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Showing posts with label Gr 5 - Sunday PM. Show all posts
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Jan 30, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,
We started our session with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
  • Sri RAma RAma RAmeti 
  • Budhir Balam Yaso Dahiryam - Lord Hanuman sloka, Our new addition to the list of prayer slokas 
We also finished learning the final sloka of Ganesha Pancharatnam.

MAHABHARATA
We had a quick quiz on Mahabharata so the kids keep up with the story and do not forget the characters. We also wrapped up the Aranya Parva and will be moving to the VirAta Parva next week. 
  • During their stay in exile, Sage Durvasa visits the Pandavas and there will not be any food left over to serve him, Draupadi prays to Lord Krishna who appears and eats the single morsel of food left over in the AkshayaPatra and the sage and his troop feels full as though they had a full meal.
  • Arjuna acquires all the necessary divine weapons for the war from Lord Indra and Lord Shiva 
  • Bhima kills Jarasandha with the assistance of Lord Krishna. 
  • Lord Krishna comes to the rescue of Pandavas from time to time and guides them. 
  • Yudhishtira brings his dead brothers back to life by answering the questions of a Yaksha, who kills them for not answering and drinking the water from his lake.
BHAGAVAD GITA
Kids practiced slokas 45-50 and will be ready next week for the submission of their recording of the next set of slokas. Please have them practice at home too. 

Feel free to reach out to me, Purna at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.







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Jan 9, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,
Our session in the first class of new year 2022 started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
  • Sri RAma RAma RAmeti 
Each sloka was read aloud individually. We have revised the first 4 slokas of Ganesha Pancharatnam.  

MAHABHARATA
We played a character quiz game as a way of refreshing kids memory about the story as we had a break of a couple of weeks. All of them remembered what happened so far and were curious to know what happens next. We are very glad to see their enthusiasm and interest regarding Mahabharata, an epic loved by adults and kids alike. We covered, 

  •  After receiving the Akshaya Patra from SunGod the pandavas were able to feed a lot of Brahmanas and guests who came to their ashram without any difficulty.
  • Arjuna goes on a quest of collecting divine weapons.
  • He prays to Lord Shiva.
  • There was a fight between Arjuna and Lord Shiva, disguised as a hunter.
  • He blesses him with divine weapons.
  • Story of Parashurama's curse on Karna.
SAINTS OF INDIA
We have covered Saint Kabir Das this week. 

BHAGAVAD GITA
We chanted Slokas 49 and 50 with Swamiji's guidance. The link to the YouTube video has been shared in our whatsapp group for practice.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class. Kindly ask the kids to enter the waiting room with their regular names. 

No Balavihar class next week
We will see you on 01/23/22.

                               Wish You All a Very Happy Makar Sankranti/Pongal !!!!

Feel free to reach out to me, Purna at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.

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Dec 19, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
  • Sri RAma RAma RAmeti 
Each sloka was read aloud individually. We also had kids recite Gita Slokas 39-43 and had recorded for submission to earn house Points. 

MAHABHARATA
We then proceeded with the recap of Mahabharata. We watched a short video and covered the following topics from the same. 
  • After building Indraprastha, Yudhishtara performed Rajasuya Yagna and Duryodhana was invited.
  • Duryodhana gets jealous seeing the riches of Pandavas.
  • He gets intrigued by the Illusionary palace of Maya and insulted by Draupaudi as he slips and falls down in a mirage while walking along the beautiful palace.
  • Being jealous of the respect commanded by Yudhistara, Duryodhana along with his uncle Shakuni plots against him.
  • The Pandavas were invited for a game of dice.
  • Pandavas accept the offer out of respect towards their uncle Dhritarashtra. With the help of manipulated dice Kauravas win every game and in the process Pandavas lose their treasury,kingdom, attendants, themselves and finally Draupadi.
  • Lord Krishna saves Draupadi from the humiliation of Dussasana pulling her saree.  
  • Bhima vows to kill the Kaurava brothers Duryodhana and Dussasana. 
  • As the final act, Kauravas make Pandavas play one more game, the bet was banishment to the forest for 12 years and 13th year spent incognito.
  • Pandavas lose the final round and begin their journey to the forest. 
  • Yudhistara prays to Sun God who blesses him with Akshaya Patra so that there is no scarcity of food for them.
SAINTS OF INDIA
We have covered Saint Mira Bai this week.

