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Bala Bhavan

2018 Vedic Cultural and

Spiritual Center of San Diego http://www.vcscsd.com/balabhavan

9252 Miramar Road, San Diego, CA 92126

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Welcome to Bala Bhavan

It is our honor and privilege to welcome all the members of the Bala Bhavan family to the

2018 BalaBhavan Program!

The BalaBhavan Program was conceived and initiated 18 years ago to help disseminate and

inculcate Vedic values among our young children to better prepare them for the challenges

and possibilities of the future. The program is 100% volunteer-based, operating under the

umbrella of VCSCSD, drawing from the incredible dedication, strengths and talents of a

vibrant and highly involved Bala Bhavan parent community. Through this program, we

hope to bring the rich mosaic of Vedic Indian culture, traditions and values to the tender

minds of our Bala Bhavan children through stories, shlokas, bhajans, debate, arts and crafts.

We hope to keep the incomparable diversity of the Indian culture and the simplicity of the

Indian lifestyle awake and alive into the next generation and beyond.

This document is required reading for Bala Bhavan parents as it provides information for

both Bala Bhavan Students, as well as Bala Bhavan Volunteers. Volunteers will be provided

more specific information regarding volunteering for specific duties through the Program

Coordinators, and the Mentoring Team relevant to the volunteering area. This document is

intended to provide the new and returning families of the Bala Bhavan student’s

information on the following:

Useful Resources Page 3

General Guidelines Page 3

Contact Information Page 6

Syllabus outline Page 6

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs for Volunteers

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Useful Resources

All the following information can be found online at http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html.

(Please note that this will change once we share our assets through vcscsd links)

Calendar with syllabus, class schedules, volunteer, and student assignments,

resource links for books and websites etc.

Audio recordings of many bhajans and shlokas

Bhajan and shloka handouts

Newsletters

Bala Bhavan Guidelines

Contact Information

Balabhavan library - List of available books

Helpful Hints and Recommendations for Volunteers – in the Resources Section

General Guidelines

ATTENDANCE:

All Students and Volunteers shall be present at their respective classrooms a few minutes

before the classes begin to ensure that we start the classes on time. Parents & Volunteers can

thus be the role models in inculcating this discipline to the children.

AWARDS: The BalaBhavan calendar year is divided into two semesters. The first semester

runs from beginning of the year until the summer break. The second semester runs after

the summer session until end of the year. Attendance is mandatory for all the Bala Bhavan

participants. In order to encourage children to attend the program and to recognize

children who are punctual, we will continue to award a token of appreciation 3 times

during this calendar year.

The first award will be given before summer break to all the children who have

maintained perfect attendance during the first semester of the Bala Bhavan year.

The second award will be given after the last class of the second semester to all the

children who have maintained perfect attendance during the second semester of

the Bala Bhavan year.

The third and the final major award will be given after the last class of the second

semester to all children who have maintained perfect attendance for the entire

BalaBhavan year.

ABSENCE POLICIES: The maximum absences allowed per calendar year are four.

Absences for any reason count towards total number of allowed absences. So please plan

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accordingly. If your child has to miss a class, please ensure to notify the class coordinator

and program coordinator through this Google form absence or tardy form

TARDINESS: Parents need to make sure that children are seated in the class before 4 pm.

Attendance will be taken at 4 pm. Any child coming to the class after the attendance closes

will be marked absent. If your child comes in late, please ensure to notify the class

coordinator and program coordinator through this Google form absence or tardy form

Any other form of communication will not be considered. Please be sensitive to the fact

that late arrivals not only disrupt the class, but also makes the child lose out on continuity

and completeness of the program.

FAMILY EMERGENCIES - in such a case, please make an effort to let the Class and

BalaBhavan coordinators know at the earliest possible opportunity (via e-mail/Google

form)

More than four absences and frequent tardiness (except due to family emergencies) will

result in the removal of the child from Bala Bhavan Program.

PARENTS PRESENCE AT THE TEMPLE: Parents presence at the temple during the

session of the BalaBhavan classes is mandatory. Please do not drop off your kids at the

temple to run other errands. Balabhavan coordinators cannot be solely responsible for your

child, as they have other duties to fulfill. Your participation in this program is equally

valuable to your children.

