Introductory Balavihar: In class we continued with J that stands for Japa which needs concentration. We did an activity to see what our concentration power was like. We had 30 seconds to look at 18 little objects and then we had to say the things...
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Introductory Balavihar: This week we continued with the alphabet safari and learnt that J is for Japa. Japa is repeating God’s name with devotion. This increases our ability to concentrate and focus on things. Children practised this in class by...
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Introductory Balavihar: I is for Intelligence (intelligence is the mental ability of understanding and learning new facts). In class we discussed how people are different from animals. The main differences we found were that humans have well...
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Introductory Balavihar: This week we continued with the letter H that stands for Happiness. We went on a ride in our Chinmaya train happily singing, ‘We are a Chinmaya Happy Train, Happy Train, Happy Train We are a Chinmaya Happy Train, Hari Om...
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Introductory Balavihar: This week we continued with the letter G and learnt that it also stands for ‘ not be Greedy’. We listened to the story of King Midas from the Greek mythology. King Midas was a rich king but always wished for...
Read moreWeekly Class Summary 21st July
Introductory Balavihar: We continued with letter G which stands for God. Children revised the bhajan that they learnt last week and learnt how to perform a puja. They perfotmed puja to Lord Ganesha using the following materials: milk, yoghurt...
Read moreWeekly Summary 23rd June 2019
Introductory Balavihar: In class we discussed the next alphabet G which stands for God. We talked about where God is and what God does for us. Children realised how God gives us so many gifts all the time and that we must be ever grateful to Him...
Read moreWeekly Class Summary 16th June 2019
Introductory/ Junior Balavihar: In class we continued with F for Friendship and learnt five ways of starting a friendship and being a good friend. We learnt these by enacting examples from day-to-day experiences. Smile at others. Be nice and give...
Read moreWeekly Class Summary 9th June 2019
Introductory Balavihar: In class we learnt about the alphabet F which stands for Friendship. We discussed how friendship is about having a feeling of mutual love and respect. Children were excited to share names of their friends at school. We...
Read moreWeekly Class Summary 2nd June 2019
Introductory Balavihar: We continued with Alphabet Safari (letter E) and learnt that E stands for Enthusiasm. We did two activities to show how being enthusiastic helps us to achieve our goal. In the first one, children had to separate different...
Read moreWeekly Summary 26th May 2019
Introductory Balavihar: We continued with Alphabet Safari and learnt that E stands for Enthusiasm. The children were excited to learn this new word. We learnt that enthusiasm means working hard with a smile on our face to achieve our goal. This...
Read moreGurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s 103rd Jayanthi (Birthday) celebrations
Chinmaya Mission Brisbane celebrated Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s 103rd Jayanthi (Birthday), the devotees gathered on the actual day of 8th May at the home of the Ahujas and also on 12th May at the family programs at various locations. Devotees...
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