In June this year, we have finished the sixth homeschooling year. A significant part of our learning was centered around a story from Srimad Bhagavatam about creating the material universe. I used this subject as the starting point to teach my kids about geography, cosmology,...
This June, we completed the 5th year of our homeschooling. It's the year the children got the capacity to do more academic learning, and we did less playing with puppets and the whole-body movement games. It's a transition year from early to middle childhood, and...
When children are young, I do not prefer to analyze spiritual stories and philosophy with them. Young children learn the best through hands-on activities, storytelling, and play. Their intellect is not yet developed to analyze complex subjects. As my children transition from lower grades to...
For the auspicious day of the appearance of Lord Nrisimhadeva, I want to share with you a simplified version of Prahlad - Nrisimhadev story, suitable for tiny children. There are no details about killing Hiranyakashipu and attempts to kill Prahlada mentioned. It focuses on Prahlada's...
Every January, we celebrate the feast of Ganga-Sagar Mela, the meeting of the Ganges and the ocean, by telling stories about the Ganga Devi. We include activities such as painting or drawing the river Ganga or making the map of her flow. As a part...
The story of Lord Nrisimhadeva has a special place in the hearts of Krishna's devotees. Although every incarnation of God comes to protect his devotees and religious principles, Lord Nrisimhadev is a form of God to whom we first turn for help when we are...
If someone would ask me to choose the one Vedic story that I like the most, I would say it is Ramayana. It has been my favorite story since I went to India as a teenage girl, not knowing anything about Vaishnava's philosophy yet. The...
If you have an active kshatriya type of boy, the story of a fight between Lord Varahadeva and demon Hiranyaksha is a perfect choice to occupy their imagination. I presented a paper puppet show of this story a few years ago to my kids, and...
This year the school starts just after Vamana Dvadashi, so I decided to open a school year with the story of Lord Vamanadeva. It is a story with so many lessons to learn and covers the whole range of themes, with detailed descriptions of heavenly...
This is a story about great sage Narada Muni from the first canto of the Bhagavata Purana. Narada Muni meets another great sage Vyasadeva and narrates the story of his previous life to highlight the importance of devotional service to the Lord. I recounted the...