Curriculum

CHINMAYA MISSION SACRAMENTO BALA VIHAR CURRICULUM

Class	Theme						Chanting	Activity
Bala Vihar K Grade K	ABC Values; Stories on Ganesha and Karthikeya						Saha navavatuEkadantam Karagre Saraswati Shiva shyanam Tryambaka mantram Shadananam Sarva mangala Manojavam Shantipath	Arts and Crafts, Coloring, Games, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar I Grade 1	Stories on Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati						ShuklambaradharamBrahmanandam Lingashtakam Kausalya supraja Shantakaram Om jaya jagadeesha hare Guru Stotram verses 1-3	Arts and Crafts, Coloring, Games, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar II Grade 2	Sri Krishna Leela						Guru Stotram verses 4-14Krishnashtakam Madhurashtakam	Arts and Crafts, Coloring, Games, Workbooks exercises, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar III Grade 3	Ramayana – Part 1 (3 Kandas)						Ganesha stavahApadamapahartaram Rama stuti Sharada stotram Hanuman chalisa – 10 verses	Arts and Crafts, Coloring, Games, Workbook exercises, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar IV Grade 4	Ramayana – Part 2 (4 Kandas)						Hanuman Chalisa – all versesMahalakshmi Ashtakam Ganga stotram	Arts and Crafts, Games, Quizzes, Workbook Exercises, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar V Grade 5	Bhagavatham					Dashavatara stotramDakshinamurti dhyanam Mahishasuramardini stotram		Arts and Crafts, Discussions, Workbook exercises, Q & A, Games, Quizzes, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar VI Grade 6	Saint and Sages				KrtajnataTapovan Shatkam			Arts and Crafts, Discussions, Workbook exercises, Q & A, Games, Quizzes, Bhajans and Year-end- skits
Bala Vihar VII Grade 7	Mahabharata Part I				Gita DhyanamReview of all prayers, one each week			Discussions, Q & A, Workbook exercises, Debates, Games, Quizzes, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Bala Vihar VIII Grade 8	Mahabharata Part II	Gita DhyanamReview of all prayers, one each week						Discussions, Q & A, Workbook exercises, Debates, Games, Quizzes,Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Pre-Yuva Kendra (IX) Grade 9	Hindu Culture			Review of all prayers, one each week				Discussions, Q & A, Debates, Games, Quizzes, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits
Yuva Kendra Grades 10, 11, 12	Holy Gita – Part 1/2/3, GITA CH-13 Values		Gita DhyanamGita 15 Review of all prayers, one each week					Discussions, Q & A, Debates, Games, Quizzes, Bhajans and Year-end-Skits