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Sep 20, 2026 - Grade 4 (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents, 
 
 Welcome to our Grade 4 class, a quick recap of what was covered in class today. 
  
We all met in our classroom -- "Madhava" and after everyone sat down we followed the below format:

Opening Prayers: We all sat straight, criss cross, hands folded, chanted together 3 Oms, then Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Slokha -Vakra Tunda, Saraswathi Slokha- Saraswathi Namasthubayam, and Guru Slokha - Guru Brahma , Hanuman slokas. We together learnt  the mrityunjay mantra Everyone nicely, chanted together and focussed well, and the kids recited a few slokas of their choice too.

KrishnaAshtakam : We started learning Krishnashtakam, we recited it twice together.
 

 Handbooks:  The handbooks for 2026-2027 were distributed to kids who were in the class today.  


Overview of Dashavatar & Yugas:

            We discussed all the Yugas and the different Avatars of Vishnu in each Yuga and what each Avatar taught us. Each kid volunteered to go over the details of each Avatar from the slide and what are the key points of each Yuga and each Avatar, and we are excited to say Kids happily shared relevant stories related to some of the Avataras.


 Birth of Kaliyuga : We discussed Kali Yuga and how people change , accumulate wealth, cheat, lie, gamble and the only way to stay away from evil effects of Kali is by praying to God, reading scriptures, listening to good words, speaking good words, and having good thoughts.


Quiz:

    And then we did a quiz on the yugas and Avatars - kids divided themselves in one yuga and we had four groups of kids, and Kids tried their best to give correct answers to the questions from the choices provided and got points. 


Importance of a Teacher : We briefly discussed the importance of a teacher, coach to teach us how to do, what to do and what not to do and how to ultimately succeed.  And that there are so many teachers around us , teaching different things to us which we will learn in our classes soon.


Yoga time:

        We did the Tree Pose, Stretches and then kids did other yoga poses like head stand etc.


 Attendance: Attendance was taken after the handbooks were distributed.


 Bhagavad Geeta : Gītā Chanting Yajna telecast  Introduction by Swamiji  of Bhagavad Gītā - Chapter 6 - Yoga of Meditation


 Then we all went to the prayer hall for Assembly, for Aarthi and Pledge.


 Kids actively participated, and we had a lot of fun overall, especially with the quiz.  Class Slides shared with parents as pdf in whatsapp group.


 Next week: We have BalaVihar House Activities planned. Grade 4 belongs to Krishna's Cowboys and hence please dress up kids in Blue color outfits.


Pranaams
Mahalakshmi Arcot
Indira Bhaskar