Thursday, May 9, 2013

May 5th, 2013 Balavihar Class Journal

PreK  Class Journal - Teachers: Sandhya and Ramya

The class started with the prayers and shlokas.
Prayers/Shlokas
Bhajans
Yoga
We did the following poses:

Tree pose, windmill, quiet mouse, llion pose, butterfly, bird, candle, 

Raas Leela
The kids attempted to dance to "Krishan" from the Arghya CD.

Three Gods
The kids reviewed the phrases about each god. Please use the linked video for practice:


Meditation
We practiced breathing deeply in and out with the proper posture and hand pose (three fingers straight and the thumb +forefinger in a circle).

Story Time
We told a few stories from Panchatantra (available at bookstore)
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K  Class Journal - Teachers: Harshala and Shweta

Shanti Paath
Meaning of one daily Prayer: Harinee did great on telling meaning of Karagre Vasate!
Gurustrotram
Bhajans
Lesson S is in smile: Students learned that smiling is important because it helps us to make friends; it keeps us healthy and requires less muscular effort (less muscle work) than frowning.
Story: Million dollar smile.
Activity: Find hidden smiley face worksheet.
Game: I love to smile Classroom made Vedanta smile finally when he was determined not to smile in the game!
 Lesson T is for truth Students leaned that truth always wins. Benefits of lying are temporary. Truth is sincerity in actions and words.
Story: A boy who cried a wolf.
Game: It is hard to tell a lie.
Practice of play
Meditation

Homework coloring pages for S and T. Review ABC purple K book for the summary.
Review meaning of daily prayers. Assigned students will take turn in telling the meaning of the daily prayers. 

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1st/2nd Grade Class Journal - Teachers: Deepa and Priya
Our class went as:
1. Om Sahanavavathu
2. Attendance
3. Daily Prayers (Karaagre Vasate, Vakratunda, Bramhaarpanam, Saraswati Namastubhyam, Shubham Karoti, Kara Charana)
4. GuruSthothram - 8 verses have been covered so far
5. Bhajans - We practiced Radhe Radhe and learnt Rama Naama Thaarakam as there are new kids who haven't learned these before
6. We covered the chapter of Surpanakha from Bala Ramayana
7. We went through the colors in Sanskrit in the form of a game
8. The entire Sanskrit vowel sequence was covered and the kids have been asked to write the series 2 times as a part of their homework.
9. The class was concluded with meditation followed by the closing prayer - Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha
All the kids have picked the characters they want to represent for Swamiji's visit and those who needed help with the lines to be recited have been told what to say as well. While coming for the next class please have the words and costume ready so we can rehearse. If the words have not been learnt, have them on a piece of paper to read out. See you at class next week.

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