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Balavihar class of 21-Oct-2001

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

·           

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Talked about goddess Durga and her significance

·          Talked about Navaratri

·          Colored picture of Durga

·          ‘Passing the Ball’ game. The child who held the ball had to say a sloka or sing a bhajan

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Revised previous slokas

·          Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi

·          Guru stothram – stanza ‘Agnana timiran dhasya’

·          Sarva mangala mangalye

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Overview of alphabets covered so far

·          ‘F’ for friendship

·          Krishna and Sudama story -> paper friend activity i.e. how to develop friendship with God

·          Discussed why we celebrate Navratri

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha Saranam, Saraswathi Namastubhyam

·          Guru stothram – Stanza ‘Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu’

·          Devi Bhajans

o         Jagadhodharini Maata Durga

o         Sarva Mangala Mangalye

·          Sri Rama Rama

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Importance of Navaratri

·          Durga - Shiva, Lakshmi – Vishnu and Saraswathi – Brahma

·          Story of Mahisasura, Ravana

·          Rama’s 9 days of fight with Ravana

·          Pooja and Dandia Ras

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          OM Sahana Vavatu

·          Gajanana Om Gajanana

·          Guru nama sankeertan

·          Radhika manohara madana gopala

·          Shaila gireshwara uma maheswara

·          Some Devi slokams and Bhajans for Navaratri

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Story of Kaikeyi

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha stothram -  Repeated chanting to learn by heart

·          Guru stothram – Repeated chanting to learn by heart

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Navaratri festival Day 4-6 – Laxmi Review

·          Mahabharat chapter 3 – quiz from book, review of chapter

·          “Sons of Gandhari” Page 11 – read, discussed, Q/A, symbolism of sons

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Sahana Vavatu – meaning

·          Jay Ganesh

·          Akhanda Mandalakaram

·          Lakshmi sloka

·          Ashtalakshmi sloka recitation

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Introduction to Vishnu Sahasranama

·          Gita Chapter I – Review

·          Gita Chapter II – started

·          World Trade Center aftermath – Swami Swaroopananda’s lecture

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Vishnu Sahasranama – Dhyana slokas (verses 1-10)

Grade 9 to 12 (I)

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Bhagwad Geeta Chapter 4

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Guru stothram

·          Govinda Jai Jai Gopala Jai Jai

·          Bum Bum Bola

Grade 9 to 12 (II)

Instruction

Sundar N.M

·          Hindu culture Chapter 3 – 2 topics ‘Vedas’ and ‘Purpose of life’

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Gajavadana

·          Durge Durge

·          Guru stothram