6/5 and 6/11- Samskriti

Hari OM everyone.
Another beautiful Balavihar year has gracefully completed with our annual show- samskriti.
It happened on 6/11 at our Ashram under our beloved Swami ji's gracious presence and blessings.

All kids from every grade performed with high energy and enthusiasm. Our Dhairyam children put up a great show.

Durga and I thank every family in Dhairyam for their involvement, dedication and tremendous support to our Balavihar.

Thank you- the little word is not enough, but it means so much.

Have a pleasant and memorable Summer. 
We hope to see all families to get back to balavihar in the Fall.

Until then,
Namaste.

Durga Vemavarapu
Vidhya Aiyer

Classes- 5/8, 5/15 and 5/23/16

Hari OM
Dear Parents and children.
Our annual show Samskriti is fast approaching. We have been concentrating on our performance for the day. We are continuously rehearsing for our play all the classes.

Our next class on 6/5. We would want all the children who play a role in the play to please show up, with lines memorized.
Kindly check your emails for any other updates. Kindly check whatsapp for quick timeline updates.

Thank you all for the immense cooperation. Your dedication to our Balavihar is priceless.
Truest Thanks to one and all.

Best
Dhairyam teachers.

Class on 5/1

Hari OM Parents and Kids.

With the usual opening prayers we started our class. Then we started our samskriti practice.
We kindly ask all kids to attend every Balavihar session going forward for a continuity in practice and a coordination among the performers to portray harmony while performing.

We hope to see all kids MEMORIZED their lines in the next practice on 5/8 Balavihar.

A big Thanks to Ms. Reshmi Balan, Anirudh's mom for helping us out in today's practice session.
Please attend the Gita Utsav and Mela on 5/7 at our Cranbury Ashram. It's a full fun filled day!

We concluded with our closing verse.

Next class on 5/8.

Thanks. Best.
Dhairyam teachers

Class on 4/24

Hari OM Parents and Children.
Today we had a long assembly with a jeopardy quiz on India. It was so much fun and we got to learn many facts about India.

We started our class with OM and sahana vavatu, our regular opening verses.
Today we COMPLETED THE ART PROJECTS- The 11 green leaves tied together  making a thoran and 8 qualities from Hanuman Ji which makes a strong backbone.
Kindly refer to the email sent for further instructions. Thanks.

We started our samskriti practice. (please refer email for more details)

We want all kids to have their own supplies- Pencils, erasers, markers, crayons , books, notebooks etc, Kindly please send them all in a bag. Also please send in NUT FREE healthy snack. Thank you.

We have given some homework (please look into the email) Thanks. We concluded with the closing- santhi mantra.
Next class on 5/1.

Regards
Dhairyam teachers

Class on 4/17

Hari OM Dear Parents and Children.

It's Samskriti time and we are getting ready towards the big day!

As mentioned earlier, our art projects are almost coming to a close and we need a couple sessions to completely wind up. Most kids are done with the thoran leaf project and we are almost through the backbone project as well. Our tree project is also done and we're so glad as kids came up with their qualities by themselves. We would really appreciate if we get those empty kitchen towel paper rolls for our projects. We want as many as you may please provide.

Other than our art projects, kids also colored from our textbooks and we heard a nice story which emphasized on to trust parents and follow their directions at all times.

A quick snack time followed by Guru stotram and Hanuman chalisa rendering. We are so happy that all kids do know to sing and/or chant, but just that they seem to be reluctant in participating. We would want all of them to equally render nicely- loud and clear.
We concluded our class with closing verses.

Kindly send in all supplies- pencils, markers, erasers, crayons etc, we want them to focus on their work and time goes by in waiting for someone to finish and borrow after and the focus is lost.
Please make them bring all adequate supplies.

Thank you.
Best Regards
Dhairyam teachers

Class on 4/10

Hari OM Dear Parents and Kids,

Today as usual we started the class with opening slokas.
We at once started with our art projects- the green leaves Thoran project. We are happy that we completed all the 11 leaves, now just left with tying them together and forming a thoran.
Today's work was a huge one, where kids did about 6 leaves on the card-stock. They were happy and enthusiastic about applying their creative ideas in coloring and presenting their works.
Good job kids!

We will now have to work on the 8 qualities which forms as a backbone for life. We have done more than half in the project, just a little to go to complete. Parents, please kindly send in EMPTY KITCHEN PAPER TOWEL ROLLS in the coming classes as part of our art projects.

Parents, please make sure that the child gets to balavihar with bags, books, supplies and snacks. We want all children to have their own pencils, markers, erasers, crayons etc to focus in their work.

Next class is on 10/17. Please bring the kids without absenting as we have to start our Samskriti practices as well. We appreciate your cooperation without which our Dhairyam family is incomplete. Thanks to all, greatly appreciated.

We concluded our class by singing Hanuman chalisa- all kids did a fabulous singing/chanting, followed by Guru stotram and with closing prayers.

Good luck to all who have enrolled to take part in the Gita chanting competition on 4/16.

Attached a pic of today's class summary.

See you all next Sunday- 10/17.

Regards
Dhairyam teachers

Class on 3/20

Hari OM
Dear Parents and kids.
Today we chanted Hanuman Chalisa (twice in a song form and kids did a wonderful job) and Dhyana Slokam (a few times) Happy to note the kids all remembered the meanings of the 8 qualities mentioned in the Dhyana slokam.

We then involved ourselves in art projects- making of the back bone and thoran (the leaves) Those missed out earlier also completed the work for the day. Until now, we are done with 5 back bone (qualities) and 5 leaves.
We planned to finish all very soon in the forth coming classes. Please send in empty kitchen paper rolls by next session.

Our Samskriti show is fast approaching and we gave an introduction about what type of presentation our children are going to perform on stage. We are working on the script and will start practices once we all meet after the break.
thanks to Abhiram Karuppur, a Princeton Freshman, our BBNJ Alumni for helping us in the class.

After which we had our not so quiet snack time and then did some coloring from our coloring book.
The next class is on 4/17 and we have 3 Sundays off. Kindly sign up for the vasudhaiva kutumbakam (sleepover fun activities camp at Vrindavan ashram) on 4/2-4/3. Also we encourage kids to take part in the Gita chanting competition. Please see our website for all details.

Homework- Kindly make the kids to chant Guru stothram (everyday if possible- a link sent in WA), make them sing Hanuman chalisa (2 or 3 times a week- video in WA) and Dhayana slokam everyday.
We want kids to complete any 10 pages of coloring from our coloring book (kindly note the dates and number of sheets they've worked)

Please kindly send in supplies for art work, notebook, prescribed textbooks, water bottle (labelled) pencils and erasers. Kindly send in a healthy nut free snack, a hand sanitizer.

Have a great spring break. Take care.

Regards
Dhairyam Teachers