CONDUCT

Parents are requested to monitor and maintain orderly behavior of their children at all

times:

Please do not encourage running around in or outside the temple premises as this

may result in an injury to your child.

No child is allowed into the Temple Office room. Any violation will result in a

warning, and repeated violators will be asked to leave the BalaBhavan program.

Kindly refrain from feeding your children in the main temple praharam/hall, so

that the sanctity and cleanliness of the temple is maintained

Please strongly encourage your children to clean up after themselves when using

the temple restrooms.

Children and parents must keep their shoes/slippers in an orderly fashion in the

shoe rack provided outside the temple. Please do not leave them lying around in a

haphazard manner. We request that parents be responsible for this and

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help/instruct their child (ren) accordingly. If a volunteer is there to enforce it,

please respect their requests.

Please remember that BalaBhavan is a program entirely dependent on dedicated

volunteers who are also working parents. We have to enforce the rules in order to respect

their hard work, the time they volunteer and their efforts in educating our children. We

sincerely request your cooperation and understanding.

VOLUNTEERING: This being a 100% volunteer run program, it is mandatory that for

each child enrolled in BalaBhavan, at least one parent should be volunteering in some

capacity. Prior to the start of the program year, the BalaBhavan Calendar and Syllabus is

published and will be emailed to all BalaBhavan families. It is the responsibility of each

BalaBhavan parent to review the calendar and note down the dates and specific

assignments allotted. Unless there is an unavoidable circumstance, volunteers must

volunteer on the pre-decided date. If there is an unavoidable circumstance the volunteer

must notify the respective Class Coordinator and the Program Coordinators in advance

through BalaBhavan email. They should also reach out to another volunteer on the

calendar to make sure that they are able to switch out their turn with another person.

Please note that it is the responsibility of the volunteer themselves to find out an

alternative person and not the duty of the Class or Program Coordinator.

Volunteers are also strongly urged to contact their Mentors or Class Coordinators to get

more details about volunteering. For each area regularly covered in BalaBhavan (Story,

Shloka, Bhajan) there are individual Mentoring Teams (consisting of experienced, helpful,

and seasoned volunteers) who can help and guide newer volunteers appropriately.

PARENT MEETING: We will be holding a parent meeting on two Saturdays at the temple

(date will be announced later; generally it will be held towards the beginning of the year).

We require at least one parent to attend either one of the meetings.

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Contact Information

BalaBhavan Program Coordinators

Kalpana Sharma, Madhukara Satyanarayana and Ramya Venugopal.

Email: [email protected]

Class Coordinators

Level Coordinators Email

Toddler Gayathri Sankaran and RajyaLakshmi Penumarti [email protected]

Junior Vidhya Kumar and Rajashree Balaji [email protected]

Senior Vandana Parasaram and Ashwini Yoganarasimha) [email protected]

Super Senior Lavanya Kadiyala and Sivagami Paneerselvam [email protected]

LIBRARY: Balabhavan library is located near the temple’s kitchen. The library hours are from 4 PM – 5

PM. In order to checkout a book from library, you must first reserve it using the library link. The library

volunteers receive the request and keep the book ready for you. Please respect their time & library rules.

Children and/or a responsible adult is required to create an account in librarika

(https://balabhavansd.librarika.com ) in order to view the catalog or reserve books.

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Syllabus Outline

In 2018 we will be covering these different subjects for the children (and parents) to

ponder about. We encourage both children and parents to do additional research into

these topics if interested. Please refer to the calendar to find out more.

Student Presentations

Class presentations are based on the Values book for junior class and Isvara and Religious

Discipline for senior class. Copies of the Guidelines for teaching as well as textbooks are

available at the library. Please check out both the guidelines as well as the textbook for the

presentation. The children may not be able to read and understand their assigned topics

by themselves. We request the parents to read to the child (ren). Encourage your child

(ren) to write their presentation by themselves. Please do not write for them. Please

ensure that the presentation is short (less than 5 minutes).

