October

October 6

• Navaratri Week!

  • Nava=Nine Ratri=Nights

  • Vijaya=Victory Dashami=10

  • Deva = Good Person

  • Ashura = Bad Person/Demon

  • Mahishashura story

    • Mahishashura was a bad person who prayed to Bhrama

    • He prayed to be immortal (to bhrama)

    • Since Mahishashura prayed a lot to Bhrama his boon was granted

    • He prayed to not be defeated by man on earth not (to bhrama)

    • All of the gods were scared

    • The gods went to goddess Durga

      • Durga sits on a tiger/lion

    • Durga fought with Mahishashura fought for 9 days and 9 nights

    • On the 10th day she became a tiger and brought him up to the air

    • At dusk she killed him

  • This is why we celebrate Navarathri and Vijayadhashami

  • We should work on our bad qualities over the nine days of Navarathri

    • We talked about what we should work on over these nine days

      • Eat anything even if you dont like it - Be thankful for what food you have

      • No crying 

• We made a Pooja Thali

  • The kids did Aarthi with the song om jai Jaga dhi Shri hari

September

September 22

Today the kids in Dharma 1:

-Chanted om 3 times

-Learnt the meaning of Namaste

-Learnt the significance of Ganesha’s body parts

-Made a cd Ganesha hanging ornament

-Learnt vakra tunda sloka

Hw: practice vakra tunda mahakaya

September 15

Materials covered in class: Introductions, name of Gods kids worship at home, Kids shared short stories of Lord Hanuman, Krishna, Rama, Ganesha, looked at pictures of Gods and Goddess in Dharma book and learned names of all Gods and Goddesses.

Homework for this week:

1. Kids should learn the meaning of their name in both english and hindi/or regional language and share with the class next time.

2. Kids to learn the name of God/Godess they are worship at home as some couldn’t share these names during the class today.