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Balavihar class of 22-Sept-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          Om 3 times

·          Made kids say Hari Om three times when their names were called

·          Said four names of Ganesha

·          Identified different things unique about Ganesha

·          Told two stories – ‘Fox and grapes’ and ‘Who will bell the cat’

·          Colored the name of Ganesha

·          Bhajan and slokas – ‘Jai Ganesha’, Hari OM

Pre-K

NA

Indira Samudrala

Ameet Bhatt

·          Coloring Ganesha picture

·          Yoga exercises

·          Getting acquainted

·          Birthday party

·          Sree Sreenivasa

·          Food prayer

KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          Story of Ahalya

·          Sree Sita-Rama Kalyanam – marriage of all four brothers and sisters

·          Art and craft

o         Coloring – Sita Rama Kalyanam

o         ‘Match the following’

Bhajan/Sloka

Suma Murthy

·          Revision of previous Bhajans

·          Daily prayer – Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          We did ‘C’ for ‘Cleanliness’ and ‘D’ for Daddy

·          Related the above with stories from the Ramayana and other stories

·          Did ‘Trayambakam’ for all 3 children who had September birthdays

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Gauri Nandana

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam ( 2nd stanza) – handouts given to children

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Youth helper Aditi - welcome

·          Song and dance movements for a song – Please ask kids to perform at home

·          Finished project

·          Talked about different names of Ganesha

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana

·          Nanda Lala

·          Adishesha

·          Govinda Bolo

Grade 3

Instruction

Kalindi Shah

·          Value for the day “Love God”

·          “God’s beautiful creation” -  make a poster

·          God is everywhere – story of Kanakadasa

·          Krishna temple – Udipi

·          Symbolism of Ma Durga/Ma Kali

·          Navaratri festival

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Substitute teacher Anju Ghorpure

·          ‘My Prayers’ book page-9 – Hari Om

·          Guru stothram – 5 stanzas (page 9)

·          Bhajan – ‘He Jagat Trata Vishwa Vidhata’

·          Shanti path sloka

·          Daily prayer slokas – page 43

·          Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam

·          Brahmarpanam

Grade 3

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Value – 1) Importance of value 2) How to develop values

·          Story of Gopal then value and humility

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Guru stothram

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Gautama Buddha

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana

·          He Jagat Tratha

·          Guru stothram 1-6

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Significance of Gitopdesha picture

·          Review Ganeshji’s symbolism

·          Introduction to Mahabharata and Bhagvad Geeta

·          Discussion on Value

·          Played a characters game based on Vinayaka story

·          Why we study Geeta and Mahabharat

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Mahaganapatey

·          Guru stothram (page 9 to 13, verse 14)

·          Geeta Dhyanam – 1st verse (page 14)

·          Trayambakam

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          Ten eternal values : definition and discussion

·          Four Devanagari vowels

               

Bhajan/Sloka

Jagdish Deshpande

·          Substitute teacher Premananda

·          “Svasti prajaabhyah paripalayantam” with meaning

·          Shanti mantras

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

 

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Swami Shantanandaji covered Bhagwad Geeta Chapter 1

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Guru stothram

·          Lingastakam – 4 verses