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Balavihar class of 8-Sept-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          Do 3 OMs

·          Four names of Ganesha

·          Introduction of each and their siblings

·          Identifying Ganesha

·          Snack time

·          Sloka – Shuklam Bharadharam

·          Bhajan – Jai Ganesha

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          Vinayaka jananam

Bhajan/Sloka

Suma Murthy

·          Substitute teacher Jayanti Anandalwar

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jaya Ganesha

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·           

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·           

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Arts and Craft teacher Kalindi Shah

·          Ganesha – name significance, different stories about big belly, broken tusk etc.

·          Ask them about why we can not look at moon on Ganesha Chaturthi (Birthday) day

·          They are in the process of preparing a nice Ganesha poster

·          We all enjoyed ‘Modakas’ (Hershey kisses !)

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana He Shubhanana

·          Ganesha Sharanam

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Ganesha story, puja

·          Importance of his ears, tummy, tusk etc.

·          Birth and meeting with Shiva due to which he got his face

·          Kubera story

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Ganesha slokas

·          Ganesha Bhajans (2)

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          General introduction and quiz

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam

·          Gajanana He Gajanana

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Story of Ganapati : as told by the children and then by the teacher

·          Significance of Ganeshji in Hinduism

·          Game on Ganapati – arrange the story in correct order

·          Trayambakam for birthday child

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          ‘Great God Ganapati’ by Brni. Arpitaji

·          Mahaganapatey

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          Introductions (teachers and students)

·          Ganesha Pooja

·          Code of conduct

·          Stories of Ganesha

·          Ganesha jigsaw puzzle

Bhajan/Sloka

Jagdish Deshpande

·          Beginning prayers

·          Ganesha Invocation (Vakra tunda maha kaaya)

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Substitute teacher Krupal Shah

·          Ganesha Chaturthi – symbolic importance of Ganesha and how the festival is celebrated in India

·          Importance of Symbolism (from Swami Tejomayanda’s ‘Hindu Culture’)

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha sharanam

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Ground rules

·          Universal spirituality for peace

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha

·          Guru stothram

·          Narayana