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Balavihar class of 12-Jan-2003

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          OM three times

·          Identification of gods – Rama, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Krishna, Hanuman, Ganesha

·          Discussed the other names of Hanuman and Krishna

·          Bhajans and slokas

o      Shuklam Bharadharam (3 times)

o      Jai Ganesha (2 times)

o      Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi (4 times)

o      Ambhambajami Sharadambhajami

Pre-K

NA

Indira Samudrala

Vaishali Bhatt

·          3 Oms

·          Om Sahana vavathu

·          Welcome back, brief discussion around room – vacation, what we did

·          Discuss ‘Makara Sankranti’

·          Yoga postures – Tree, Chair, Plane

·          Sri Srinivasa Govinda

·          “Krishna” = Govinda – picture of Krishna/Radha for coloring

·          Go around room- each student tell one thing they know about Krishna

KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          What can we build? Can we build our knowledge?

·          Ramayana – distributed picture and talked about them

·          Chinmaya pledge

Bhajan/Sloka

Aparna Nair

·          OM Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jai Ganesha Jai Ganesha

·          Gauri Nandana (page 43-44)

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          We continued with the alphabets ‘O’ for obedience, ‘P’ for Prayer, ‘Q’ for Quiet

·          We discussed the three alphabets

·          Concentrated on God saying ‘OM’. Children asked to meditate for a few minutes at home

·          We wrote     and colored it

 

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam

·          Prem Muditha

·          Atma Rama Anandarama (page 55 of ‘My Prayers’)

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Youth helper Aditi

·          Homework assignments checked

·          We talked about New Year resolutions and values

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana Bhajan competition – all of them did excellent

Grade 3

Instruction

Kalindi Shah

·          God is the creator

·          God is in everything

·          Play dough activity. Making various creations and combining into one ball

·          Shiva symbolism – Shiva in meditation

Bhajan/Sloka

Anjani Gharpure

·          Daily prayers

·          Sree Gurustotram

·          Shiva Bhajan (page 54)

·          Om Shiva Om Shiva Paratpara Shiva

·          Om Purnmada

Grade 4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Youth helper Preeta Ragavan

·          Values –  Review of truthfulness, Ahimsa, cleanliness and all of them picked a value to make themselves a better person

·          Played ‘Human Knot’ game

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Om Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha bhajan

·          Guru stothram (verses 1-9, verse 9 new today)

·          Madhurastakam (Review)

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Guru Nanak

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha bhajan

Grade 6

Instruction

Kasturi Iyer

·          Mahabharata – chapter 5 . Quiz from the same

·          Discussion on Mahabharata the TV serial and movies

Bhajan/Sloka

Suvarna Gole

·          Aum Sahana Vavatu

·          Akhanda Mandalakaram

·          Geeta Dhyanam (page 14, verses 1 to 7)

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          BMI explanation/discussion (contd..)

·          Experience, purusha prakriti

·          Chariot metaphor

Bhajan/Sloka

Premananda

·          Beginning shlokas

·          Shambo Mahadeva Sadashiva (page 65, 2 verses)

·          Ending prayers

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Vegetarianism

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

 

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Sikhism

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda