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 27th January ( Ruchi and Rukmani)

Hari Om Parents and Guardians,

 Today was one of those cold winter days  when everybody wants to stay in front of the fireplace sipping hot chocolate,yet we had a class full of happy, smiling and energetic students. Thank you to all of you who make the commitment to come on time every week.

We all started with our shlokas. We also discussed the meaning of various shlokas chanted on different times of the day. Story time came next and we learned about the slaying of Kambandha and heard the beautiful and heart warming story of Shabari.

Since we had been sitting down for a while we  got up and performed some exercises. We also sang our Bhajan" Atma Nivasi Ram". Please ask your children to sing it to you with actions. It was so much fun.

Coloring came next. We all colored the chapter that we discussed today and also traced the route that Rama took on the map of our coloring book. We realized that Rama had travelled almost the entire India.

After Geeta Chanting we all did Aarti and Pledge and it was time to go home!

Have a good week and we look forward to see you on Feb. 3rd.

Class Recap January 13th (Ruchi and Rukmani)

Hari Om Parents and Guardians,

As always we had another beautiful class day, full of learning and fun. We all started promptly at  ten and the best part was that most of the students had arrived by then! We encourage all the children to come on time so everybody is able to participate in all of the activities. After the morning prayers and shlokas we did the meditation. We all enjoyed a minute of complete silence before we started with other activities.

Geeta chanting came next. We had couple of kids lead the group. It was nice to see that the children have started practicing at home. We would like a one hundred percent participation at the competition. So all should recite and practice regularly.

Story time came next and we learned how the beautiful deer that Sita wanted ,tricked Rama by taking him deeper and deeper into the forest and when Rama  shot an arrow at him he turned back into the raksasa body and started to scream "Lakshmana, Sita save me" in Rama's voice. Also when Lakhmana went to help his brother, evil Ravana kidnapped Sita and took her with him to Lanka. Brave Jatayu tried to save Sita but could not do so. Rama was full of grief when he did not find his beloved Sita at the ashram. We will unfold more details in coming class.

We all did coloring and sang a brand new Bhajan "Atma Nivasi Ram". We learned actions along with the Bhajan. It was so much fun. We will finish the it next time. After the bhajan we all did aarti and pledge and the class came to an end. We do not have class on the 20th of January,so see you all on the 27th.

Take care and have a wonderful week.



Class Recap January 6th (Ruchi and Rukmani)

Hari Om Parents and Guardians,

Happy New Year to all of you and a warm welcome back to all our little ones. Hope everyone had a nice holiday break. It was so good to see all the kids after the break. Everyone looked enthusiastic and ready to learn more. Our morning prayer recitation was loud and cheerful. Everyone participated with enthusiasm and energy.

Since we assembled at the beginning of the new year, the students at each table  were asked what they wanted to accomplish or do during the year. We had an interesting set of goals and desires for the upcoming year from our kids. Some of them are;

Learn to hoola hoop,swim and jump rope , get better at soccer, learn more about outer space, eat less junk food, play less video games, watch less television, try water coloring, learn more prayers, come to Balvihar everyday on time (love that one),learn to read, follow rules at home etc. We had such a thoughtful bunch of students.

We continued our story after recapping what we had covered before. We learned about how Maricha became a beautiful golden deer with silver spots and tried to enchant Sita. How Sita became instantly attracted to him and wanted to play with him. What happens next ? We will see in our next class.

We did our games and exercises (including hoola hooping, jump roping and swimming!) and sang and danced to our favorite bhajan. After coloring books, it was time to go home. We all enjoyed yummy kit kats today as a new year treat.

Have a good week and see you all next Sunday. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!