Jan 5, 2024 - Grade 4 (Friday)

Hari Om !
Dear Parents,

Happy New Year !

Here is the summary of our class on  Friday, Jan 5, 2024
Opening prayers:
Om Sahana Vavatu                            
Om Sri Ganeshaya NamaH
Om Sri Saraswatyai NamaH
Om Sri Sadgurubhyo NamaH
Vasudevasutam Devam 

Lesson: Krishna, The Divine Child (Krishna Krishna Everywhere) and My 24 Teachers Recap Session
Discussion: Review of "Stopping the Kali"
Activity:  Marble drop meditation
Geeta Chanting:Chapter 4 - Verses 12-14
Next Balavihar class: 1/12/24

Summary:

It was great to have a full class and meet the children after the holidays after almost a month gap.  We started with the opening Shlokas. We then had our review and the kids shared  incidents of what they did to stop Kali. We re-emphasized how important it is to be kind to everyone even when someone is not kind to us and how slowly it will become a habit . 

Since we were meeting after a long break along with the holidays, we focussed today's class as a recap session for both our lessons - Krishna Krishna Everywhere and My 24 Teachers. In order to make it more fun for the kids, we divided the class into two groups and had a fun quiz session.  This way we covered the entire recap from the beginning. It was very refreshing for the kids and interesting to see how they discussed as a group to come up with the right answers. Some of the children precisely remembered all the stories shared in the class as part of the lessons and also beautifully articulated the message taken away in each lesson. 

We then proceeded with our meditation session using the marble drop method. 

It was time for Geetha Chanting and we learnt the verses 12-14 from Chapter 4 today and then all of us gathered for Aarthi in the Temple Hall. 

A few reminders - lots of interesting events for the kids are coming up starting this month and all the details are in the weekly email. Please register and encourage the kids to participate in all the events, we have storytelling, Kalarangam, Slokathon, Bhajanotsavam and Bhagavad Gita Chanting. Please let us or the coordinators know if you have any questions and if you need assistance. 

Kindly note we have our next Balavihar session on Jan 12th, 2024, it may not be on the calendar as it's a make up class for Friday session alone. 

With Prem & Om,
Radhika & Anandhi

Grade 4 Sevikas