April 23, 2017

Here's your homework for this week :) - Ask your kids to identify the painting style of Traditional Indian Paintings that you have around your home, your families/friends' homes. It should not be another 'Indian Painting' rather 'Tanjore' or 'Madhubani or Mithila' or 'Kerala Mural' or 'Rajasthani' or 'Patachithra' or 'Mysore' or 'Mughal' or 'Warli' Painting according to them. At least, that's what they have been asked to do this week's class.

As you would have seen in 'What'sapp', we had a mini exhibition of Indian Paintings in the class, and a slide deck discussing the salient features of each of the Indian Traditional painting styles. 

Earlier in the class, we had the privilege of learning about the 'what', 'how' and 'why' of Yoga, from our own resident Yoga teacher, Mrs Mythri Menon. 

Reminders:

May 21, 2017: Mark your calendar for our class presentation at the assembly, in class activity, followed by class picnic. This was originally scheduled for June 4, and had to moved up due to CORD Color Run now scheduled for June 4th

Please let us know if you are interested in a class picnic. This can be in a nearby park. We would also need a couple of class parents to coordinate the picnic.

June 4, 2017: CORD Color Run

June 11, 2017: Samskriti (for grades upto 4th) and Fun Fair by Grades 5th and above. Followed by lunch (Pot luck)

Apr 30, 2017: Topic for the class is 'Geography, Language, Seasons, Spices, Health, Food, Clothing'. Please pass this information to the kids so they can read the relevant pages. 

Thank you, and see you all on Apr 30th.

April 2, 2017

Hari Om, Parents

Here's a chance to go down memory lane, and recollect your fond memories of your favorite sports persons, favorite sports moments ! Today we learnt about top sports persons that India produced ! Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Vijay Amritraj, Leander Paes, Milkha Singh, PT Usha, P V Sindhu! and also World Cup Cricket Wins, Tennis, including Davis cup, brief history of Cricket, Olympic medals !! 

Please take this opportunity to introduce and spend time watching your favorite childhood sports with your kids! Hope the kids will be able to recognize these sports stars from pictures, achievements, records, now that we went through a slide deck on Sports Persons!

Our next class is on Apr 23rd, when we will discuss Indian Painting, Yoga, Journey of Life, Sat Darshan, Philosophies. Please encourage the kids to read the relevant chapters from the book.

We also started learning 'Sri Tapovana Satkam'.

Vyaaptam jagadyena cidaatma bhaavad | Rajjvaa yathaahirhi caraacaram yat Sannyasya sarvam ca sadaatma bhaave | Swayam samastam ca babhuva yastu Nihsanga-nirmukti-padam prapadya | Brahmaatama-bhavena viraajitoyah Sri-soumya-kaasisa-mahesvaraaya | Tasmai namah Svaami-Tapovanaaya

Salutations to Swami Tapovanam, who is Maheswara- the Lord of Soumaykasi, by whom the entire movable and immovable world is pervaded in the form of Consciousness, just as the mis-apprehended rope pervades the snake. He, having renounced i.e. dissolved everything in his True Being, again manifests himself as all (names and forms).Abiding in the state of total detachment and liberation, He is shining as the Self-identical with Brahman.

Reminders:

1. Seva Project is on Apr 16th at Vrindavan Ashram. We will be helping clean up parts of Ashram building. More details will be shared as and when available.

2. Gita Yajna on Apr 22nd at Bridgewater High School. Hope you all are registered to participate.

3. Please remind the kids to email us and deposit to the Question bank

4. Please encourage kids to send us take aways, and their '5 shares' about any of the topics for the upcoming class

5. Also encourage them to continue with their gratitude journal

6. Spring break is also a good time to watch Indian movies - we talked about Gandhi, or freedom struggle based movies, to learn to play Cricket. hockey, etc.,

7. Competing to see who sings Indian national Anthem well in the family makes for a fun exercise, and helps them remember the Anthem