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Balavihar class of 14-Oct-2001

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

·          Matching Game – pictures of gods and goddesses

·          Musical chairs – Bhaja govindam background music

·          Story – “The very lazy ladybug”

·          Coloring pictures on construction paper

·          Sloka – Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Discussed festival of Vijaya Dashami (Dussehra)

·          Talked about goddess Lakshmi and her significance

·          Coloring of Lakshmi picture

·          Brushed up on knowledge of Ganesha and Saraswathi

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Revised previous slokas

·          Jay Ganesha Jaya Ganesha

·          Akhanda Mandala Karam

·          Guru Brahma

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Alphabet A-D Overview/Revision

·          ‘E’ for ‘Enthusiasm’

·          Gitu and Dhruva story – Ambition + Enthusiasm = Success

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Rama Bhajan

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Kaikeyi – review, fill in the blanks

·          ‘Confidence’ review – Talked about Hanuman before he met Sitaji (Garden of life)

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Review

o         Om Sahana Vavatu

o         Ganesha Sharanam Sharanam Ganesha

o         Guru stothram ( 1,2,3,4)

o         Atma Rama ananda ramana

·          Madhurastakam (new)

·          Rama Nama sankeertan (first 5 lines only) on Balakanda (new)

·          Conclusion shatipath – Kayena Vacha manasendriyariva (new)

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Story – ancestors of Rama

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha stothram

·          Guru stothram

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Review of Ganeshji – his vahana (mouse), significance of various parts of his body, his different names and meaning

·          Navaratri/Dussehra – Meaning of Dussehra – 5 senses 5 actions

·          Navaratri/Dussehra – One goddess for each day – Durga, Lakshmi Saraswathi and their significance

·          Mahabharat Chapter 2&3 – read aloud and brief discussion on characters and their qualities

·          Said Trayambakam for Arun and Pooja on birithday

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Aum Sahana Vavatu – meaning

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Guru stothram

·          Madhurastakam (in simpler tune)

·          Anjaneya Raghubira

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Navaratri – Celebration and significance

·          Bhagwad Geet Chapter I

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Mahisa Mardini Stothram ( 3 verses)

Grade 9 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Bhagwad Geeta Chapter 3 - Review

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Guru stothram

·          Govinda Jai Jai Gopala Jai Jai

·          Vakratunda Makakaaya

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam