Arekere Khand Summer Camp Report - Apr 18-24th

Balabharati Arakere Online Session- Week 3 (18^th April to 24^th April

Weekend Tasks was given to children as below

1.      Phases of Moon

2.      Essay on Panchang or Dental Hygiene.

3.      Learn Shlokas and Bhagwadgita 15^th Adhyaya

4.      Learn the song “ Seeta Ram Charita Ati Paavan”

5.      Memorize the names of Tithis and Maasas in Hindu Calender.

Here are the few photos of the drawings of Moon Phases and Essays submitted by children.

Write up on Dental Hygeine by Kids

Monday , 20^th April

Gardening Skills - How to grow Micro Greens was taught to kids by Umaji . Kids really enjoyed the session. Here are some sample snaps of what they grew 

Tuesday, 21^st April: 

A Bouddhik by Sri Ganapati ji about “ Why should we read the books on Mahapurush?” Sri Ganapati ji explained to our children how the life-stories of great people inspire us to follow their footsteps and also be proud of our rich heritage. He gave the motivating examples like Smt Madurai Chinna Pillai and Sri VO Chidambaram Pillai. He also narrated the great teachings by Sri Avvayyar. Ganapati ji aldvised children to share the books among themselves and develop the reading habit.

Recording of the session below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/154BBhM-4j1pQmSi4LV0zkGsEImCaVYeU/view?usp=sharing

Shlokas – Children learnt 4 new shlokas this week by Smt Sruthi ji

A patriotic song , “ Hum sab Bharatiya hai” was taught by our Geet Shikshika Smt Nagarathna ji

Bhagwadgita 15^th Adhyaaya practice was also done

Wednesday, 22^nd April

Yogaasana – Smt Sonal ji taught new aasana called Titliaasan and Anulom-Vilom in Pranayam. She practiced the children Surya namaskar with their Sanskrit names.

Craft by Smt Hemangi ji – Hemangiji taught the children a vase for the flowers they had prepared in the first week. Children did a beautiful job of it.

Thursday, 23^rd April.

Dashavatar, ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The boudhik was presented by Smt Ranjini ji along with a PPT presentation.

Panchang – Children learnt about 12 Rashis.

Friday ,24^th April

The week was ended with a Quiz for 30 marks on the above topics learnt in this week.

Weekend task was given to children to memorize new shlokas, Bhagwadgita 15^th Abhyas, names of Rashis, and Geet. Children have been told to write essay on “ Why reading is important?” . Coming week will be focused on Mahapurush stories to be narrated by children. 

Every day, children were given activities like, Everyday’s Panchang, stories from Panchatantra, Spontaneous talk on given subjects, etc.

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Summer Camp Activities - Update

Update Apr 13-17 activities --

Due to Ramayana Series running on Television , we thought of picking up the Ramayana Serial Title Song by Sri Tulasidas Ji.. Kids learnt the below song

Kids learnt the following Shlokas this week with the meaning :

मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं

जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठ ।

वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं

श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये 

Namah Sooryaya, Chandraya, Mangalaya, Budhaya cha, Guruhu, Shukra, Shanibhihi cha Rahuve, Ketuve Namaha."

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् |

उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ||

सिद्धलक्ष्मीर्मोक्षलक्ष्मीर्जयलक्ष्मीस्सरस्वती 

श्रीलक्ष्मीर्वरलक्ष्मीश्च प्रसन्ना मम सर्वदा 

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके ।

शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते॥

Arts & Crafts: 

Kids learnt this week on how to make paper house .. Some of the creations below. 

Crafts Video - Thanks to Hemangi ji for teaching our kids such a wonderful craft activity 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN3ncCKX9m_1gF2b5ofumjvgTmmtwd-t/view?usp=sharing

Surya Namaskar & Aasanas -- Thanks to Sonal ji for taking time to teach our kids. Different Surya namaskar aasanas , Vrukshasana was taught. Here is the video of the same  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13V1w9G4a3TI-Z8JgzFd11M1fdDuapFfb/view?usp=sharing.

Bhagwadgita : 15th Adhyaya Practice is on. Kids were taught all the shlokas and also there was a boudhik on the essence of first two shlokas...

