January 23rd Bala Kendra Class Update

Dear Parents

 

Class today marked the beginning of Spring Semester was as follows.

 

Shruthi Class (voice training for bhajans) took place from 2:30 to 3 pm.

 

Mantra Practice took place from 3 to 3:30 pm.

 

We then did regular the opening prayers and group concentration and

japa, starting at 3:30 pm.  

 

Bansi did a nice job leading the Pledge.  Madhu Pandey will lead the pledge for the next class.

 

Then the small groups met individually.

 

1) Younger Group began its study of various deities and their

symbolism and studied Lord Ganesha and did some related art work.

 

Kindly contact Anita at aggarwal3@gmail.com for details.

 

2) Middle and Older Groups continued the Mahavakyas and Ramayan

stories -- For questions, kindly contact either Lalitha (for Older

Group at lalitha@aol.com) and Sudha (for Middle Group at

sudhaj@sbcglobal.net ).

 

Subject for this class was: Yuddha Kanda Continued.

 

Value Discussions:

 

satya dharma anuraktaanaam

na asti mR^ityu kR^itam bhayam

 

Vibhishana says to Sugriva “For those who are devoted to truth and righteousness, there

is no fear of death.”

 

 

 

3) About 10 parents continued their study of Amma's speech at the U.N.

 

The main topic for today was the great power and strength of Universal Motherhood, whether present in a woman or in a man.

 

(Kindly bring a copy of the speech to the next class if you will be

participating in the Study Group--link was sent earlier.)

 

4) We practiced aga "Dinom Ke Dukh Harta" (on the website).

This bhajan will be sung by the kids for Amma in June.

 

5) Please be on the look out for the Questions of the Week that Cyber

Auntie, Varsha Govindani, has been and will be circulating. Varsha

Govindani can be reached at  varshagovindani@yahoo.com.

 

6) Look out for Special Events at www.balakendra.org under Upcoming

Events.  Environmental movie Dirt will be shown on Friday Feb 4 at 7 pm.  Krish Sivakumar will be sending details. 

 

Please do have your child do daily practices and fill out the

Practices Sheet which is under Curriculum on the website.  We can then

recognize your child in class.

 

Also please make sure your child signs the attendance sheet for each

class so we can recognize them with a trophy for high participation at

the end of the year (80% or more class attendance earns a trophy.)

 

If any child would like to lead the pledge and has learned it by

heart, kindly let me know.  

 

Welcome to Prakash Bhaskaran who will be helping us conduct the adult study group and also teach the kids bhajans.

 

Next class is on February 13.