Teaching Geography

"The Supreme King of all kings has created different planets and places of habitation where living entities are situated in terms of the modes of nature and work, and He has created their different kings and rulers." -SB 3.5.8

"Lord Krishna is the chief King of all kings, and He has created different planets for all kinds of living entities. Even on this planet there are different places for

The Elements of Writing

The following is taught in "Understanding Writing", a one volume writing course by Susan Bradrick. This list can be useful as is for the basics to teach about writing or for planning or editing a piece of writing:

I. CONTENT
A. General topic - This means choosing a topic in general. What you want to write about.
1. Limited topic - This means narrowing the topic down to something manageable. It

Childhood Lore

Stuff every child should know.

OUTDOORS
SWIMMING
Early on, pour water on child's face during baths.
Get out swimming as often as possible.
Let them play most of the time. "Helping a child relax and have fun in the water is more important than teaching strokes."
Underwater masks or goggles encourage swimming and sticking the face underwater, learning to float, and so on.
If a child takes an

Math Memory

MATH FACTS
There are a variety of ways to memorize math facts and other math skills- computation races, holey card drills, math fact song tapes, fact families...

SAXON’S DIVISION OF MATH FACTS
The Saxon Math course divides fact cards into manageable groups:
adding 0 to a number; subtracting 0 from a number; subtracting a number from itself
adding 1 to a number; subtracting 1 from a number

Teaching Math

ATTITUDE
I used to think math was my worst subject, but when you become a devotee, so many zeros suddenly have a one in front of them by adding Krishna. They become worth something. I started to see things I didn't see before. For example, the orderliness of numbers and how they can go on for infinity. In that sense they are eternal and therefore spiritual.

Our own attitude is so important when

Useful Math Tools

Whether homemade, found online, or store bought, the following are some helpful math aids and manipulatives:

A HUNDRED NUMBER CHART
is a useful tool for counting forward and backwards, skip counting, adding one to a number, subtracting one from a number, adding ten to a number, subtracting ten from a number, and so on.

MULTIPLICATION TABLE a little different than the above but just as useful.

Prabhupada's Bhaktisastri Exam

Taken from a letter in Srila Prabhupada's folio CD. Note how merciful Prabhupada is in the grading scheme below:FIRST YEAR BHAKTISASTRI EXAMINATION September 4th, 1969time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 NoonJanmastami CeremonyAnswer any ten of the following questions with reference to the context of scriptures like Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Brahma Samhita and Isopanisad. The full mark for each question is 100.1