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Nov 22 and Dec 6, 2020 - Grade 2 (Sunday PM)

Dear Parents:


Hari OM! 

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving break!. 

It was great to see the kids after a week-long break, all cheerful and ready to learn! 


Please see the summary of Week 7 - 11/22/2020 below:


  • We started the class with OM chanting & opening prayers (Om Saha Navavatu).

  • We did a recap of Hanumanji's values by asking the kids to tell the meaning of 'Buddih', 'Balam' and 'Yasas', and what these meant to them!

  • We then chanted Gita verses 1 & 2 from Chapter 2. 

  • We moved on to the next value 'Dhairyam', and explained the meaning of courage.

  • A few kids chanted Dyana Shloka and we continued the session by watching a short video on courage.  Kids were asked to name some situations where they had to be brave.

  • We spoke about breaking bad habits by gathering courage, and took upon a small challenge for the week! Kids were asked to identify one of their bad habits and find ways to overcome it!

  • We continued on with our Backbone project, which is a great way to remind kids & enforce the values we have learnt so far! 

  • We concluded the session with reading (popcorn) of the tale, 'The Transformation of Ratnakara', followed by Chinmaya Pledge.


Week 8 - 12/06/2020 summary:

  • We started the class with OM chanting & opening prayers (Om Saha Navavatu).

  • A few kids discussed what they did to overcome their bad habits.

  • We then chanted Gita verses 3 & 4 from Chapter 2. 

  • We chanted Dyana Shloka and it was amazing to see the kids chant without help!

  • We did a recap of previously discussed Hanumanji's values and talked about 'Nirbhayatvam' and 'Arogata' in detail.

  • We spoke about fear and fearlessness, and ways to overcome fear!

  • We watched a short video about the foolish, timid rabbit and discussed if fears were real!

  • We moved onto the next value 'Arogata', and explained the importance of both physical and mental health by finding things that make us strong & weak in word finder puzzles.  

  • 'Health is Wealth' was further emphasized with several examples & a short story. 

  • We began chanting the first two verses of Hanuman Calisa.

  • Our class was concluded with the Pledge.


Thank you for reading!  Please ask your children to follow Swamiji's videos on Gita chanting and continue to practice at home!

Please send us any questions that you may have through the Whatsapp Group (BV Sun PM II Gr 2020-21).


Best regards,

Pooja & Sudha.

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