Junior Senior

Introduction to values such as Truthfulness,

Friendship, Parent & siblings, Mastery of

mind, Firmness in resolve, , Straight

forwardness, Attitude towards food, Absence

of six fold enemies such as : Desire, Anger,

Pride, Greed, Jealousy etc.

Topics on Isvara, Topics on

various Religious disciplines such

as : Planetary deities, Devotion &

devotees, Surrender, Prayer,

Meaning of Om, Vows, worship,

Japa, Silence, Resolve, Pilgrimage

etc.

Newsletter topics

The Senior class will be doing the Newsletter for Balabhavan. The topics for this year‘s

newsletter are Religious or Cultural significant places in India.

Stories

Toddler Junior Senior Super senior

Tales from

Panchatantra

The Ten Avatars

and story of

undeterred

Devotees

Goddesses &

Significant female

characters in

Puranas

Significant

characters from

Puranas

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Bhajans


Ganga Jatadhara

Gowri Shankara

Gajanana Hey

Shubhanana

Gowri Nandana

Gajavadana

Bolo Bolo Sabamil

bolo om Namah

Shivaya

Shankara Sadadshiva Dhimika Dhimika

Dhim

Bhola Natha re Manasa Bhajare

Gurucharanam

Atmarama

Anandaramana Shailagirishwara

Uma Maheshwara

Nandeeshwara Jaya Jaya Shankara

Kamala Nayana Ram Shivaaya

Parameshwaraaya

Shambho Shankara

Saamba Sadashiva

Ramachandraprabhu

Raghuvamsa Rama

Gowri Nandana

Gajaanana Manasa Bhajar Ramachandra Prabhu

Raghuvamsa Rama

Bhaj Man Raam

Panduranga

Jaya Ganesha Rama Nama Taraka Rama namo Anantha Kalyana

Gunabhi Rama

Durga Bhavani Ma Rama namo Raghavam

Karunakaram

Bhajo Madhura

Harinaam

Sharadhe Sharadhe Govinda Madhava Jaya Nandalala Prabho Ganapathe

Devi Lakshmi Mam

Pahi

Jaya Nandalala Govinda Madhava Girija Nandana

Radhika Manohara

Madanagopala

Madhusudhana

Harey Madhava

Gajanana hey

shubhanana

Var de Veena

Govinda Hare Gopala

Hare

Prathama Ganapathi Prabho Ganapathe Madhurapuri Nilaye

Meenakshi

Gajanana Hey

Shubhananaa

Var de Veena Sharanam Siddhi

Vinayaka

Madhurapuri Nilaye Kasturi Tilakam

Lalaata Phalake

Amba Sharadha Devi

Saraswathy Jago jago Ma Bhajo Madhura

Harinam

Jaya Saraswathy

Maha Lakshmi

Bhavani Mahalakshmi Jagan

Matha

He Govinda He

Gopala

Navaneetha dadhi

chora

nandasunandadi

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Hum Ko Man Ki Radha Ramana

Mukhanda Madhava

Deva Deva Deva

Krishna

Dinabandupahi Radhe Govinda Bhajo

Shlokas


Gajananam Shiva Maanasa Pooja Shiva Maanasa Pooja Vishnu

sahasaranama Sahana Vavathu NamaRamayanam-

BalaKandam

Shiva Panchaksharam

Asathoma

Sadgamaya

Ganesha Stava

Stotram

Lakshmi Narasimha

Pancharatna

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Shuddha Spatika Sharadha Bhujagam

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Ganesha Stava

Stotram

Ramaya

RamaBhadraya

Nama Ramayana -

BalaKandam

Annapoornashtakam1-

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Sri Rama Rameti

Lakshmi Narasimha

Pancharatna stotram

Anjaneyam Madhi

patalanam

Vakratunda

Yaa Kundhendhu

Moonshika Vaahan

Karagare Vasathe

Lakshmi

Agajaanana

Padmaarkam

Saraswathi

Namstubhyam

Kaayenavaacha

Manasendriyerva

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Nyana Nandha

Mayam

Tvameva Matha

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the FAQs asked by many parents: Please bookmark the link(s) and

refer to them frequently.

