Our Bala Vihar Teachers
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Chinmaya Mission Houston Bala Vihar provides a structured and consistent Sunday activity that binds a family towards a common cause of all round spiritual growth for the entire family. It provides families a common frame of reference founded on the Vedanta’s millennia tested principles, to discuss and navigate the world that children face every day. It allows parents to convey to their children their respect and love for the culture of India and strengthen their children’s spiritual foundation. In a true tradition of Guru-Shishya Parampara – children get to observe the results of hundreds of volunteers at Mission working in a Karmayoga spirit of dedication to Gurudeva Swami Chinmayananda.
A team of specially trained, experienced, and dedicated teachers conduct the Bala Vihar program. Through games, arts, crafts, stories, and other unique techniques, the Bala Vihar program teaches and reinforces spiritual and cultural values. The curriculum designed for all grade levels (Pre-KG through Grade 12) is creative and dynamic and covers a wide range of topics.
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| Grade/ Subject |
Room No. | Topic | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| Pre-KG | S 117 | Miscellaneous | Suparna Kulkarni, Datta Mehta, Surya Kantipudi, Forum Joshi | Latha Raman, Rita Mistry, Deepti Addepalli |
| KG | N 105 | The Alphabet Safari | Priya Mohan, Rekha Trivedi, Prathyusha Veruva | Parvathi Sriram, Shilpa Byrichetty |
| Grade 1 | S 110 | Bala Ramayana | Dhara Surati, Veena Nayak, Sandhya Harpavat | Rupali Tandon, Megha Rao |
| Grade 2 | N 103 | Sri Hanuman The Super Superman | Sushila Patel, Purvi Dhutia, Mamta Kamnani | Kanan Mehta, Ruchira Shah |
| Grade 3 | S 107 | Bala Bhagavatam | Alpa Kabnur, Sunitha Mulayath, Namrata Kamalapuri, Shreya Sheth | Harsha Odhav, Deepa Suresh |
| Grade 4 | S 112 | Krsna Krsna Everywhere, My Twenty-Four Teachers | Kalpana Lalloo, Nisha Mehta, Mrudula Madireddy | Karuna Tailor, Shetal Upadhyay, Padmaja Reddy |
| Grade 5 | N 204 | Symbolism In Hinduism | Sarita Sheth, Param Moothath | Rekha Dixit, Vivek Chitale, Smita Agrawal |
| Grade 6 | S 202 | India, The Sacred Land | Shalini Somaraj, Shivanee Sheth | Mamatha Narra, Ravi Chawla |
| Grade 7 | N 202 | P.O. Box Mr. God, Key To Success | Manasa Kethireddipalli, Shreevani Rao, Shonali Agrawal | Priya Jayashankar, Viji Chakravarthy |
| Grade 8 | N 104 | Yato Dharmah Tato Jayah | Shobha Ravishankar, Jasmin Patel | Radhika Koppanur, Shobha Shekhar |
| Grade 9 | S 109 | Hindu Culture | Padmashree Rao, Sreedevi Gundamaraju | Deepthi Raju |
| Grade 10 | S 203 | Gita For Me | Priti Parikh, Madhu Mittal | Asha Kohli, Atul Kulkarni |
| Grade 11 | N 203 | Gita For Me | Jayshri Naik, Mamatha Narra | |
| Grade 12/CHYK | S 108 | Self Unfoldment | Sneha Sandhane, Anil Sheth, Sameer Murali |
Language, Bhajana, Orchestra, Slokathon Teachers
| Grade | Room No | Session 1 Teachers | ||||
| Hindi 1A | N 202 | Hema Pandya, Mahima Shukla | ||||
| Hindi 1B | N 203 | Usha Vasu, Alka Veerissetty | ||||
| Hindi 2 | N 204 | Lalita Khemka, Shweta Saxena | ||||
| Hindi 3 | N 105 | Sunita Dawar | ||||
| Hindi 4 | S 117 | Malini Udtha | ||||
| Hindi 5 | S 117 | Poonam Bhateja | ||||
| Telugu 1 | S 203 | Nagasirisha Uppalapati | ||||
| Telugu 2 | S 203 | Saritha Gutha | ||||
| Telugu 3 | S 204 | Anitha Devireddy | ||||
| Telugu 4 | S 204 | Veera Kambala | ||||
| Gujarati 1 | S 110 | Sneha Thakar | ||||
| Gujarati 2 | S 110 | Smita Pandya | ||||
| Marathi 1 | S 108 | Gauri Nadkarni | ||||
| Marathi 2 | S 108 | Sangita Mankar | ||||
| Bhajan 1 & Orchestra 1 |
N 103 | Nalini Modi, Brindha Ganesh, Nithya Giridhar | ||||
| Bhajan 2A & Orchestra 2A |
N 104 | Anjali Pandit | ||||
| Bhajan 2B & Orchestra 2B |
S 109 | Jamuna Murali, Sucheta Karandikar | ||||
| Slokathon-1A | N 205A | Rucha Sheth | ||||
| Slokathon-1B | S 202 | Suchitra Ramachandran | ||||
| Adult Chanting | S 107 | Shravan Arra | ||||
| GCC |
Shravan Arra, Sreedevi Gundamaraju |
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