BHAGAVAD GITA
We chanted Slokas 47- 48 with Swamiji's guidance. The link to the YouTube video has been shared in our whatsapp group for practice. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class. Kindly ask the kids to enter the waiting room with their names. 

No Balavihar classes on 12/26/21, 01/02/22. 
We will see you on 01/09/22.
 
               HAPPY HOLIDAYS. STAY SAFE AND ENJOY THE BREAK!!!
                          WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Feel free to reach out to me, Purna at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.







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Dec 5, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
  • Sri RAma RAma RAmeti 
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid. We started learning the 3rd Shloka of Ganesha Pancharatnam last week. We revised all three in this class.  

MAHABHARATA
We then proceeded with the recap of Mahabharata. 
  • After Karna was insulted by Arjuna at the talent show, Duryodhana takes him as his friend and makes him the King of Anga.
  • Yudhishtara was liked by all the people for his truthfulness and wanted him to become the KIng, but Duryodhana was not in favor of this because of his jealousy. 
  • His brothers and Shakuni plot a plan to kill the Pandavas, they send them to Varanavat. As part of the plan a wax palace was built that would be later set on fire. 
  • The PAndavas were forewarned by Vidura about the impending danger who gives them hints to escape through a tunnel.
  • Pandavas along with their mother escape the fire through the tunnel and reach a place called Ekachakra and stay in a Brahmanas house.
  • Bhima kills the demon Bakasura, who lives in the forest killing and robbing people
  • Draupadi marries Arjuna in Swayamvara and later becomes the wife of the Pandavas when Kunti unknowingly asks them to distribute equally whatever Arjuna has got as gift among all the brothers.
  • When the PAndavas returned to Hastinapura they were only given half the kingdom and the forest Khandavaprastha to rule.
  • Pandvas with the help of Maya built a beautiful city and palace there and named it Indraprastha. 
SAINTS OF INDIA
After Adi Shankaracharya, our journey of Saints continued with Swami Tapovan Maharaj, Swami Chinmayananda and Swami Shantananda ji. We have covered Saint Samarth Ramadas this week.

BHAGAVAD GITA
We made kids practice Shlokas 39-42 of Gita. We will be recording these in our next class and sending them to the coordinators for House Points. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class.

Whatsapp Group link

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year.

You can register your kids for Shloka classes, a flyer with details has been shared in our Whatsapp group.  
Request the parents to set aside a few minutes for the memorization of 39,40,41,42 shlokas of Bhagavad Gita and first 3 stanzas of Ganesha Panchratnam. 

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.

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Nov 14, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
We added Sri RAma RAma RAmeti to the above list .
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid and they also recited the first 2 stanzas of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

MAHABHARATA
We then proceeded with the recap of Mahabharata. Although it's been a couple of weeks, kids seem to remember the story pretty well :) We asked them questions related to Vichitraveerya, his sons all the way till the death of Pandu and Madri, students were spot on.
Today's story was about,
  • Kauravas and Pandavas in Hastinapur being brought up under the guidance of Bheeshma Pitamah.
  • Meeting their Guru Dronacharya, who helps them get the ball out of a well using blades of grass as arrows.
  • Dronacharya tells Bheeshma Pitamah how he was ill treated by his childhood friend King Drupada because he was poor. 
  • Guru Dronacharya teaches both Kauravas and Pandavas all the necessary Kshatriya skills.
  • The eldest of Kauravas, Duryodhana develops hatred towards the Pandavas because of jealousy. 
  • Guru Drona arranges for a show inviting all the people of Hastinapur to show the skills of his students.  
  • Karna arrives there and challenges Arjuna that he is a better archer and gets insulted as he was a charioteer's son and not a prince. 

SAINTS OF INDIA
After Adi Shankaracharya, our journey of Saints continued with Swami Tapovan Maharaj, Swami Chinmayananda and Swami Shantananda ji.

BHAGAVAD GITA
We revised 39,40,41,42 slokas and chanted 43 & 44 slokas under Swamiji's guidance.
We concluded our class with Aarti and Pledge led by one of the kids. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class.

Whatsapp Group link

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year.

You can register your kids for Shloka classes, a flyer with details has been shared in our Whatsapp group.  
Request the parents to set aside a few minutes for the memorization of 39,40,41,42 shlokas of Bhagavad Gita and first 2 stanzas of Ganesha Panchratnam. 

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.
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Oct 31, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

HARI OM Parents,

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid.
We recited the first 2 stanzas of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

Our session was a short one again this week owing to the House Inaugurals. Our house is Arjuna's Arrows. There will be a lot of interesting games and activities associated with this to gain points for our team. We will be sharing all those as and when available, so kids can participate and make their team win. 

