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Balavihar class of 10-Feb-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

Indira Samudrala

·          3 OMs

·          Brahman/Vishnu/Shiva – ID pictures symbols and color the three pictures

·          Discuss Creator, Preserver and Destroyer – loosely

·          Picture matching game (All god’s pictures)

·          Alphabet : A=Aarti, B=Bhajan, C=Chanting, D=Drum

·          Games : Simon says a.k.a Krishna says – Kamsa says

·          ‘Red light/Green light’ aka Rama/Ravana walking

·          Story  - ‘Wemberly Worried’ by Kevin Henkes

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Discussed about Lord Shiva

·          Colored the picture

·          Talked about Shiva Linga

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Jaya Ganesha, Jaya ganesh

·          Atma Nivasi Ram (Stanzas – Dashamukha mardhana ram and Bhakta vatsala Ram) – completed today

·          New sloka - Rama Namo, Rama Namo (first two stanzas, upto ‘Kaushalya nandana’) – Page 106 ‘My Prayers’

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Letters – O for Obedience and P for Prayer

·          Ekalavya story for ‘O’

·          ‘Jaya Guru Omkara’ – song/bhajan for ‘P’

·          Thanked and appreciated kids’ efforts for anniversary program

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Substitute teacher – Meera Deshpande

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Guru stothram – learnt 6th sloka

·          Subramanyam, Subramanyam

·          Jay Maruti Vijaya Maruti

·          Arati

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Started Ramayana character ‘Sitaji’

·          Did ‘Fill in the blanks’

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Review

o         Om Sahana Vavatu

o         Gajanana He Gajavadana

o         Murli Manohara Radeysham

o         Madhurastakam

o         Devi songs

·          Guru stothram – stanzas 1 to 6

·          Rama nama sankirtanam – Balakandam, Ayodhya kandam – started aranya Kandam

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Discussed about Ravana

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Dashavatara stothram – Introduction – Meena and Kurma avatar

·          Geeta – Chapter 15 – Introduction and 1st sloka

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Review Mahabharat Chapters

·          Mahabharat Chapter 11 and 12

·          Requested every child to participate in Geeta Chap 15 chanting competition in May

·          Holi festival next month : Maha Sivaratri

·          Homework : Chapter 11 quiz

·          To do at home

o         Write the following as many times as you can

OR

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Sahanau Bhunaktu – ‘My Prayers’ page 6

·          Ganesha Sharanam - ‘My Prayers’ page 7

·          Shri Siva Panchakshree - ‘My Prayers’ page 124-126

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Geeta Chapter II review

o         Yoga of knowledge

o         Limitations of BMI

o         Nature of divine self

o         Sat-chit-ananda

o         Man of wisdom (Sthithprjna)

o         Ladder of fall

o         Geeta Chapter II review

o         Geeta Chapter II review

·          Technique of tuning the mind – Japa Yoga

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Vishnu Sahasranaama

·          Revised Dhyana slokas and Sahasranaama 1-15

·          New verses of Sahasranaama : 16-20

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Hindu culture

o         Hindu culture Chapter 1-4 Summary

o         Began chapter 5 – Jnana Kanda

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Gajanana Gajavadana

·          Shivaya Parameshwaraya

·          Sham no mitr

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Mahavira and Buddha

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Ganesha, Vishnu, Saraswathi, Shiva and Krishna slokas