Prayers: 3 Oms, Gayatri

Main topics: Class time was spent on the practice of Easwaramma Day.

Life application/Home work:   Listen to the audio of the skit and practice with your parents.

Note to Parents: Remember to bring your Go Green Kit for snack and dinner on the Easwaramma Day.

Continued with Duty towards the environment and focused on the 3 Rs

Lesson Plan:

Discussed what we learnt in the previous classes about Duty especially our duty towards the environment. Talked about plastic pollution and its impact to the planet. Children came up with ideas on how they can use alternatives for commonly used plastic products – metal straws, metal cutleries, carrying reusable grocery bags, taking your own containers to carry out food.

We discussed how we can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle plastics so that plastic waste can be limited. Watched a presentation on how we can implement this. The class took a pledge of ” Environment resposibility starts with Me”

Demonstrated how we can repurpose newspaper to paper bags that can even be used as fancy gift bags. 

 Homework

·       Do the chore selected as your responsibilty at home

·       Prayer before food

·       Follow your personal discipline goal everyday

Note to Parents:

We are learning about Duty and importance of taking responsibility .Please help your child hang their “What I am responsible for at Home” chart in a place they can see and be reminded of everyday. 

Friendly reminder

• Help our children to achieve their goal of the week.

CLASS DATE: 03/10/2019

Summary: unity of Faiths

ATTENDANCE: 12

Sairam,

class started with 3om’s ,Gayatri mantra and may pole meditation.

students shared what they practiced last week. They continued doing their beds and chores.

We saw a video of various festivals celebrated in Prashanthi Nilayam. It showed how people from different faiths and from different countries come to prashanthi nilayam and celebrate their festivals. 

We brainstormed on how to incorporate  the students ideas into Easwaramma day skit. we came up with the high level flow of the skit. 

Bhajans: we practiced two bhajans with sister Kripa.

http://prasanthi-mandir-bhajan.net/Guruvayoor_Pura_Sri_Hari_Kr.htm

https://sathyasai.us/devotion/song/rama-krishna-tum-ho

Homework:

1.Finish  and submit Sai Samarpan article.

2. Work on the script for Easwaramma day.

Life application: Practice doing  Gayatri Mantra daily. Students also can do prayers  what their family does. 

Practice communicating with  God. They can talk, write, sing …..to God. Come share with us how you communicated with God and how this helps you.

Continue doing their beds and chores.

Reminders:

All the students are encouraged to finish and submit Sai Samarpan article.

we will be having a call on wednesday and thursday from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm to discuss about the Easwaramma day skit. Students interested in sharing the ideas can join the call.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO PARENTS:

1. We would like all the students to be on time by 3.25pm we are staritng the class by 3.30pm.

Class room door closes at 3.30pm.

If any students come late they have to wait outside the door till we finish prayers and meditation.

2. As a parent your responsibility to check the home work ( life application ) which we give them to follow through the week.

Once you as a parent commit to the follow up with your kids the results are impactful.

3. Treat this spiritual learning as a beautiful foundation to your kids who are the future generations of leaders.

Swami has given us the opportunity to be the part of this huge responsibility. Let’s stand up to build this great future leaders.

Prayers:

Beginning prayers led by students. We chant multi faith prayers beginning of each class to show all regions teach same.

Link to multi faith prayers with meaning: http://sairegion3.org/multi-faith-prayers/

Main topic:  Devotion (tip 6) Be God in everyone and everything

Practiced skit from 3 to 3:50 pm. Skit leads helped practice in groups.

Group 4 students gave presentation on Go Green.

Audio recording of Scene 1 from 4:20 to 4:50 pm

Note to Parents:

One practice a week to qualify to call our self a devotee of Swami. Students add practice each week.

Tip1: Start the day and end the day with Swami’s name. Swami will count this as 8 hour chanting during night.

Tip2: Keep your consciousness active. Do not suppress it. 

Tip3: To keep our consciousness active we are going to think/chant or say SAIRAM, every time we eat snack/meal, drink water/juice/milk.

Tip4: Body is the temple, keep this instrument fit. Remind yourself Swami resides in this body. Chant Swami’s name while taking shower. Eat healthy and exercise. 

Tip5: Choose one person from their do not like list, identify a good quality in that person. Think positive about them.

Tip6: See God in everybody and everything. Start with seeing Swami in parents and siblings

Habitat for Humanity & Yard Cleanup

Main topic:

For the past two weeks, Group 4 has been involved in service projects such as Habitat for Humanity and yard cleanup for our local senior citizens.

Note to Parents:

Sairam Parents –

We will have regular SSE this Sunday (04/14) at 3:30pm.

Jai Sai Ram!

-Group 4 Gurus