Since Diwali is coming up, we thought it would be nice for the kids to know about this grand festival. We talked about its significance, 5 days of events, legends/stories and the festivities associated with it.
Please check the attached powerpoint.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class.

Whatsapp Group link

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

NO CLASS NEXT WEEK, NOVEMBER 7 TH, 2021.

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY DIWALI. 

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.
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Oct 24, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

HARI OM Parents,

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid.
We worked on the second stanza of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

MAHABHARATA
We had a quick recap of our previous class. We showed pictures from the Mahabharata and asked the kids to recount the story based on those. They all did a wonderful job of retelling the story. We then watched the continuation of the video from when Bheeshma takes the Princesses of Kashi Amba, Ambika and Ambalika to Hastinapur to get them married to Vichitraveerya. 
Please check the powerpoint for details of the story.

BHAGAVAD GITA
We revised 39, 40 slokas and chanted 41, 42 slokas under Swamiji's guidance.
We concluded our class with Aarti and Pledge led by one of the kids. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids are having their videos switched off most of the time. Please remind them to keep them on.
If any of them need to leave early, send us a note or ask them to tell us at the beginning of the class.

Whatsapp Group link

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year. 

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.

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Oct 17, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

HARI OM Parents,

We had a short class this week on account of Saraswati pooja. Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
  • SuklAmbharadaram 
  • KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid.
We worked on getting perfect with the first stanza of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

SAINTS OF INDIA
We finished second half of Adi Shankaracharya's biography covering the topics of his stay in Varanasi, composing Bhaja Govindam, meeting a chandala and realizing him as none other Lord Shiva himself, going back to his mother during her final days and finally his 4 main disciples and the 4 ashrams that he established in India. 

NAVRATHRI
We talked about the recent Navrathri festival that we celebrated. Topics included..
  • Meaning of Navrathri 
  • 2 different kinds of Navrathri's - Vasant or Chaitra and Sarad. 
  • Goddess Durga worshipped as Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Saraswati 
  • Legends of the festival - Goddess Durga killing Mahishasura, Lord Rama killing Ravana
  • Nine forms of Durga
  • How it is celebrated in different cultures - Dandiya, Golu, Fasting etc.,
Finally, Kids participated in the virtual Saraswati pooja. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request to the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids had audio difficulties and could not participate in our discussions. Also, kindly ask the kids to keep their videos on. 

 Whatsapp Group link

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year.

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.

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Oct 3, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

HARI OM Parents,

Our session started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
Each sloka was read aloud by an individual kid, this way all of them will get a chance each week. We added KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi and Shuklambaradharam.... to the above list. 
We worked on getting perfect with the first stanza of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

MAHABHARATA
After having a quick recap of the last class, We watched the continuation of the video from when Ganga leaves King Santanu till the Swayamvara in Kashi. We again ended this part with a quiz. KIds participated very actively. The story of what we covered so far is in the attached powerpoint. 

SAINTS OF INDIA
The second book in our curriculum apart from Mahabharata is, India the sacred land - Saints of India. We started this book with an introduction about who a saint is, why India is considered sacred and also Guru Parampara. We initiated our talk about the saints with Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya. We came half way through his biography and will finish the rest in our next class.
Please find attached the powerpoint of the same.

BHAGAVAD GITA
We recited verses 39, 40 under Swamiji's guidance and would appreciate it if you could make them practice at home. 
We concluded our class with Aarti and Pledge led by one of the kids. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request to the parents to make sure there are no technical glitches. A few kids had audio difficulties and could not participate in our discussions. Also, kindly ask the kids to keep their videos on. 

To any of the parents who joined late, here is the link to join our Whatsapp Group 

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year.

NO CLASS NEXT SUNDAY OCT, 10th. Will see you all on OCT, 17th. 

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.

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Sept 26, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari OM Parents,

Our second class started with chanting OM 3 times and reciting opening prayers of, 
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda MahAkAya
  • Saraswati Namsatubhyam
  • Guru Brahma
Each shloka was read aloud by an individual kid, this way all of them will get a chance each week. We added KarAgre Vasathe Lakshmi.. to the above list, and will continue to introduce one such new shloka every class. We recited the first stanza of Ganesha Pancharatnam. 

