Balavihar class of 9-Feb-2003
Class	Segment	Teacher	Class Details
Toddler	N/A	Geeta Chitti Banu Mahalingam	Identification of Gods - Saraswathi, Ganesha, Shiva Talked about Hanuman Played a game - 'Rama and Sita' Snack time Asked for favorite Gods Bhajan/slokas Slokas Shuklam Bharadharam Jai Ganesha Saraswathi Karagre Vasathe Bhajans Ambam bhajami sharadambam bhajami
Pre-K	N/A	Indira Samudrala Vaishali Bhatt	3 OMs During attendance every child asked to tell us they did their homework (be kind to someone/somehow - so tell us what they did to be kind) Played game - 'R' is for Right, learn your do's and don'ts Story of Mahabharatha - Draupadi's swayamvara Om Sahana Vavatu - Discuss prayer, meaning of prayer, why do we pray, Ask each child why they learn prayers. Why do they do their prayers? Learn that prayer is "spoken", "good action" and "good thinking" are 3 ways to do prayer in speech thought and action (speak, think and do good things) Bhajan/Sloka Bhajans Jaya Ganesha Jaya Ganesha Ganesha sharanam Slokas Gajananam Bhoota Ganathi Sevitham Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu
K	Instruction	Usha Avva	Substitute teacher Vyjayanti Coloring of picture of Lord Vishnu Introducing Devanagri letter Story - Govardhan mountain Chinmaya Mission pledge
	Bhajan/Sloka	Aparna Nair	Slokas Karagre Vasathe Saraswathi namastubhyam Brahmarpanam Shubham Karoti Kara charanam Bhajans Ganesha sharanam Jai Ganesha
Grade 1	Instruction	Pushpa Rao	Substitute teacher Chhaya Sarda We told 3 stories on Lord Shiva We colored a Shiva picture and wrote 'OM Namah Shivayah' 3 times on the picture
	Bhajan/Sloka	Nirmala Rajan	Sahana Vavatu Ajam Nirvikalpam Prem Muditha Atmarama Anandaramana Om Shiva Om Shiva completed ('My Prayers' page 54)
Grade 2	Instruction	Sangita Patankar	Devanagri script writing (Hindi/Sanskrit) Valentine's day project
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Gajanana Nandalala - competition
Grade 3	Instruction	Kalindi Shah	Value of the day - 'Being helpful' Story Karna and Duryodhana Understanding of symbolism Symbolism in religion. Hindu symbolism Symbolism of Lord Shiva. Shiva in meditation, Nataraja and Shivalingam
	Bhajan/Sloka	Anjani Gharpure	Slokas OM Sahana Vavatu Daily Prayers page 43,44,45 Shri Guru stothram page 9, sloka 1-10 Bhajans Subramanyam - page 62 Om Shiva Om shiva paratpara shiva - page 54 Om Shiva Om shiva Omkara shiva Umamaheshwara Tava charanam (1) Om shiva Om shiva Omkara shiva Paratpara shiva tava charanam (2)
Grade 4	Instruction	Manorama Patel	Guilt, anger, hatred. Discussed examples Game - teachers versus kids, objective 'do not get mad'. If teacher wins kids give 25c, If kids win teacher gives $1
	Bhajan/Sloka	Lata Narayan	Om Sahana Vavatu Ganesha charanam Guru stothram verses 1 to 11 (11 is new) Siva Panchakshari stothram verses 1 and 2 Mahishasuramardhini Kayendra Vaacha manasendriya OM Asatoma ma sadgamaya
Grade 5	Instruction	Asha Das	Swami Tapovan Maharaj biography Simplicity, Discipline, Teaching, Respect
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Gajanana he shubhanana He jagat tratha Dehi dehi sharada Jagadeeshwari daya karo Govinda Jai Jai Ananda cha kanda harita
Grade 6	Instruction	Kasturi Iyer	Study the meaning of 1st 3 verses of 'Geeta Dhyanam' Review prayers for morning, before meals ('My Prayers' page 43-45) Significance of food Game of dice and Pandavas go to the forest and Maitreyi's curse Welcome new student Kartikey
	Bhajan/Sloka	Suvarna Gole	Om Sahana Vavatu + meaning ('My Prayers' page 6) OM Jaya Ganesha (page 7) Shri Gurustothram (page 9-13) Geeta Dhyanam
Grade 7	Instruction	Savithri Raghavan	Values in Chapter 13 of Geeta - explanation/discussion Devanaagri consonants
	Bhajan/Sloka	Premananda Kamath	Beginning prayers Lingastakam, Krishnaastakam Verses 8 to 12 in Chapter 13 of Geeta Ending prayers
Grade 8	Instruction	Vish Murthy	How once upon a time, in a certain age, humans in disparate nations thought of Gods in the same way. The striking symbolic similarity between Janus (Roman) and Ganesha. Both words echo the word Gana, conceptualise a sense of the first god to be invoked, that this God is a doorway to rid one of all obstacles Denotational aspects of Samskrita. How each word carries an embedded image of sacredness. Why it is important to concentrate on pronunciation and meaning. How codification and practise retained this cognitive aspect in India, while it was lost to all other civilizations Previous week's review and the conclusions arrived at by sages of the past: (1) All objects are perishable (2) All objects are finite (3) There is movement in everything in the two notions of time and space.
	Bhajan/Sloka	Chetana Giyanani	Guru Stotram (full) Ganesha (Pranamya Shirisha Devam - first couple of stanzas)
Grade 9 and 10	Instruction	N.M.Sundar	Combined with grade 11-12 class
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	-----
Grade 11 and 12	Instruction	Amrish Garg	Combined with Grade 9-10 class Continuation of workshop on 'Growing up in America' Ameet Bhatt spoke on the subject. The youth participated in a lively discussion and debate on the topic
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	Om Sahana Vavatu Vakratunda Mahakaya Guru stothram 1st 3 verses and 'Twameva Mata' Saraswati Namastubhyam