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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Chennamma Gardens - Balabharati Session - 28th July 2018

Important update on this session was the celebration of Guru Poornima. We had an interactive session with kids on why Guru Poornima is celebrated, some of our Gurus and who these children see as Gurus. Sharing some of the pictures we took on this day

We were privileged to have Sri Sureshji and Ganapathyji attend this weeks session. They conducted the RPL meeting (Review, Planning & learning) and gave us the head-start to continue it on a monthly basis.
Prarthana, Shloka by Rekhaji
                                                   
Prashantji taking warmup, suryanamaskar
                                               
Quiz on previous BB session topics by Geetaji
                                           
Gurupoornima session by Rekhaji & Jyoti ji
                                       

Friday, July 27, 2018

BALABHARATI News and Updates - July 2018

Namaste ji 
Balabharati team shares with you highlights of activities, since the last updates mail.  
RESOURCES:

The 69th edition ( AUGUST 2018 ) of Balabharati Magazine and corresponding Yojana is available for download the resources blog ( balbharati-resources.blogspot.in ). Yojana is attached here. Magazine is not attached as file size in big. Please download from resources blog or from the direct links below. 



Subhashita/Shloka Audio for August uploaded in  this link    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1s2uEhQg9xJliTDJZ9OXaN9Y7iO2JV3UC   The subhashita audio has been made in such a way that we can hear the subhashita in lead and follow mode, as well as in solo recitation mode, and also a separate pronunciation of the words involved in the subhashita.

BALABHARATI News:   
  • New Balabharati started at Sai Krupa Elite ( Doddanekkundi ), Nitesh Forest Hills ( Kadugodi), Jyothi Clique apartment ( Vigyan Nagar ), Purva Fairmont ( HSR ), Esteem Parak ( JP nagar ), Shanti Park ( Jayanagr 9th Block ), DSR Rainbow apartment ( HSR).
  • Pariwar Presidency team took the kids for a "Lake walk" activity. Kids along with shikshikas walked together enjoying the lake side and did Balabharati activity and walked back. Kids enjoyed the experience. 
  • Balabharati shikshikas' experience sharing sessions were held at 9 places in Bengaluru. All mothers were encouraged to participate. 140 mothers participated, many of them who are already playing shikshika role, and many who wished to contribute in future. Quite a few mothers from potential new centers also participated. They shared many positive experiences about Balabharati, kind of changes seen in both children and mothers. They also had a workshop on how to strengthen their Balabharati centers. A key take away was the need to strengthen the "team work" aspect among mothers for which it was proposed to have a monthly coming together of mothers at a convenient time within the apartment during the last week of the month. It was felt that this session could be utilized for Review of the Balabharati experience of the month gone by, planning for upcoming month, and also a small learning activity, eg: learning games which can be conducted for kids.
  • SLS spencer had Guru Vandana program. They invited few teachers like music & dance teacher who are coming to teach BB kids & few teachers within the community who are taking classes. Around 8 teachers were honoured with beetle leaves, banana flower & a tulsi plant in a decorated (hand made by our Art teacher) mud pot. They had a song by our kids & a short talk about Gurus & their importance in our life. Many mothers attended the program & they were happy about the initiative. 20 kids attended. One of the shikshikas shared her experiences about Balabharathi & how it helped her find her own potential & shred all inhibitors to become a Yoga teacher now.
  • Sarovar Balabharati also celebrated Guru vandana. They invited three teachers in the neighborhood. Children made Gond art cards for the gurus and gave it to them while offering them flowers. They also did pranipaat to the teachers seeking their blessings. Swapna ji, yoga instructor in our neighborhood who conducts yoga classes as seva, spoke about the importance of yoga for children. She explained how it provides us energy and improves our health and concentration power. She also emphasised the importance of daily practice. Then she did suryanamaskar lead and follow along with the shloka for suryanamaskar. Sarita ji, a college professor and a voluntary teacher, spoke to the children about the importance of seva. She explained how seva can begin at home. Children can do seva at home not only by helping their parents in their chores but also by doing their own work responsibly. She also explained how children can do seva in school, in the neighborhood and also for our mother earth.  Sheela ji, a voluntary teacher in an NGO, spoke to us about very interesting 'why do we do' practices. She explained the logic behind doing charansparsh, why we do rangoli with rice powder, why we apply oil on our head, why we wear flowers in our hair, etc.  Interestingly, what all the three guest teachers spoke, very beautifully connected with each other when the children participated in the discussion. Children very actively interacted with the guest teachers. The teachers mentioned that they felt very special and very happy today. After a formal introduction of the teachers to the BB parents, and after thanking them for spending time with our children telling them about important things, all the children did namaskar to all the elders present and gave them also cards since mothers are also their gurus. Prasad was distributed in the end.
  • A suggested guidelines which was sent to all centers for Guruvandana program is attached with this mail. 
Balabharati news also available in  http://balbharati-kids.blogspot.in/search/label/bbnews

