Announcements

Balavihar for the year 2012-13 will start at Cross Roads South Middle School at 10 a.m. on September 16th.

For registering online, visit http://chinmayavrindavan.org/

We are looking forward for a fun filled year of learning and growing at our balavihar!

Class Recap December 16th (Ruchi and Rukmani)

Dear Parents and Guardians,


Today was a special day for 1st graders. In addition to our usual class routine,we did a Seva Project. Many of you know that we were supposed to prepare breakfast bags for TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen). This seva was meant to help out all those families who are less fortunate than all of us and would enjoy and cherish our gift.

This morning we talked about how fulfilling it feels when we give to others. All the students shared about what they have and how blessed and grateful we all are. We then colored a index card to keep in the breakfast bag we were going to make. The children did an amazing job. They made nice colorful index cards with best wishes and happy holiday season written on them.

After this we all went to the cafeteria and made the breakfast bags. It was so much fun. Each child got to put the breakfast items as well as the index card inside the brown bags. It looked like a assembly line. Each child patiently waited for their turn to start the bagging process. We are so proud of our kids to be so respectful and disciplined while doing this seva.

Once we finished making our bags we lined up and went back to our class. We did our story, chanted Geeta shlokas and distributed coloring book to take home for the holidays. The students can finish up the chapters they were not able to color. But there is no need to color beyond chapter 17 as we have not covered the story after that. At the end we did arti and pledge and it was time to go home.

Enjoy the Holidays and See you all next year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Class Recap (Ruchi and Rukmani)

Hari Om Parents and Guardians,

It was a pleasure to see the smiling faces of children at our Balavihar class today. As always we started with our chantings and meditation followed by a recap of the Ramayana story that we are following. We have to remember so many names from the story. We practiced all the names together. We also progressed in our story and enjoyed listening to the tales of "Rishi Agastya" and his mighty power. Also one of the character that became the turning point in Ramayana was introduced. And it is none other then " Supanakha".

After the story we all sang our bhajan and danced as well. We also did some stretches and yoga moves. Towards the end of the class we chanted the three sholkas from Geeta and it was so nice to see that some of the students are already started to memorize the shlokas. Keep up the good work. We colored our books and it was time to go home!

Next class we will be making breakfast bags for TASK (Tenton Area Soup Kitchen). Thank you to all of you for your contribution. Kids will have lots of fun assembling the bags. We will also talk about the gift of giving and the true happiness that one gets when giving and sharing.

Take care and have a good week. See you all coming Sunday.

Class Recap for 2nd December ( Ruchi and Rukmani)

Hari Om Parents,
 
We had a great class today. The students are now getting acquainted with the class routine. Everybody came on time and we all did our warm ups and our daily prayer recitation with lots of energy and enthusiasm.In story time we talked about "Bharata's reaction" when he came back to Ayodhya to find that Rama had gone to forest and King Dashratha had died. We also learned that Bharata along with almost all of Ayodhya went to meet Sri Rama and asked him to come back. At the end, Bharata got Rama's charan Paduka and decided to take care of Ayodhya on behalf of Rama. 
 
We all colored our books and it was time to go home!
 
  We would like to inform you that our grade will be doing a 'Seva project' in December.  To be more specific, we will be making breakfast bags for those who are less fortunate.  We will be dropping the packages off at TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen).  The role our children shall play is, they would make these bags.  We shall bring the supplies and the children will put the packets together.  This will be an opportunity for the children to learn about giving and also sharing what they already have in abundance!  The collective thoughts and love of all would make it equivalent to a yagna.   More importantly, when the children make the packages, their love will be included.  That is sure to receive extra blessings from those that receive their warmth.

To materialize this project, we would need your help.This coming Sunday, we are collecting a suggested donation of $10 per child in this regard.  Also, we will be talking about this project with the children in class.  If they already know about it, they might have their own thoughts to share about the project :).  So, please share it with your children.

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Class Seva for 1st Grade

Hari om parents,

Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving break.  We are emailing to you today to let you know, our grade will be doing a 'Seva project' in December.  To be more specific, we will be making breakfast bags for those who are less fortunate.  We will be dropping the packages off at TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen).  The role our children shall play is, they would make these bags.  We shall bring the supplies and the children will put the packets together.  This will be an opportunity for the children to learn about giving and also sharing what they already have in abundance!  The collective thoughts and love of all would make it equivalent to a yagna.   More importantly, when the children make the packages, their love will be included.  That is sure to receive extra blessings from those that receive their warmth.

To materialize this project, we would need your help.  On this Sunday, we are collecting a suggested donation of $10 per child in this regard.  Also, we will be talking about this project with the children in class.  If they already know about it, they might have their own thoughts to share about the project :).  So, please share it with your children.

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Regards,
1st and 2nd Grade sevikas team.