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Balavihar class of 17-Feb-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

Indira Samudrala

·          3 OMs

·          Make Valentine cards – “I Love God”

·          ID pictures of Gods – Laxmi, Shiva, Ganesha, Krishna

·          Alphabet : E = Elephant, F = Flower

·          Snack time

·          Story time – Gopal and the cowherd

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Discussed about Lord Shiva

·          Made Shiva Linga with play dough

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha Sharanam

·          Guru slokam (1st and 2nd)

·          Atma Nivasi Ram (full, ‘My Prayers’ page 63)

·          Rama Namo (1 to 4 stanzas, ‘My Prayers’ page 106)

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Letters – Q for Quiet and R for Righteousness

·          Arjuna – archery story and talked about characters – Dasaratha, Rama, Lakshman, Sita and Bharat

·          Letter writing – I and J

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Saraswathi shlokam

·          Guru stothram : 6 -7 verses

·          Veera Maruthi – teams competition

·          Subramanyam, Subramanyam – teams competition

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Substitute teacher Meera Deshpande

·          Characters of Ramayana

·          Review – Sita’s character

·          Started Lava-Kusha’s story

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Om Sahana Vavatu

·          Gajanana he Gajavadana (Review)

·          Guru stothram (Review)

·          Athma Rama Bhajan

·          Madhurastakam (Review)

·          Rama nama sankirtanam

·          Bhajan - Sree Rama Chandra kripalu bhajamana (1-2 paragraphs)

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Discussed about Hanuman

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Guru stothram

·          Dashavatara stothram – Meena, Kurma, Varaha and Narasimha avatar

·          Geeta – Chapter 15 – 3 shlokas

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Mahabharat Chapter 11,12, 13 and 14 – questions and answers

·          Mahabharat Vol 2 : Chapter 13,14 – Read and discuss

·          Geeta Chapter 15 – English transliteration handed out – 1st  two slokas recited in class

·          Played Hangman game

·          Homework : Start memorizing Geeta Chapter 15

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Sahanau Bhunaktu – meaning ‘My Prayers’ page 6

·          Gauri Nandana gajanana – ‘My Prayers’ page 8

·          Sri Guru Stothram – ‘My Prayers’ page 9

·          Shri Shiva Panchaksharee – ‘My Prayers’ page 124

·          Recited Trayambakam for children who had birthdays

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Substitute teacher Jagdish Deshpande

·          The three Gunas (topic discussion and worksheet)

·          Vishnu meditation shloka charade games

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Vishnu Sahasranaamam – verses 21-25

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Gnana Kanda – Upanishads from ‘Hindu Culture’ Chapter 5

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Chanting – Geeta Chapter 15 1-5 slokas

·          Chanting – ‘Sham No Mitra Sham Varunah’

·          Bhajan – Shivaya Parameshwaraya

·          Bhajan - Durge Jai Jai Ma

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Bhagwad Geeta Chapter 9

·          What is religion ?

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Ganesha, Vishnu, Saraswath slokas