Krish Begins Balvihar at Chinmaya Mission!

This past year was a big year as we began many new chapters in Krish's life.  In addition to his Kindergarten, secular education, we were very excited to have Krish begin his spiritual education as a Balvihar Kindergartener at Chinmaya Mission DFW.  You can only start at KG, so unfortunately Arjun isn't able to attend classes till then. We are, however, looking to start a toddler class with story time introducing Hindu folklore to children between ages 2-4.  Since Arjun still has 2 years till he will begin Kinder, we hope he can benefit from this class!

Since I attended CMH Balvihar growing up and later became a student teacher, I couldn't wait for our children to join CM Balvihar too!  We had so many wonderful experiences with Chinmaya Mission this year and in Krish's Kindergarten class.  In addition to learning prayers, and the Balvihar Alphabet ("A is for Ambition, B is for Brotherhood", etc.) as part of the KG curriculum, Krish participated in many performances with his classmates ranging from plays about Swami Chinmayananda's life to presentations and bhajans performed by his entire class.

Krish doing closing prayers along with his class and teachers
on his first day in Chinmaya Mission Balvihar.

Here is a presentation given by Kindergarten about what they learn in class in addition to a beautiful bhajan sang by the children entitled "Vandana Srideva".  Krish practiced really hard for this performance!

In May, the kindergarteners took part in a play about Swami Chinmayananda's life to celebrate our Pujya Gurudev's birth centenary year!  The kindergarteners performance was based on the early years of his life.  In addition to playing the role of Ranga Swami Iyer, Krish also had many narrative parts in the play.

Krish with his proud teachers - Maduri Auntie, Sridevi Auntie, and Lata Auntie
Krish and the Kindergarten class Play