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Balavihar class of 15-Sept-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          Om 3 times

·          Shuklam Bharadharam – 2 times

·          Jai Ganesha – 3 times. Also each child came in front of the class and repeated sloka

·          Wrote and colored name of Ganesha

·          Snack time

·          Played Rama/Ravana game

·          Slokas – Jai Ganesha, Shuklam bharadharam

·          Four names of Ganesha

·          Concluded with 3 OMs

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          Vinayaka jananam

Bhajan/Sloka

Suma Murthy

·          Substitute teacher Jayanti Anandalwar

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jaya Ganesha

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          We discussed about Lord Ganesha

·          We did ‘A’ for ‘Ambition’ and told a story on Ambition

·          We did ‘B’ for ‘Brotherhood’ and discussed about Lord Rama in this regard

·          We are trying to learn the Chinmaya Mission pledge

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam ( 1st stanza) – copy of this sloka will be given next week to all children

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Daily prayers first two slokas

·          Lord Ganesha – short stories, significance of big head, trunk, ears, stomach etc.

·          Art project

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Gajanana

·          Nanda Lala

·          Adishesha

Grade 3 (extra class)

Instruction

Kalindi Shah

·          Grade 3&4 class was broken up into two classes due to too many children

·          Lord Ganesha – symbolism

·          Value for the day – Love God, God is everywhere

·          Poster about God’s beautiful creations

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Ganesha Bhajans

·          Guru stothram – 5 stanzas

·          Atmarama Anandarama (page 55 of ‘My prayers’)

·          Shanti sloka

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Review of Sitaji – birth, growth, marriage and being ready to be nominated as King ( Rama & Sita)

·          Value – Cleanliness of mind, body and heart

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Gajanana Bhajan

·          Ganesha stothram

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Gautama Buddha

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana

·          Guru stothram

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Review of last week’s celebration of Vinayaka Chaturthi

·          Introduced the new students

·          Symbolic aspects of Ganeshji

·          Introduction to curriculum

·          Why we study Geeta and Mahabharat

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          ‘Great God Ganapati’ by Brni. Arpitaji’s tape

·          Mahaganapatey

·          Om Trayambakam

·          Purnahuti

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          Bhajan

·          Sanatana Dharma – Definition and discussions

·          Activity – what do you associate with Hinduism

·          Introduction to Devanagari

               

Bhajan/Sloka

Jagdish Deshpande

·          Yamunatir Vihari

·          Page 58 ‘My prayers’

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          The cultural role of the temple

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Lingastakam – 2 verses

·          Veera Maruthi

·          Subramaniam  Subramaniam

·          Mrutyunjaya manthram – 3 times

·          Shanti mantra

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Plan for discussing world religions – objectives and structure

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha bhajan

·          Guru stothram – Akhanda mandalakaram

·          Lingastakam – 2 verses

·          Mrutyunjaya manthram