Samskrita Bharati USA bālashikshanam (children’s education) uses an intentional, age-appropriate, child-friendly and fun-loving environment to immerse children in Samskritam. High quality 8-year curriculum is implemented in our children's classes to systematically build speaking, reading and writing skills in Samskritam from Kindergarten to Grade 7.  Grade 8 onwards they transition to our SAFL (Samskritam as a Foreign Language) program and Youth initiatives.  

Actively engaging and inspiring children in Samskritam, anchoring them to our rich ‘Samskritiḥ’ (cultural heritage) is at the heart of SB bḹashikshaṇam.  Experienced SB teachers motivate and engage children striving to build life-long love for learning Samskritam. 

Children participating in SB USA children’s classes are immersed in high quality spoken Samskritam. Proficiency in speaking Samskritam involves (1) Immersion in a high quality Samskritam environment and curriculum (2) Learning Samskritam needed for everyday interactions and building skills towards discussing any topic with fluency (3) Experienced SB teachers using age-appropriate activities within a positive and nurturing learning environment (4) Mostly importantly, parents also learning spoken Samskritam to support their children's learning. 

Samskritam taught in SB USA bālashikshanam (children’s education) integrates these important features to ensure children become fluent in spoken Samskritam through multidimensional classroom and community experiences. 

Children’s interests, needs, learning abilities and prior knowledge is taken into consideration when the teachers plan lessons meticulously and prepare materials. Teachers intentionally assess the success of their lessons to refine content to scaffold individual and collective goals of the classroom. Teacher-Child, Teacher-Family relationships are at the core of SB USA Blālashikshanam with teachers creating positive loving learning environments for the children. 

Open channels of communication between teachers and families are set up from the very beginning. Parents are encouraged to observe classes and be part of their children’s Samskritam learning. To support families learning Samskritam, across USA most SB Chapters, hold children and adult classes at the same time in the same location so families can learn Samsktiam creating a संस्कृत गृहम् (a Samskritam Home where the family speaks Samskritam at home). Such an initiative where parents and children study in parallel classes in one location is called a SBUSA Samskrita-kendram. More than 300 volunteers help run weekly classes with over 4000 children,  parents and other adults attending Samskrita-kendrams in most metropolitan Samskrita Bharati chapters across the USA.  

Events such as Samskrita-Melā, Gītā-Jayantī, Ślokaspardhā, Summer camp Panini and more are conducted through our Samskrita-kendrams providing an immersive Spoken Samskritam environ for our communities while anchoring our children in our rich Samskritiḥ. If you are interested to help start a Samskrita-kendram in your city, please send us an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at 408-752-2182.

‘Vadāmi Samskṛtam’ ‘Paṭhāmi Samskṛtam’ ‘Dhyāyami Samskṛtam’ are the basic tenets of SB USA Bālashikshanam

35 SB chapters in the USA hold classes for children!

Connect with our vibrant children's Samskritam learning community

(1) Youtube Channel - Subscribe and Like! 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4h9B_1ExOlsntBbPtcNTQ  

(2) Visit our Children's Website for information about children's classes near you

https://samskritamforchildren.samskritabharatiusa.org  

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