Hari Om Parents,
Here is a brief summary of Balavihar class activities for Week 6, October 31, 2021.
1. We started our class as usual with three OMs followed by the following opening prayers.
- Om Sahana Vavatu
- Vakratunda Mahakaya
- Saraswathi Namastubhyam
- Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu
It was very nice seeing the children dressed in our house color - green today. We ask children to raise their hand to volunteer to say the prayer aloud. We encourage everyone to participate.
2. We gave a heads-up to the children about our Kahoot quiz, and the House Inaugural activities today and that we'll have a short Balavihar class today.
3. We practiced singing the Ganesha Pancharatnam stotram and children took turns singing and repeating the strotram a couple of times. We will continue practicing the stotram and getting the pronunciation correct. Please remind children to practice singing the Ganesh Pancharatnam at home.
4. We reminded the children to come prepared for their presentation on the Saints of India in our 11/14 Balavihar class.
5. Mahabharata:
We had a Kahoot quiz to revise what had been covered so far in the Mahabharata. It was good to see the children recall many facts from the stories covered. Do keep them engaged in learning and remembering that these are the building blocks for the coming years.
6. Around 10:10 AM, as part of the House Inaugural fun activity, we had an online quiz based on ancient and recent maps of India. There were questions related to Ramayana and Mahabharat and clues in the map that the children had to look for and submit. The challenge was to have the same spellings as in the Map, and it was a team activity rather than a competition. Kids enjoyed this.
Once the quiz was over, Zoom link to join the Special Annual Inaugural assembly was shared with the children in the chat and asked that they join this with their parents.
Our next Balavihar session will be on 14th November 2021.
Pranaams,
Subha Srinivas
Rekha Pai