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Balavihar class of 29-Sept-2002

Class

Segment

Teacher

Class details

Toddler

NA

Geeta Chitti

Banu Mahalingam

·          Substitute teacher Chaya Sarda

·          Om 3 times

·          Made a card of Ganesha

·          Story of Ganesha

·          Snack time – pretzels

·          ‘Jai Ganesha’ Bhajan – each child chanted individually

·          Shuklam Bharadharam (3 times)

 

Pre-K

NA

Indira Samudrala

Vaishali Bhatt

·          3 OMs

·          Attendance – ‘Hari Om’ response required

·          Sloka ‘Om Sahana vavatu’ – repeat 3 times

·          Ganesh – recollect story from last class

·          Bhajan – ‘Ganesha sharanam’ – all kids take turns

·          “Aa” for ‘Altar’ – color picture of “Baby Krishna at the altar”

·          Story (from “Mahabharat for children”)

o      Review – Hastinapur : city of story, King Shantanu : king of city, Indra : king of gods

o      Ganga (wife of Shantanu), birth of Devavrata

·          Snack time

·          Concluded with 3 OMs

KG

Instruction

Usha Avva

·          Sita Swayamvaram

·          Ahalya Sapavimochanam

·          Message for parents

o      Selected cast for upcoming play “Sita Swayamvaram” on 6th-Dec at Kedar. Please click here see the cast and note your child’s role. Please call me (Usha) at 908-755-3332 for details

Bhajan/Sloka

Aparna Nair

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Jay Ganesha

·          Karagre Vasathe Lakshmi

·          Saraswathi Namastubhyam

·          Poorna Mada poorna midam

Grade 1

Instruction

Pushpa Rao

·          To illustrate letters ‘E’ and ‘F’ of the alphabet we told a story about Krishna and Sudama – E = Enthusiasm, F = Friendship

·          Told two more stories

·          We discussed the values of friendship

·          Said the pledge and said the slokas we say during aarti

Bhajan/Sloka

Nirmala Rajan

·          Sahana Vavatu

·          Ganesha sharanam

·          Gauri Nandana

·          Ajam Nirvikalpam completed ( 3rd sloka) – handouts given

·          Homework – Learn ‘Ajam Nirvikalpam’

Grade 2

Instruction

Sangita Patankar

·          Youth helper Aditi - welcome

·          Navaratri - meaning

·          Importance of all three goddesses – Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi

·          Shiva – Destroyer, Vishnu – Sustainer, Brahma – Creator

·          Project ‘Kalash’

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana

·          Dehi dehi Sharada

·          Jagadeswari Daya Karo Ma

Grade 3

Instruction

Kalindi Shah

·          Value for the day “Love God : God has no form but we pray to god in many different forms”

·          Symbolism of Ma Durga, Ma Lakshmi, Ma Saraswathi

·          Navaratri festival – meaning

·          Vijaya Dashmi - meaning

Bhajan/Sloka

Anjani Gharpure

·          ‘My Prayers’ book page-6 –Om Sahana Vavatu

·          Page 7 – Ganesha sharanam

·          Page 9 – Gurustothram – 6 slokas

·          Gurustothram  - Sloka #14 ‘tvameva mata’

·          Page 43 – ‘Sarve bhavantu’ and daily prayers

·          Shanti sloka – ‘Asatoma sat gamaya’

Grade 4

Instruction

Manorama Patel

·          Value – 1) Humility 2) Don’t bluff

·          Activity – Ganesha pattern

Bhajan/Sloka

Lata Narayan

·          Om Sahana Vavatu (review)

·          Guru stothram slokas 1 to 5 (review)

·          Madhurastakam – slokas 1 to 5 (review)

·          Kayena vacha

·          Om Sarvesham

·          Om asatoma

Grade 5

Instruction

Asha Das

·          Substitute teacher Jayanthi Basavanahally

·          Saint Purandaradasa

·          Story of how Srinivasa Nayak turned into a saint and poet and spread his message of devotion to God through his music

·          Children created ladder poems using theme from story

Bhajan/Sloka

Tara Shamsunder

·          Gajanana

·          He Jagat Tratha

·          Guru stothram 1-6

Grade 6

Instruction

Suvarna Gole

·          Review values

·          Mahabharata – introduction, symbolism

·          “Gitopadesha” – symbolism of horse chariot, Arjuna and Krishna to our body

·          Homework

o      Memorize first 2 verses of Gita Dhyanam

o      Try to estimate number of ancestors back to Mahabharat war

Bhajan/Sloka

Kasturi Iyer

·          Br. Arpitaji’s “Great God Ganapati”

·          Maha Ganapatey

·          Geeta Dhyanam –first two verses

·          Trayambakam

Grade 7 & 8

Instruction

Savithri Raghavan

·          Topic of the day – Karma (definitions, discussions)

·          Activity – Navaratri Crossword

·          Devanagari vowels

               

Bhajan/Sloka

Premananda

·          Beginning prayers

·          Devi Gayathri mantras (Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswathi)

·          Ending prayers

Grade 9 to 10

Instruction

N.M.Sundar

 

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

 

Grade 11 to 12

Instruction

Amrish Garg

·          Swamiji spoke on Geeta

·          Assignment of projects

Bhajan/Sloka

Radhika Manikonda

·          Lingastakam – 6 verses

·          Aatmanivasee Ram – Page 63 ‘My prayers’