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BAL VIKAS * Fancy Dress Event, for details click here. * Chairperson: Sai Ravichandran (349-6911) Alternates: Pratima Kottekal This program is directed toward pre-school and elementary school children. They meet each Sunday between 11:00 am – 12:00 noon. Please call the committee members to enroll. Goals: To instill pride and confidence in children about their Indian identity. Develop human values, social and leadership skills among children. To facilitate children to appreciate, learn and practice Indian way of life. Increase Hindu/Indian awareness in the society and around. Means we achieve it: Using spiritual, intellectual and physical processes of development. Spiritual Chanting of OM 3 times. Observing silence for 1 minute to watch for environmental soundsrayers (slokas) Bhajans Ending session with chanting of OM. Intellectual Alphabets A-Z based on Chinmaya school of teaching. We follow the "My Prayer" book by Chinmaya Mission Moral story based on a particular theme such as honesty, prayer, caring, respect, friendship and so on Hindu Mythological stories Ramayana Ten avathars of Vishnu Krishna leela Exposure to other Indian languages. Recently we have introduced Sanskrit to the students. Physical Games Exercise Bal Vikas program webpages are still under construction. Click on the Bal Vikas link to get some more information about the program. We intend to develop interactive webpages for our youth to enjoy while learning about our culture. Visit again ................... Home \| Services \| Events \| Newsletters \| Directions Web Master ©2000 - 2002 IACCT - Kalamazoo

BAL VIKAS

*** Fancy Dress Event, for details click here. ***

Chairperson: Sai Ravichandran (349-6911)

Alternates: Pratima Kottekal

This program is directed toward pre-school and elementary school children. They meet each Sunday between 11:00 am – 12:00 noon. Please call the committee members to enroll.

Goals:

To instill pride and confidence in children about their Indian identity.

Develop human values, social and leadership skills among children.
To facilitate children to appreciate, learn and practice Indian way of life.
Increase Hindu/Indian awareness in the society and around.

Means we achieve it:

Using spiritual, intellectual and physical processes of development.

Spiritual

Chanting of OM 3 times.
Observing silence for 1 minute to watch for environmental soundsrayers (slokas)
Bhajans
Ending session with chanting of OM.

Intellectual

Alphabets A-Z based on Chinmaya school of teaching. We follow the "My Prayer" book by Chinmaya Mission
Moral story based on a particular theme such as honesty, prayer, caring, respect, friendship and so on
Hindu Mythological stories

Ramayana
Ten avathars of Vishnu
Krishna leela

Exposure to other Indian languages. Recently we have introduced Sanskrit to the students.

Physical

Games

Exercise

Bal Vikas program webpages are still under construction.

Click on the Bal Vikas link to get some more information about the program.

We intend to develop interactive webpages for our youth to enjoy while learning about our culture.

Visit again ...................

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