: Our first week of camp has come to an end. Hard to believe that its over already -- each day was filled with so much fun and energy. We will miss Sneha and Preetha. A big "Hari OM" to you both -- and keep checking the blog to hear from us. We'll look forward to seeing you again next year!
Today was a little different for us. Ramanathan Uncle paid us a surprise visit and taught us yoga for 45 minutes. The kids had an absolute blast!! He is a wonderful yoga instructor and is truly fantastic with the young ones. You can check out the fun photos of today's class in the photo gallery. He will be joining us every Friday for Yoga, so if your child wants to bring a mat, please encourage them to do so. Uncle told us, however, that it is not necessary for us to have one. Loose clothes, a smile, and good attention is all we need.
Our Bead Loom Class is now officially finished. The looms will now be set up in the independent project time for those who want to continue their weaving throughout the summer. Next week we will focus our art learning on Pop-up card structures.
We look forward to seeing all of you next week. We have some new friends joining us on Monday, so beware ... we'll be giving the "Jelly Bean Questions" after our morning prayers! In the meantime, have a super weekend -- and rest up for another fun week.
Hugs to all our campers!
Art Project: Both grades sewed a japa mala bag.
End of Class Prayers: Poornamadah, Chinmaya Pledge
Photo Gallery: June 26 (click here to view)
Comments: Our first week of camp has come to an end. Hard to believe that its over already -- each day was filled with so much fun and energy. We will miss Sneha and Preetha. A big "Hari OM" to you both -- and keep checking the blog to hear from us. We'll look forward to seeing you again next year!
Today was a little different for us. Ramanathan Uncle paid us a surprise visit and taught us yoga for 45 minutes. The kids had an absolute blast!! He is a wonderful yoga instructor and is truly fantastic with the young ones. You can check out the fun photos of today's class in the photo gallery. He will be joining us every Friday for Yoga, so if your child wants to bring a mat, please encourage them to do so. Uncle told us, however, that it is not necessary for us to have one. Loose clothes, a smile, and good attention is all we need.
Our Bead Loom Class is now officially finished. The looms will now be set up in the independent project time for those who want to continue their weaving throughout the summer. Next week we will focus our art learning on Pop-up card structures.
We look forward to seeing all of you next week. We have some new friends joining us on Monday, so beware ... we'll be giving the "Jelly Bean Questions" after our morning prayers! In the meantime, have a super weekend -- and rest up for another fun week.
Hugs to all our campers!
