Rub Art

Older children may find crayon rubbings a worthwhile activity.First a little exploration is required to find objects that will make interesting rubbings.Take, for example, the center of this chair:A crayon rubbing from this source may be used to create the following:Younger children may be better off with an actual kit that contains ready made texture tiles for rubbing crayon colors onto a page.

Krishna Conscious Lyrics

Here are collected lyrics for songs by Yamini,  Mrgaksi, Bhavatarini and others. Click on the links for melodies. Recently someone emailed me Yamini's re-recordings now online along with many new songs.  Highly recommended for all ages. These are especially wonderful to sing to your children or grandchildren before they go to sleep. I personally memorized them all, along with the children, just

Kindergarten

For materials to use for the kindergarten level, I really like the Mennonite "ABC Preschool Series" published by Rod and Staff Publishers. Their workbooks include mode of goodness illustrations depicting farm life, happy home life with mother at home, worship of God, a service attitude, as well as showing little girls in dresses and pig tails.

And to avoid confusion, please note that the Amish

What's a Child to Read?

Reading shapes our consciousness, so naturally we want to choose good books. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta judged a piece by how many times the Lord’s name is mentioned on a page and Prabhupada's books are a very good example of being first class according to that standard. Anyone who reads is constantly chanting, thus losing their taste for anything else. Until our children's reading ability is

Why We're Vegetarian

Some (hopefully readable) notes on what may be included in health class regarding vegetarian diet:

A VEGETARIAN DIET:
PROTECTS ANIMALS
1. A vegetarian diet is kind and compassionate.
a. animals have souls
"If we find a difference in characteristics, then we can say that in the animal there is no soul. But if we see that the animal and the human being have the same characteristics, then how can

A Matter of Perspective

While teaching children the Vedic view of the universe, I found this video helpful and fun. It shows how reality can be a lot different from what our imperfect senses directly perceive.


Also checkout: "How Big?"

Another example is that the fabric on one's couch may appear smooth and flat, but when viewed from a super powered microscope one realizes how it may appear like a hilly terrain to a

The Most Important Lesson

(author unknown)
Lord, who am I to teach the way
To little children day by day,
So prone myself to go astray?

I teach them knowledge, but I know
How faintly flickering and low
The candles of my knowledge glow.

I teach them to will and to do
But only now to learn anew,
My own great weakness through and through.

I teach compassion for mankind
And all creatures of Your design,
But my own love