We started the class with 3 times of Hari Om recitation followed by sahana vavathu shloka
We recited the 4 shlokas and had the kids follow us
Shukhlam
Saraswathi namastubhyam
Guru Brahma
Budhirbalam
We made the kids repeat the first two shlokas again after the first recitation so they get more familiar.
We explained what Bala kand of Ramayana meant and went on to describe Lord Rama and a brief introduction to the story of the Lord.
We started the first lesson about Ayodhya. About how life was during those days and compared it to what we have now. We spend some time on it just to make it interactive and funny to engage the kids.
We had them color the first page of their drawing book.
The kids were asked to chant the name Rama as long as they were coloring. Kids did it with a lot of enthusiasm. It was a pleasure watching them chant and color
We then went on to talk about the birth of Lord Rama. What kept King Dusheratha sad even though he was a powerful King and had three wives. How his Guru advises him to perform Yagna to please the fire God and so on.
We played a video that shows the birth of Lord Rama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jGhrZJfVdI&t=18s
We spent some time quizzing them on the characters and the story that they had learnt so far.
We played the Chanting Primer 1 video of intro to chanting sanskrit shlokas.
We concluded the class with the Aarti video followed by the pledge.
Pranams
Sapna and Yamuna