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Balavihar class of 17-Mar-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

·          3 Oms

·          Sloka – Shuklam

·          “Shamrock” – St. Patrick’s Day symbol to represent Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva – color in green

·          Review the above three Gods and their symbols

·          Match : Brahma-Saraswati, Vishnu-Laxmi, Shiva-Parvati, Shiva’s sons Ganesh and Karthikeya

·          Review Alphabets – A=Arthi, B=Bhajan, C=Chanting, D=Drum, E=Elephant, F=Flower

·          Alphabets new – G = God, Guru, Ganesh, H = Heart, I = India, J = Joy

·          Story of Rama/Sita –

o      Sita’s Dad = King Janaka

o      Ram : Brothers = Laxman, Bharat, Shatrugna, Moms = Kaushalya, Kaikeyi, Sumitra, Dad = King Dasaratha

·          Stories – “The four friends”, “A wise old bird”, “The king who loved trees”

·          Closing 3 Oms

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Started story of Ramayana till Rama marrying Sita

·          Stated coloring pictures from Bala Ramayana – we are going to make a small booklet with these pictures

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Saraswati Namastubhyam

·          Guru Brahma

·          Sarva Mangala Mangalye

·          Ram Namo ( new stanza “Deen Dayal” page 106-108 of “My Prayers”)

·          Third sloka of Gita Chapter 15 for competition

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          ‘V’ for Victory

·          Alphabet writing – surprise test covered upto letter ‘O’

·          Gita Chapter 15 verses 1 to 4 for  competition

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Substitute teacher Aruna Chadda

·          Subramanyam

·          Daily Prayers

·          Atma Nivasi Ram

·          Shiva Bhajan

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Substitute teacher Meera Deshpande

·          Geeta Chapter 15 - 1 and 2 slokas

·          Review Hanumanji – Birth, childhood, education, events in his life, his qualities and his part in Sitaji’s life

·          A quiz/crossword puzzle

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Geeta chapter 15 chanting 1 and 2 (Meera Deshpande)

·          Om Sahanavavatu

·          Ramcharith Sankirthanam – Balakanda, Ayodhyakanda, Aranyakanda, Kiskindakanda and started Sundarakanda

·          In conclusion – kayena vacha manasendiyariva, Om sarvesham svasti bhavatu, Om asato ma sadgamaya

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Discussed Sita

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Guru stothram

·          Dashavatara stothram – Krishna

·          Gita Chapter 15 slokas 7,8,9,10

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Ramanavami discussion

·          Review Mahabharath Chapter 16 & 17 and quiz

·          Mahabharath Chapter 18 read and discuss

·          Recited Trayambakam for children and friends who had birthdays recently

·          Homework

o         Practice Geeta Chapter 15 slokar 1 to 5

o         Write and bring to class on 14-Apr

 

               

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          OM three times

·          Sahana Vavatu – “My Prayers’ page 6 and meaning of same

·          Ganesha Sharanam – “My Prayers” page 7

·          Guru stothram – “My Prayers” page 9-13

·          Rama stothram – “My Prayers” page 63-64

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Substitute teacher Premananda Kamath

·          Geeta Chapter 3 – Karma Yoga

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Geeta Chapter 15 verses 4 - 8

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·           

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·           

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Discussion on India Abroad interview with Sankaracharya of Kanchi Matha

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Ganesha

·          Saraswathi

·          Guru stothram