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Balavihar class of 10-Mar-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Indira Samudrala

Geeta Chitti

·          OM 3 times

·          Colored and drew a snake

·          Story – ‘Unity is strength’

·          Snack time

·          Identifying Brahma, Vishnu, shiva, Ganesha, Rama and Sita

·          Closed the class with OM chanting three times

·          Shlokam – Bharadharam (5 times)

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Told the story of a little boy who loved Krishna

·          Did ‘Om Namah shivaya’ chanting

·          Colored a picture with Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha – discussed also

·          Homework

o         Chant ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ 18 times on Shivaratri (Tuesday, 12-Mar)

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Atma Nivasi ram

·          Rama Namo ( new stanza ‘Janaki Vallabha’ )

·          Gita Chapter 1 and two slokas ( for Gita competition)

·          Homework

o         Learn ‘Atma Nivasi Ram’ at home

o         Learn 1 and 2 slokas of Gita Chapter 15 for competition

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          U = Unity, ‘United we stand divided we fall’

·          Focused more on Mahashivratri and Geeta chanting

·          Letter writing

 

       

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam

·          Hey Shiva Shankar Namami Shankar

·          Hari Bol Hari Bol

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Hanumanji

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Shiva Bhajans

·          ‘My Prayers’ – Common bhajans

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Discussed Sri Rama

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha stothram

·          Dasavatara stothram – Parashurama and Rama

·          Gita Chapter 15 – slokas 4,5 and 6

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Review Mahabharat Chapter 15 and 16

·          Mahabharat Chapter 17

·          Maha Shivratri discussion on why it is auspicious to Hindu, how we celebrate

·          Stories connected to Shivaratri

·          Mahabharat game

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Om Sahana Vavatu – meaning

·          Guru stothram

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Shree Shiva Panchaksharee (use handout)

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Substitute teacher Premanand Kamath

·          Bhagwad Geeta Chapter 3

o      Principles of Karma Yoga

o      What is attachment?

o      What is control of the senses

o      What is ‘niyatam karma’

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Vishnu Sahasranaamam verses 31-35

·          Geeta Chapter 15 verses 2 &3

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Questions on Hinduism

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Geeta Chapter 15 slokas 1 to 7

·          Krishna Astakam

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Geeta Chapter XI

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Ganesha slokam

·          Krishna slokam

·          Shanti mantra