leaf art

I meant to post this earlier- a project done with the grandchildren. For a complete tutorial click here. These look nice hanging outside the house, too, or around a door, a picture frame, a wreathe, hanging from a light... And remember- as the leaves may fall from the tree, fallen souls may forget God, but Krishna never leaves us. He is ever present as the Supersoul dwelling within every heart.

Kartik Crafts

With the closing of Kartik, here's a pic of the homemade lanterns we made this year. Good for outdoor decoration, especially during Diwali, or as additonal lighting on the altar.




A tutorial for making tin can lanterns may be found by clicking this link.

UPDATE: More kartik crafts:

PAPIER MACHE BUTTER POT
Good for dress up as gopas or gopis or even monkeys in plays or when

snow flake art

This is a good seasonal craft for ages 7 and up. For an extra shiny surface, these were made from the seals inside a large tub of (Daisy brand) sour cream. Fold each round in half thrice.  Pattern ideas are available by doing a Google image search. Appreciation for Krishna's snowflake artistry can also be found online.



Debunking the Evolution Myth

What I dislike so far with K12 program is our mandatory chapter about Evolution in the Life Science class. On the one hand its nice to be able to read about what evolutionists believe and spot their errors up front, but all the speculation gets tedious and rather insulting to Krishna, so to take a nice break we head for the Forbidden Archeology Museum  (click on the right where it says "Forbidden

What's New

Update

Wow!

Working with the K12 program

Stuff That's Working

Debunking the Evolution Myth 

What We're Doing This Year-2011-2012

Stuff That's Working

This is an ongoing post of ideas worth sharing:

STUDENT BLOG
Don't have an audience of friends or family when its time for him to give a speech in English class? Make a video recording. The fact that someone may watch it later on, especially if you set up a blog for family members and friends to view, causes him to take care in his presentation. It also gives the student a chance to view himself

Working With the K12 Program

Whenever I get some spare time I'll post here how working with the K12 program is going for us. Our temple GBC has also been asking me about it, so I want to write down stuff that I may forget over time.

First off, the best thing is the PRESSURE to get stuff done. During all my other years of homeschooling, we didn't have that, and so other things always seemed to take precedence over our