MAHABHARATA
Next, we embarked on our journey of the great epic Mahabharata. Kids saw an animated version of the same for a few minutes and we then had an interactive discussion about the story and a small quiz. The participation and scores on the quiz show they were quite attentive :-)
We gave an introduction of the Itihasa, with its 100,000 verses, 18 parvas, talked about the composer VEda VyAsa, and his scribe Lord Ganesha. Mahabharata shows all the human qualities of love, hatred, arrogance, deceit, cunningness, fierceness, wisdom etc., coming into play. 
The story starts with KIng Santanu meeting river Ganga on one of his hunting trips, falling in love with her and wanting to marry her. His willingness to agree to the condition of never questioning the reason for her actions shows his love. They have 7 baby boys and every time Ganga drowns the newborn in the river. The king goes through terrible totrure because he is bound by the promise and so cannot question her. When the 8th boy is born, he couldn't bear to keep silent and so stops Ganga, asks her the reason behind this heinous act of hers. Ganga explains to him that the 8 boys are the 8 Vasus (celestial gods) who were cursed by sage Vasishta to be born as mortals as a punishment for the crime of stealing his cow Nandi. When they ask for forgiveness he relaxes the time to a shorter period for the 7 Vasus, but the 8th Vasu, named Dyu who is the actual culprit in stealing the cow would remain for a longer period on Earth, but would be a learned and wise man. Ganga leaves King Santanu along with the 8th kid as he breaks his promise but assures him to be back with his son.   

BHAGAVAD GITA
We watched a couple of introductory videos about sanskrit pronunciation of letters and certain words that occur in Chapter 2 and then recited verses 39, 40 under Swamiji's guidance. 

We concluded our class with aarti and Pledge led by one of the kids. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
To any of the parents who joined late, here is the link to join our Whatsapp Group 

Please check out the attached PDF documents for Shlokas and Ganesha Pancharatnam for kids to practice at home, so they can participate in SHLOKATHON competition early next year.

Feel free to reach out to me at lalitha.nandyala@gmail.com or

Thank you,
Purna and Shashi.



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Sep 19, 2021 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,

We are glad to welcome all kids to the classroom this year. Happy to see children who are back after the summer break and also good to see some fresh new people joining Balavihar from this year as well. We look forward to a mutually rewarding and exciting experience in Balavihar this year with your children. 


The following is a brief summary of our session on Sunday. 
We commenced our first class with Om chanting and opening prayers of,
  • Sahana Vavatu
  • Vakratunda mMahakaya
  • Saraswati namastubhyam
  • Guru Brahma 
We then had a brief introduction of ourselves and then each kid got a chance to talk about themselves, followed by a game of A-Z with countries as the topic. 
We spoke about the zoom class etiquette and the Do's and Don'ts to adhere to while in class.
We discussed our current year's curriculum which is as follows 
  • Mahabharata (up until Viraata Parvam)
  • India the sacred land - Children will be introduced to the Guru Parampara and some Indian saints and great sages such as Adi Shankaracharya, Kabir das, Meera Bai Etc.,
  • Bhagavad Gita - Slokas 39-79
  • Ganesha Pancharatnam and Ganeshastavam
We will be making sure that the children learn to sing the Jaya Jagadesha Hare Arthi and the Chinmaya Arthi this year. Apart from this, we will be teaching them some assorted small Bhajans.

Since we all just celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi, we thought it would be a great way to pique the interest of the kids by making them participate in the discussion about the significance of the festival, Birth of Lord Ganesha, Modaks as Prasad, clay/turmeric Idol of the Lord, Visarjan Etc.,
While talking about the story and pooja rituals we explained the symbolism behind each aspect.
 
Please make sure kids have My Prayers book, Balavihaar handbook,  Notebook and a pen for every class. 

Finally, we ended our class with Arti and Pledge. As it was our first class of this year we had a common Aarti along with other grades. Going forward it will be in our respective classes. 

We will send you weekly updates on the progress and topics covered in the classroom to the email that you registered with us.

 

Welcome to Exciting 2021-2022 Balavihar program.


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A new Whatsapp group has been created for all parents/teachers of Balavihar - Sunday PM class. 

Open this link to join my WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EybZ41Vg2m9I8dJfvOsdUj

 We will be participating in a SLOKATHON competition later in the academic year and we would like all the children from our class to participate in this. A pdf version of that document is also attached. Please ask your children to practice this at home.


Thank you,

Hari Om,
Purna and Shashi. 



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Welcome to Gr 5 - Sunday PM Session


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