March 24th, 2013 Balavihar Class Journal

March 24^th PreK  Class Journal - Teachers: Sandhya & Ramya

The class started with the prayers and shlokas.

Prayers/Shlokas

• OM (3 times)
• Om Sahanavavathu

Bhajans

• Ganesha Sharanam
• Subramaniyam Subramaniyam (pg 51)
• Ganapati Ganapati 

Yoga

The kids had a great time doing yoga.

·  Tree pose

·   windmill

·  quiet mouse

1st, 2nd Grade Class Journal - Teachers: Deepa

As usual the kids chanted all the daily prayers. They learned 2 verses in Guru Stotram and they enjoyed it. Please practice this at home (My Prayers book - page 85). They want to recite this when Swamiji visits. They also learned a new bhajan (Radhe Govinda). They seem to enjoy bhajans more than regular shlokas. We will strive to teach bhajans more frequently to keep them motivated.

During BalRamayana time, they learned about Shravana and what King Dasharata had done to him and how Shravana's parents' curse came back to haunt Dasharata later. They learned that sometimes people make mistakes but good people always own up to it like Dasharata did when he told Shravana's parents that he had killed their son. Some kids also said they would be kind and forgive the man that killed their son. :-)

For art, they drew a Kaavada, which Shravana used to carry his parents from one place to another. Some of the kids brought their material for the roleplay that they are going to do when Swamiji visits. Vishnu, Varun were the Gods that were represented.

Parents, please help your kids prepare lines for the role-play and send a written or printed sheet to BalaVihar next class. If you need help with costumes, let us know and we can pool our resources together to make it easy. Thank you for your cooperation.

Kindergarten Class Journal - Teachers: Harshala

Shanti Paath

Daily prayers ,A brief review of their meaning.

Gurustrotra : Page 85 My Prayers book

Bhagvat Geeta Chanting

Sanskrit Vowel test Hurrah ! Atreya scored  maximum 11/12 correct !

Congratulation to Atreya !

M for mother : We discussed how moms express their love through services. Students heard a story of Chinku, the Panda how his mom’s kiss gave him a strength and courage to go school all by himself. Also a story Mom’s bill.

Activity: Students glued summary of J, K, M lessons. Colored pictures symbolizing mothers.

Meditation

 Please bring ABC, Balavihar Alphabet book. There is homework for letter M. 

 

March 10th, 2013 Balavihar Class Journal

PreK  Class Journal - Teachers: Sandhya The class started with the prayers and shlokas. Prayers/Shlokas ·  OM (3 times) ·  Om Sahanavavathu Bhajans ·  Ganesha Sharanam (first god to pray) Siva Shankara Shambo - in honor of Sivarathri Yoga The kids had a great time doing yoga. ·  Tree pose ·   windmill ·  quiet mouse ·  lion pose, butterfly, bird, candle Three Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEnEDoXGkyg&feature=player_embedded Kindergarten Class Journal - Teachers: Harshala 1         Shanti Paath. 2         Daily Prayers 3         5 verses of the Guru stotram 4         Bhajans :  Shree Ganaraya, Subramanyam 5         We learned L for love., what is love ,how we express , most important is to serve the person you love, how Shabari and Hanuman showed their love for Prabhu Ramchandraji, 6         Stories: 1 Mahatma Gandhi, how he changed a thief with his love 2 The best gift, what do the teachers love to see in a student. 7         Activities : 8         1 Building a house with a popsicle stick with a message, Glue binds a house, Love binds a home. Love binds and keeps family together. 2         A puzzle, build a word with beginning letters of  the names of pictures. 3         Coloring L for love.      1st, 2nd Grade Class Journal - Teacher : Deepa The class started with daily prayers. They continued to learn Guru Stotram. The kids continued their Bal Ramayana story where they learned about how Ram was sent to the forest by his father and how the people around him reacted. They learned new characters such as Guha and Sumantra. They learned the important lesson of taking happy news and sad news in stride - something Lord Ram did when he was asked to become the king one day and asked to go to he first the next day. For Swamiji's visit, we decided each kid would dress up as a God and talk a few words about who they are. Some of the choices so far are - Vishnu, Ram, Krishna, Hanuman, Varun and Narasimha. They have been asked to prepare their lines with their parents' help so we could discuss in class next week.