| Balavihar class of 27-Apr-2003 |
| Class |
Segment |
Teacher |
Class Details |
| Toddler |
N/A |
Geeta Chitti Uma Shankar |
- Played 'passing the parcel'
- Story of cats and monkey
- Karagre vasathe lakshmi
- Saraswathi namastubhyam
- Om Namas shivaya (bhajan)
- Asathoma sadgamaya
- Ambabajami
|
| Pre-K |
N/A |
Indira Samudrala Vaishali Bhatt |
- 3 OMs
- Om Sahana Vavatu
- Jaya Ganesha
- Ganesha sharanam
- Gajananam bootha ganathi sevitham
- Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu
- Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Practice Gita chapter 3 verses 1-4
- Do 6 Krishna conquest puzzles in pairs (rotate each puzzle so that each kid gets a chance to do each puzzle one time)
|
| K |
Instruction |
Usha Avva |
- Made Mother's Day planter
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Aparna Nair |
- Om Sahanavavatu
- Ganesha sharanam, Jai Ganesha
- Gauri nandana
- Om shiva Om shiva
- Subramanyam
- Ayodhya vasi Ram
|
| Grade 1 |
Instruction |
Pushpa Rao |
- Youth helper Shravani
- We did Balakanda of the Ramayana and told the story of Rama's childhood until Rama marries Sita.
- We did a Ramayana quiz in the class. The children responded well
- Shravani did an activity - We talked about what bad qualities Ravana has and contrasted them with Rama's good qualities. Then we hit a model of Ravana with paper air planes. Each head had a bad quality written on it. the hitting of each head represented the killing of the quality.
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Nirmala Rajan |
- Gauri Nandana
- Ajam Nirvikalpam
- Atmarama Anandaramana
- Om Shiva
- Gopala Gopala
- Radhe Radhe (completed)
- Aditi (a student) taught 'Hari Bol' to the class
|
| Grade 2 |
Instruction |
Sangita Patankar |
- Daily prayers
- Swami Chinmayananda - life story
- Letter writing
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Tara Shamsunder |
- Sri Ganeshaya Namah
- Geeta chapter-3 slokas 1-16 twice, practiced 14-16
- Adi shesha ananta shayana
- Dehi dehi sharada
|
| Grade 3 |
Instruction |
Kalindi Shah |
- Youth helper Kavita Ragavan
- Krishna symbolism - Krishna's name, blue color and flute
- Mother's day : Divine mother in the from of Mother durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Mother's role in our life. Essay on "The best mother in the world"
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Anjani Gharpure |
- Guru stothram
- Guru Nam Sankirtanam ('My Prayers' page 98)
- Page 94 concluding slokas
- Keyena vacha
- Om Asatoma Sadgamaya
|
| Grade 4 |
Instruction |
Manorama Patel |
- Values - review
- Stretching
- Ahimsa - non-injury, non-violence, story
- Activity
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Lata Narayan |
- Om sahana vavatu
- Gajanana he gajavadana
- Gurustothram (verses 1 - 14)
- Murali manohara radheshyam
- Shri Shiva panchakshari stothram
- Lingastakam (verses 1-4)
- Geeta chanting chap-3, verses 1-13 (review), 14-17 learnt today
|
| Grade 5 |
Instruction |
Asha Das |
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Tara Shamsunder |
- Sri Ganeshaya Namaha
- Dehi dehi sharada
- Geeta chanting chapter-3 - chanted 1-20, learnt 21-25f
|
| Grade 6 |
Instruction |
Kasturi Iyer |
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Suvarna Gole |
|
| Grade 7 |
Instruction |
Savithri Ragavan |
- Discussion (contd.) on karma yoga concepts
- Karma yoga crossword puzzle
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Premananda Kamath |
- Beginning prayers
- Ganesha sthavam
- Geeta chapter 3 verses 26-30
- Ending prayers
|
| Grade 8 |
Instruction |
Vish Murthy |
- Method of "deconstruction" using Mahabharata 'Subha Parva"
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Chetana Giyanani |
- Gurustothram
- Gayatri mantra
- Kauna bataye
- Ham mo man ki shakti
- Shanti path
|
| Grade 9 and 10 |
Instruction |
N.M.Sundar |
- Substitute teacher Ameet Bhatt
- Book "Introduction to Hindu culture" chapter 17
- Characters of Mahabharata - Dhirtarashtra
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Radhika Manikonda |
- Atma nivasi Ram
- Guru stothram
- Bhagwad Geeta chap-3 - practiced 5/31/2003 competition
|
| Grade 11 and 12 |
Instruction |
Amrish Garg |
- Swamiji's discussion on "Yoga and Meditation"
|
| Bhajan/Sloka |
Radhika Manikonda |
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