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Balavihar class of 28-Apr-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

·          Three OMs

·          Ram birthday – review names of Guru, brother, mother and father

·          Review story – Sita and Shiva’s bow

·          Guruji birthday

·          ABC’s letters - review A-L and new M= Meditation O = OM

·          ID pictures of Gods (15)

·          Story – “The sweetness of salt”, “Destiny”

·          Snacktime – 10 minutes issues discussion with parents

·          End with three OMs

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          We talked about Gurudev (Swami Chinmayananda)

·          We told the story of Ramayana till Rama going to the forest

·          We colored a picture from Ramayana for our picture book

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam (“My Prayers” page 7)

·          Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi (page 43)

·          Shubham Karoti (page 65)

·          Guru slokam – stanzas 1-5 (page 9)

·          Chapter 15 of Bhagvad Gita slokas 1 to 5 for competition

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Geeta chapter 15 slokas 1 to 10. Kids are doing excellent. I am proud of them. Thanks to parents

·          Letter ‘X’ for excellence

·          Hanumanji story

·          Letter writing

       

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

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Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Lakshmana – obedience and righteousness, devotion, service – Rama’s beloved brother

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

Meera Deshpande

·          OM Shana Vavatu

·          Geeta chanting chapter 15 slokas 1 to 20

·          Ramanama Sankirtanam – Balakanda, Ayodhyakanda, Aranyakanda, Kiskindakanda and Sundarakanda

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·           

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Geeta chapter 15 learnt slokas 19 and 20 and then repeated all slokas (1 to 20) three times

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Recited chapter 15 of Bhagvad Geeta

·          Discussion on why we study Mahabharata

·          Mahabharata Chapter 20

·          Why we recite Guru stothram?

·          Talk about May 5th Guru Poornima day

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Om Sahana Vavatu

·          Guru stothram

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

·          Substitute teacher Jagdish Deshpande

·          Geeta chapter 4

o         Avatara

o         Four varnas

o         All paths lead to the Lord

o         What you invoke is what you experience

o         Brahmaarpanam

o         www.happiness.org

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

·          Geeta chapter 15 – revision

·          Vishnu Sahasranaamam – upto verse 35 (revision)

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

·          Substitute teacher Ameet Bhatt

·          Grade 9-10 combined with Grade 11-12 for today

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·           

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Combined Grade 9-10 and 11-12

·          Group discussion on ‘Growing up in America’

o         Parent’s expectation

o         5 out of 6 were reasonable

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Gajanana

·          Gopala