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Balavihar class of 28-Oct-2001

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Vaishali Bhatt

Geeta Chitti

·          Substitute teacher Indira Samudrala

·          Slokam : Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi (3 times). Recited and taught the meaning

·          Coloring activity : drawing a flower and identifying colors

·          Story ‘Don’t talk to strangers’ and ‘zoom, zoom off to the moon’

Pre-K/KG

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          Musical chairs with music of ‘My prayers’

·          Children recited slokas and narrated stories

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Revision of previous slokas

·          Shubham karoti

·          Guru stothram 4th stanza (Sthavaram jangamam…)

·          Subramanyam Subramanyam

Grade 1& 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Substitute teacher Jayanthi Anandalwar

·          ‘G’ for God

·          Who is God, where is God – story about ‘God is everywhere’

·          Why do we pray to God and how to worship God

·          Activity :Crossword Puzzle, try to locate God’s name

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Ganesha sharanam, Saraswathi slokam, Guru stothram, Devi slokam – Sarva mangala mangalye

·          Hanuman bhajan – Veera Maruthi

Grade 3 &4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Started ‘Rama’, talked about his birth, 16 years vanvas, marriage to sita, parasurama and Rama’s coronation

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Om sahana vavatu, Ganesha saranam

·          Guru stothram stanza 1,2,3 and 4 (new today)

·          Madhurastakam

·          Devi slokas

o         Durge Durge Durge Jai Jai Ma

o         Amba Parameshwari Akhilandeshwari

o         Vande Meenakshitvam sarasija (new)

·          Kayena vacha manasendriyaariva

·          Asato ma sadgamaya

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Story of Kaikeyi and Kaushalya in Ramayana

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Ganesha stothram, Guru stothram

·          Arati bhajan, Atma nivasi ram

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Significance of ‘Navarathri’

·          Three aspects of Devi

·          Question answers on what we learnt so far

·          Played ‘Act out/Pictionary’ based on Mahabharath Chapter 1-2

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Meaning of ‘Sahana Vavatu’

·          Gauri Nandana Gajanan

·          Guru stothram – Akhanda mandalakaram

·           Namaste Sharade Devi

·          Ashtalakshmi stothram (slow)

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Dilip Gole

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Savitri Raghavan

 

Grade 9 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Views of V.S.Naipaul and Nehru

·          Bhagvad Geeta Chapter 5

Bhajan/Sloka

Bharati Badrinath

·          Gurustothram, Govind Jai Jai, Vakratunde, Namamai Kalike, Bum Bum Bola