Panchang :We had a boudhik on Moon and its relevance in Hindu Calendar. Thanks to  Divyesh  ji for the inputs 🙏.  Its a practice now that every day, that days panchang is told by a chosen kid.

Story telling : Jahnavi and Advik narrated Panchatantra stories , Pranati and Suvan explained Kannada gaade ( sayings) . 

At the end of the week, a quiz was conducted online with 30 questions .. 25 Kids took it sportively and displayed their learnings very well .. Weekend tasks were given to kids.

This session happens all 5 days of the week (except saturday, sunday) from 5 pm to 6.30 pm. Interested can contact Jyoti ji on 9902031970

Dhanyavad

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Zoom Vs Cisco WebEX

Narayan Nagar Valay initially started the summer camp sessions with Zoom. It was very user friendly but had a limitation of 40 mins per session. Also there was a buzz about security issues with Zoom.

So we searched for alternatives and Cisco Webex looked like a promising one. Had our first session this week on WebEx. Went well. Only drawback I see is that , this app does not provide a hard mute option for participants. Kids keep un-muting themselves. Other than this all other required features are available. The free versoin supports 100 users with unlimited meeting time

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Narayan Nagar Valay Summer Camp Activities

Narayan Nagar Valay started summer camp for Kids of Chennamma Gardens & VV Nagar BB. Agenda for last week looked as below

On Hanuman Jayanthi , Kids painted photo of Lord Hanuman. A few samples posted below

At the end of the week, Quiz was conducted online for kids. It had 30 questions related to what was taught in that week. Kids answered the questions online and it was later evaluated. A sample answer sheet below

Kids also wrote Essays on great personalities like Sri Adi Shankara and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

There were sessions on general topics like Dental hygiene which went extremely well. I'm happy that nearly 40 kids will be taking care of their teeth henceforth thanks to the wonderful session by Dr Prabhavati ji.  

Recording link of Dental Hygiene session from Dr Prabhavati ji  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m94NBUye2JOknA5urBELqHxy7ioLX79L/view?usp=sharing

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Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations @ Chennamma Gardens Balabharati

Here's a glimpse  of Janmashtami program.

* Started with prarthana and shlokas by children.

* Next was shloka recitation competition/ Bhajan/ Devaranama. 

* That was followed by story telling competition. 

* After competitions, we moved out on road for Dahi Handi. Thanks to dear Prashant ji and Pradeep ji for being our support 😊. Dahi handi turned out to be a complete fun and frolic 😀

* Next was the fancy dress performance. The beautiful Radha's and Krishna's were a delight to sight 😍

* Finally, there was a prize distribution. Krishna katha books, Painting books, National Hero books were distributed as prizes

" The program was concluded with savouring of prasad. Hearty thanks to Dear Binduji, Roopaji and Shreelakshmiji ❤

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Prestige Sunrise Park E-City phase I Balabharathi International Day of Yoga celebration

On 23rd June 2019, Sunday our Balabharathi kids, parents, shikshikas along with residents celebrated International Day of Yoga day in our society. The event was in line with the International Yoga day Protocols, close to 30 postures were done. Around 25 participants did yoga under the able supervision of two trained Yoga instructors who are also Shikshikas of our Balbharathi. They took care of demonstration as well. 

The whole session went on for about 1.5 hours starting from 8am and ending at 9.30 am, the residents who all participated highly appreciated the activity. 

The event started with an introductory speech about Yoga day and the Balbharathi to the fellow residents and concluded with the Shanti Mantra.

Few photos of the event

Yoga day invitation

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Chennamma Gardens - Update on Guruvandana Program

Namaste All, Very happy to share the details of Guruvandana Program held at Chennamma gardens BB on 27th July.

Event was attended by parents and grand parents . We had around 45 people on that day.

We had invited teachers within our layout and they shared their experiences with the kids.

We had Prarthana, Guru Pooja song from kids. 

We also presented a small video on our BB events. As many parents were new , they got a glimpse of what happens in BB sessions. 

A few glimpses of the event. 

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1pdogJhVehZ97wEv6O6daBo0a5-Ugzlya

Chennamma Gardens BB overview Video below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1soJHoQmCf_xj7DxesYvIgPx47Y6gTSq1/view?usp=drivesdk

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