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Balavihar class of 15-Dec-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          OM three times

·          Draw the picture of Om and color

·          Devanagri Alphabets  

·          Played matching game of three cards

·          Team game on the theme of ‘Simon says’

·          Bhajans and slokas – Shuklam Bharadharam, Jai Ganesha, Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Asatoma Sadgamaya

Pre-K

NA

Indira Samudrala

Vaishali Bhatt

·          3 Oms

·          Om Sahana vavathu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jaya Ganesha Jaya Ganesha

·          Gajananam Bhootha Ganathi Sevitham

·          Project – Made ‘OM’ ornaments, hang on door knobs

·          Yoga postures – Tree, Airplane, Chair

·          ‘Simon Says’ played as ‘Krishna says’

·          Snack

·          Continue story of Mahabharata

·          Pandavas – Wax house plot by Duryodhana/ warning by Vidura and escape from the burning palace

KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          Ramayana – Rama, Sita and Lakshman go to Vanavasam

·          Bharata becomes king of Ayodhya

·          Coloring – Elves in work

Bhajan/Sloka

Aparna Nair

·          Started learning the Mission pledge

·          Prayer before meal – Brahmarpanam (page 45 ‘My Prayers’)

·          Prayer before evening lights – Shubham Kroti Kalyanam

·          OM Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jai Ganesha Jai Ganesha

·          Gauri Nandana (page 43-44)

·          Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi (page 43-44)

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam (page 43-44)

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Substitute teacher Chaya Sarada

·          ‘N’ for nobility, nice, Narayana

·          ‘O’ for obedience

·          Discussed letters ‘N’ and ‘O’ and did stories based on ‘N’ and ‘O’

·          We drew a picture of something that is dear to us

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Gauri Nandana

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam

·          Prem Muditha completed

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Youth helper Aditi

·          Daily prayers – slokas 1 to 3

·          Swami Chinmayanandaji’s book given on anniversary day

·          Aditi narrated the story upto Gurudev’s college years

·          Kids learned new words – meditation, faith, spiritual upliftment etc.

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana – boys versus girls

·          Nandalala

Grade 3

Instruction

Kalindi Shah

·          Youth helper Kavita Ragavan

·          Children took turns chanting the Guru Stotram

·          Kavitadidi read them the meaning of each stothram

·          Kavitadidi started with the topic: Rama's good values and focused on Humility and Kindness

·          Anju started with the value for the day "Being Helpful" and read couple of stories related to this value. Also related this value to the children's daily activities and being helpful in the society, in today's world

·          Children had a lot to share about their contributions at home, their school's contributions to various charities

·          We finished with the story about Lord Shiva, how in the process of helping the gods he got the name "Neelkantha" and helping someone leads to a good chain of events

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Anjani Gharpure

·          Gurustotram – verse 10

·          Saraswati Vandana

Grade 4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Values – Ahimsa

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Om Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Sharanam (Review)

·          Mahishasura Mardhini stothram (1 to 5 verses)

·          Shri Shiva Panchakshari stothram (verse 1)

·          Guru stothram (Review – verses 1-7)

·          Madhurastakam (Review)

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Substitute teacher Jayanthi Basavanhally

·          Kalidasa – the great Indian poet of classical Sanskrit is known only through his writings

·          His most famous Mahakavya is Abhijnana Shakuntala. His life story based on legends is very interesting. He was transformed from an illiterate cowherd to a scholar and later flourished under the encouragement of various kings, including King Bhoja of Dhara

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana He Gajatrata

·          Govind Jai, Dehi Dehi, Jagadeeshwari

Grade 6

Instruction

Kasturi Iyer

·          Today is Bhagvad Geeta Jayanthi -  the anniversary of Sri Krishna’s Geetopadesha

·          Mahabharatha – chapter 4

·          Discussion on heaven and hell in our mind

Bhajan/Sloka

Suvarna Gole

·          Great God Ganapathi

·          Akhanda Mandalakaram

·          Lingastakam (page 72)

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

·          Trayambakam Yajamahe

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          Played Jeopardy

·          Categories – Sanatana Dharma/Values, Karma and Rebirth, Festivals, Samskrta, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Miscellaneous

·          Devanagri consonants

Bhajan/Sloka

Premananda

·          Beginning/Ending prayers

·          Saraswathi stothram (‘Namaste Sharada Devi, Page 69, verses 4 to 6

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

Combined with grade 11-12

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Swami Shantanandaji and Ameet Bhatt joined the class

·          Recap of Grade 9-10 topics (what is working or not)

·          Recap of Grade 11-12 topics (what is working or not0

·          Assessment of ‘Introduction to Hindu culture’

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Lingastkama

·          Tum he ho mata, pita tum he ho (Bhajan)