Last night a team of us had a meeting and hashed out a schedule for the Maha Kirtan for Kids program.
The Maha Kirtan for Kids program runs in parallel to the Maha Kirtan 2 program on Sunday September 13th.
The vision for this program is simple — "The Best Day Ever". Kids go away from the day saying: "That was the best day ever!"
We want the kids to have focused participation in the kirtan program in small doses, and to be supervised, engaged, entertained, and educated at all other times during the program. We want them to have a positive experience of the day. We want their parents to be able to participate in the kirtan program. We want both the kids and the adults to think back on Maha Kirtan programs as the best day ever.
Here's the schedule that we are working with:
- Three 2 hours segments, with two supervisors present during each segment, and parents pulling one hour stints as helpers.
- We're investigating a helium balloon machine and a jumping castle. If we get one of these we'll cycle small groups of kids through it throughout the day
Program Schedule
Note: names with (?) after them are people who have not yet committed / have not yet been contacted. There are a bunch of action items from the meeting last night, and they include contacting these people about their participation
| 1 - 3 pm Picnic | Coloring in | Treasure Hunt | Cooking |
| Supervisors: Tulasi and Adina Lila |
| 1 pm - 1:30 pm Picnic Lunch | Face painting |
| Location: Outside temple |
| People: Nathan, Bhakticandrika (?), Caru Mukhi (?), Adina Lila, Tulasi |
| Nath0rn - drink |
| Tulasi - pizza swirls |
| Bhakti (?) and Caru Mukhi (?) to do face painting |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Colouring and Crosswords | Face Painting |
| Location: Outside Sannyasi room |
| People: Tulasi, Adina Lila, Bhakticandrika, Caru Mukhi |
| Pens and pencils to color in pictures and do crosswords |
| Bhakti (?) and Caru Mukhi (?) to do face painting |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm Treasure Hunt |
| Location: Outside |
| People: Adina Lila, Tulasi |
| Two different ones, for different age ranges |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Cooking |
| Location: Outside Sannyasi Room |
| People: Tulasi, Adina Lila |
| Making muffins. Children will take turns to add the ingredients to a bowl. Supervisor will then put the mix into muffin trays, and it will be baked downstairs. |
| 3 - 5 pm Singing Workshop | Yoga / Martial Arts | Kirtan | Prasadam | Brahma Samhita |
| Supervisors: Param Satya and Vinita |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Singing Workshop Diwarkar |
| Location: Nathan's house |
| People: Vinita, Param Satya, Diwarkar |
| Diwarkar will do a singing workshop with the kids |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Yoga / Martial Arts |
| Location: Outside |
| People: Param Satya, Vinita, Jaya Vijaya |
| 15 minutes of each. Param Satya to teach yoga / Jaya Vijaya to teach Tae Kwon Do |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm Kirtan |
| Location: Temple |
| People: Param Satya, Vinita |
| Participate in the kirtan |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm Prasadam |
| Location: Tent outside |
| People: Param Satya, Vinita |
| The muffins should be ready for this. |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm Brahma Samhita |
| Location: Outside Sannyasi room |
| People: Vinita, Param Satya, Hitashi |
| Brahma Samhita recitation / memorization with Hitashi (?) |
| 5 - 7 pm Races | Bookmarks / Crafts | Krishna Book Story | Kirtan |
| Supervisors: (?), (?) |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30pm Races |
| Location: Outside the temple |
| Racing with potato and spoon balancing |
| 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Bookmarks / Crafts |
| Location: Outside Sannyasi room |
| Craft session upstairs. |
| 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Quiz |
| Location: Outside Sannyasi room |
| Quiz for the kids |
| 6:30 - 7:00 pm Krishna Book Story |
| Location: Temple reception area |
| People: Abhilasa (?) |
| Abhilasa (?) to read a Krishna Book Story to the kids |
| 7:00 pm Kirtan |
| Location: temple |
| Final Kirtan - the kids get a sticker for dancing in the kirtan |




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