Dear Parents,
First and foremost THANK YOU all for coming and making our Back to 'Dhairyam' Balavihar class a big success. Hope you all are now clear and aware of what our curriculum talks about this year and also hope you all have an idea of how we are going to carry the class for this year.
Kindly refer to the pdf link given here (previous blog post) and also in the first email sent on 10/4/15 for the class structure and other special events this year at Balavihar. Please do not miss to check those special events (last topic in the link) All those information given in detail in our assembly handout.
One again we thank you all for coming, for those who missed, the link should pretty much explain and you are most welcome to email us with any questions or concerns you may have.
For the new comers (first to Balavihar or first day at Dhairyam today) please kindly refer to the previous blog posts (Sept 2015 on-wards) Please reach out to us with any questions you may have.
Please kindly check for the supplies to be brought and the NUT FREE SNACKS and water bottle to be brought from home. Please kindly purchase the books (which was discussed today) (book list given in the link, also in the previous blog posts FYI)
Today's class began in our respective classroom, after our customary assembly in the cafeteria. We will start our class with the OM chanting 3 times (for a positive vibe to flow around us) and Sahana vavatu slokam. Most kids knew this and recited along but a few did not (assuming they knew but did a silent prayer and/or they are yet to learn this) NO PROBLEM- we will chant every beginning of the session and in a couple week's they all can do this very well!
We then proceeded from where we left last class, the neccessary vitamins for physical and mental backbone.
We then started with the first quality- Buddhi- The intelligence.
*An intellect is one who is able to discriminate between the right and the wrong. This is a uniue gift given to us by GOD. An intellect person is an intelligent person.
We further understood applying intelligence in 2 stories.
1. Ganesa getting the divine fruit from Siva Parvathy using his intelligence and
2. The Akbar-Birbal story of counting the number of crows.
We also did a nice fun game- on the lines of Simon says- "Hanuman JI says"
We checked how far we could able to apply our intelligence while playing. It was indeed fun!
The next topic is the next quality Bhalam- The strength.
*Physical - work with muscles and
*Mental strength- power we use to do any noble actions.
How do we gain physical strength and
How do we gain mental strength.
These were discussed by understanding the story of "Bhimas Arrogance while meeting with Hanuman JI, who was in a monkey form"
Please kindly make your child(ren) to finish homework from last class (11 times Likhita Japa Sree Raama jaya Raama jaya Jaya Raama) and kindly check mark at the prayer log in the assembly handout. NO HOMEWORK this week. A pic posted here, talks about today's session.
We will continue the class on 10/11/15.
We had a snack time (kindly send in NUT FREE SNACKS - healthy snacks like Fruits, veggie sticks, cereal bars, cookies also fine but please avoid chips/junks/candies etc. There was someone who had a lollypop for snack today and we insist on kids to follow a healthy regime for snacks) Thanks.
Some children had no books/supplies.. please make sure that they get their own from home to avoid sharing. (Sharing drags as they tend to talk among/between themselves) Thanks for understanding.
We will conclude the class session with Shanthi mantra. Today we had the B2BV towards the closing and it was time for the (optional) language classes.
Kindly do join for the CORD walkathon coming up on the 10th of October 2015 (Saturday) and please donate for the good cause that all of us do. Thank you.
Thank you all. See you on 10/10/15 at CORD day of fun.
Regards
Vidhya Aiyer and
Durga Vemavarapu
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