Note:  As informed earlier, Balabharati Magazine subscription drive for 2018 is in progress. Many centers have already paid the subscription amounts. Dhanyawad. Those who are yet to receive subscripition card, please contact shikshika/shikshak soon and get your card on payment of the amount for Jan to December 2018 ( Rs 150 ).  

Shubham
Balabharati Team


Thursday, July 19, 2018

Chennamma gardens Balabharati Session - 14th July 2018

This weeks Balabharati session had 26 kids . We did our first crafts activity of making a greeting card. Kids enjoyed it very much. The other highlight of this week was that we started taking attendance of kids and Shikshikas via an android app. This would help us track the regular attendees , applaud them and simultaneously motivate the ones who are missing the session.  


Prarthana & Geet by Rekha Ji


Breathing Exercises by Geeta ji while younger one supervises 

Warm up

Importance of Surya Namaskar - Jyoti Ji

Ball Race 

Getting ready for Khel


Sankhya Banao

Greeting card - crafts activity




Crafts activity - Jyoti Hegde Ji


Snacks time - Yummy Sandwiches


App used for attendance

App used for attendance


Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Sarovar BB Summer Camp photos

The happy children with their parents after the completion of Summer Camp

Manasi and Stuti with their finished Wali art craft


Children performing song

All are excited while opening their tie and dye work.

Taking some gyaan from Shikshika.

Opening the thread..

Time to play with parents.

Practising the dance

Ahana and her little brother shyily showing their craft.

Danya and Harshit all happy with their work

Kashwi,Poulomi and Kuheli aka are happy with their finished product..



Doing some  fireless cooking

All cloth pieces ready to dye

Yum yum...



Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Balabahrati Updates - June 2018



Namaste ji 
Balabharati team shares with you highlights of activities . 

The 67th edition ( JUNE 2018 ) of Balabharati Magazine and corresponding Yojana is available for download the resources blog ( balbharati-resources.blogspot.in ). Yojana is attached here. Magazine is not attached as file size in big. Please download from resources blog or from the direct links below. 




Pranava BSR Guitar apartment in Panathur valay conducted week long summer camp, 2 hours a day, with activities such as Story telling, Craft, Shlokas and games, Yoga.  Kids demonstrated yoga and shlokas and also the craft item done by them in front of parents and grand parents. THough a recently started Balabharati, mothers have teamed up well as shikshikas which was seen the team work dont for the summer camp. Grand parents were appreciative of the work. 

Sarovar Balabharati conducted summer camp with similar activities. In the craft section, the used some of the ideas from the Balabharati craft page itself from previous months. Detailed report can be seen in     this link   http://balbharati-kids.blogspot.com/2018/06/summer-camp-at-sarovar-bb.html

SLS Spencer Horamavu also conducted summer camp with initiative from mothers themselves who vonteered to teach kids mainly based on their hand crafting skills. 
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In the last week of June or 1st week of July , at Khand level, an experience sharing meeting is being conducted. All mothers are invited for this meeting. Here we will get to experiences from various centers, success stories and challenges faced. It will be a good opportunity for releatively new shikshikas and mothers who are yet to play shikshika role to know about the over all concept and approach to Balabharati. Kindly contact your centers shikshika/palak for further details.


Subhashita/Shloka Audio for June uploaded in  this link     Click here for Subhashita audio 

Balabharati news also available in  http://balbharati-kids.blogspot.in/search/label/bbnews

Note:  As informed earlier, Balabharati Magazine subscription drive for 2018 is in progress. Many centers have already paid the subscription amounts. Dhanyawad. Those who are yet to receive subscripition card, please contact shikshika/shikshak soon and get your card on payment of the amount for Jan to December 2018 ( Rs 150 ).  

Shubham
Balabharati Team


Sunday, June 3, 2018

Summer camp at sarovar bb



At Sarovar Balabharati , we did many activities during the two days summer camp. A bit about the activities we conducted.

Games. This will always be the most enjoyed activity for kids😃.

Songs:  Kids learnt a new song that describes the beautiful nature in our nation. You can listen to the song on the following link. This version of the song has been sung by Kishore Bharti kids. 

