PreK Class Journal - Teachers: Sandhya
& Ramya
The class started with the prayers and shlokas.
Prayers/Shlokas
OM (3 times)
Karagre vasathe
First verse of Guru Sthothram
Bhajans
Ganapati Ganapati
Yoga
The kids practiced their
usual yoga steps.
Tree pose
windmill
candle
lion
crane
quiet mouse
Swamiji’s Visit
Story
We acted out the general
plot line of Ramayana
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K Class Journal - Teachers: Shweta
3x OM
Shanti Paath
Gurustotra
Bhajans
Sanskrit writing vowels on dictation
Story : O for obedience
Children brainstormed what would
happen if people stopped doing what they are supposed to. The world would
become very chaotic. Similarly if children do not do what they are asked things
would become very chaotic.
They learnt obedience is about
listening to and respecting others. Esp listening to parents and teachers as
they know best due to their experience.
Swetha aunty told a story about a
little boy who was not obedient when his dad asked him not to eat a cake he
brought home. And when dad wanted to surprise mom on her birthday the cake was
half eaten.
Activity: children played teacher
says (similar to Simon says)
Story: r for right
Children heard the story of a king
who was looking for a person who did right things. Finally found that quality
in a little boy who moved a rock off the road even though noone was watching.
They learnt that being right is
about being correct.
Activity: each child had to name one
correct thing to do. Children had wonderful thoughts including do not waste
food, throw the garbage in the bin, do not waste electricity, always apologize
if you hurt someone etc.
Play practice - children practice
the play few times.
Please practice writing Sanskrit
alphabets as it is taking lots of time and we have to skip some parts of
lessons
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1st/2nd Grade Class Journal; Teacher: Deepa
We had Varun K, Varun M, Nikhil and Paranati attend Bal
Vihar on Sunday.
The kids started class by saying the daily prayer. They are
all excited to learn GuruStotram and we learned the 7th verse of Guru Stotram.
Please practice these verses with your kids at home so they dont forget it when
they come in to class. Guru Stotram is the homework they have from Bal Vihar.
We completed Radhe Radhe Bhajan. The kids led the entire Bal
Vihar group after class in the cafetaria and sang this bhajan.
We continued Ramayan. We learned about Chitra Kuta and the
lives Ram, Lakshman and Sita lived there.We learned about how Bharat met Ram in
the forest and wanted Ram to come back. We learned the important lesson that
destiny plays a big role in everyone's life. And every human that lives on
earth has to experience sadness, happiness and face death.That is their
destiny. We were introduced to a new character, Saint Agastya in Ramayan. We
learned how powerful he was and how Ram and Sita met Agastya. We will continue
Ramayan stories and the lessons that we learn from them.
For activity, the kids made Om using playdoh and stuck them
in their worksheets. They had fun making them. We also revisited who would be
playing what role when Swamiji visits but since some kids were missing, we
would start actual practice on the 5th of May.
The kids haven't been doing much Sanskrit (Hindi) writing in
class. From next class onwards we would allocate time for that so the kids
learn Sanskrit letters.
We did
Yoga pose and emphasized the fact that these poses help one focus. With every
class, we would like to see increased focus among kids and the parents can see
the difference.