Q. What is Bala Bhavan’s URL?

A: http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html

Q. Does Bala Bhavan follow any Guidelines?

A: http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html?section=guidelines For Guidelines pertinent to

the Bala Bhavan students, please read the document in its entirety!

For Guidelines, Recommendations, and Helpful Hints for Bala Bhavan Volunteers,

please contact the Bala Bhavan Program Coordinators, and the individual Mentoring

Teams for Story Telling, Bhajans, or Shlokas.

Q. Where do I find the Calendar document?

SDBalabhavanCalendar

Q. Where do I find the Bhajan document & bhajans audio?

A: http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html?section=bhajans Click on “Bhajan document”

above Shiva Bhajans. Click on individual bhajans for audio recording. Additional

bhajans are currently being added to the website, hence in the interim, audio CDs of

some of these bhajans will be made available through the Program Coordinators.

Q. Where do I find the Shlokas document and shlokas audio?

A: http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html?section=slokas A large number of shlokas are

compiled into a s single document; to access this document, click on the Shloka PDF

format or Word document format to download all these Shlokas. For audio recordings,

click on the individual shlokas (below Shiva shlokas PDF and Vishnu Shlokas PDF).

Q: What books do I need?

The following set is recommended for interested parents:

Vedic Heritage Teaching Programme (Complete Set); Ramaswamy, Sunita & Sundar

Set Includes Vol. 1 thru 3 (Teacher's Manuals) + 7 Workbooks + Puja & Prayers book w/ 3

cassettes covering all 36 prayers.

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Available at http://books.arshavidya.org/ under the category: Arsha Vidya Books,

Audio & Video.

Format: PB 1637 Pages + 3 Tapes Publication Date: 2/1/2000

If you are ordering for yourself please check if anyone is interested and share the

shipping costs.

Q: What books are available in the Bala Bhavan library?

The following link has the list of library books. http://vcscsd.com/balabhavan.html?section=library

The link also enables you to see a digital image of the book cover. Each child is allowed

to borrow 2 books at a time and please browse through the list of available library

books and bring in the numbers of the required books. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Frequently Asked Questions for Volunteers:

Q: Whom do I contact if I wish to volunteer in Bala Bhavan?

Thank you for your interest! Please enquire with the Program Coordinators.

Q: What kinds of volunteering opportunities are available in Bala Bhavan?

We are always looking for more dedicated and motivated volunteers for the following:

Bhajans (teaching Toddler/Junior/Senior/ Super Senior classes), updating and editing of

Bhajan Document, updating website with newer bhajans

Shlokas (teaching Toddler/Junior/Senior/ Super Senior classes)

Story Telling (for the Toddler/Junior/Senior/ Super Senior classes)

Coordination of Summer activities such as Summer Camps, Picnic, Field Trips, for

coordination of Pujas, Registration of new and existing students, Photography,

Videography (for Annual Talent Day), to name just a few.

Q: Is there a Calendar that gives me information on Dates and types of volunteering I

have been assigned for?

Yes, please comprehensively review the Bala Bhavan Calendar.

Q: How can I access help or training material for my volunteering duties at Bala

Bhavan?

For each area regularly covered in Bala Bhavan classes (Story, Shloka, Bhajan), individual

Mentoring Teams are available to help and guide newer volunteers as needed. Please feel

free to contact your Bala Bhavan Program Coordinators

([email protected]) or your appropriate Mentoring team as necessary. It

is the responsibility of the volunteers to schedule time with the mentors and get trained

and be prepared for the class.

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Story Mentoring Team: [email protected]

Bhajan Mentoring Team: [email protected]

Shloka Mentoring Team: [email protected]

Training material (recommendations, helpful hints, etc.) Will be uploaded onto the

“resources” section of the Bala Bhavan website shortly.

Additionally, the Mentoring Team is available on site to help volunteers:

Training Sessions for Bhajan Volunteers: Please contact the mentors

Training Sessions for Shloka Volunteers: Please contact the mentors

Volunteers are requested to be prepared for their assignment well ahead of time – it is

recommended that shloka and bhajan volunteers start training with the Mentoring

Team at least three weeks ahead of their assigned date/s of volunteering




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