Dance:  Kids enjoyed moving to this beautiful catchy song that talks about Bharat.
Resources conservation. We had a brief boudhik on this topic. Kids were asked stimulating questions and they came up with very interesting thoughts and ideas and also mentioned a few actions that they will take about conservation of resources. Will share more in a separate post. 

Warli art craft.

We did this activity from the magazine. Introduced kids to this art form. They practiced on rough sheets and then on white sheets. It was indeed enjoyable to see their creativity and original thinking as they expressed their ideas through this art form. 

We also did the tie and dye craft from the magazine. Introduced them to bandhani and a bit of shibori tying and dying techniques.  Through this craft they were introduced to green concept of thinking differently about gift wrappers. Instead of using paper or cellophane wrappers for gifts, they can use fabric to wrap. So using the tie and dye method thru have all made a fabric gift wrapper. Parents can see it during the samarop session. This way they have learnt a new eco friendly idea for the world environment Day that is coming up.

Fireless cooking. This was also a fun activity where they made their own sweet and salty biscuit sandwiches. It was fun to watch them apply cheese and jam and enjoying it with friends. We also got to taste them. Some have said they will make it for their dads and moms at home. 😃

Overall it was a fun summer camp. Two days and six hours of bonding, sharing, caring, respecting, learning.🙏🏼




Monday, April 2, 2018

Balabharati Updates - March 2018



Namaste ji 

Balabharati team shares with you highlights of activities . 

The 65th edition ( APRIL 2018 ) of Balabharati Magazine and corresponding Yojana is available for download the resources blog ( balbharati-resources.blogspot.in ). Yojana is attached here. Magazine is not attached as file size in big. Please download from resources blog or from the direct links below. 

APRIL 2018  


Since the last update given in end of January, we have the following news to share.
  • New BB centers have started at Liberty Acres, Attibele, Woodrose apartment in Thalaghattapura, Nimhans quarters Wilson Garden, Pranava's BSR Gitaaar apartment in Panathur, Casa Gopalan on BM Marvel road, Whitefield and Maharshi Saptagiri Apartment in Tippasandra, Sreepadam Grand in Lingarajapuram , ARK apartment ( Whitefield ),  Santara Magan apartment near Kammanahalli road ( Gottigere area ), Chennamma Garden ( kanakapura road ) 
  • Purva Skywood BB team in association with the community leaders have started a library in their apartment. Ittina Apt and Sarovar Apt families of Balabharati and Kishore Bharati children and teenagers participated in a Matru-Pitru Pujan program where all youngsters offered Pujan to elders. 
  • News of Republic Day celebrations with active involvement of BB kids came from apartments such as VM Serenity, Rohan Vasanta, Anisha Stoneyards and BM Marvel. Concorder Manhattan (E City) BB families organized a traditional Sita-Ram Vivaah samaroh with Bhajan and Satsang. 
  • NAL BB families in association with few IT Milan karyakartas took part in an impressive wall painting drive at a Vanavasi school ( for tribal children ) at Ramnagaram. Few kids and elders painted the walls with pictures depicting inspiring heroes images and yogasan. HAL Balbharathi Team conducted Bharathiya khel with participation of over 280+ residents.
  • HAL Balbharathi Team conducted Bharathiya khel with participation of over 280+ residents. 
  • Gowri apartment kids performed a bhajan in the Ram Rath Yatra. 
  • Meenakshi classic kids celebrated Yugadi in a special way by visiting one of the kids's families at their home learning how they celebrated Yugadi.

In the Yojana , few suggestions for CRAFT activity and Special activity in last week involving grand parents is suggested. 

Few unique type of exercises for kids has been uploaded in resources under Vyayam section. 

Balabharati news also available in  http://balbharati-kids.blogspot.in/search/label/bbnews


Suggested models and activities for summer camp at neighbourhood: 


In the last few years, many centers have attempted with good success the idea of conducting activities for kids in summer with co-operative involvment from mothers/elders in the neighbourhood. This has helped to bring in a spirit of "values" into the activities. Attached is a collection of activities done by mothers in the last summers . Shikshika teams willing to try one of the models of camps based on their time availability and ability to involve, may contact the nearest Balabharati pramukh for any support that may be required. 

The document is available for download at   http://balbharati-resources.blogspot.in/search/label/Summercamp

Same is attached in this mail too. 

Note:  As informed earlier, Balabharati Magazine subscription drive for 2018 is in progress. Those who are yet to receive subscripition card, please contact shikshika/shikshak soon and get your card on payment of the amount for Jan to December 2018 ( Rs 150 ).  

Shubham
Balabharati Team