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Many devotee parents are finding that traditional schools do not offer a spiritually nourishing environment for their children, and an increasing number are choosing to homeschool. This guide will help you instill in your children strong Krishna conscious values while giving them a solid academic education.
Learn how to:
Help your children develop character and devotion
Create a curriculum based on Srimad-Bhagavatam
Make life your children’s classroom
Start a homeschooling co-op in your community
Navigate the college admissions process
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Aruddha Devī Dāsī
Aruddha Devī Dāsī began practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Chicago in the early 1980s, and along with her husband, Anantarūpa Dāsa, started the ISKCON temple in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1986 as a small weekly program in their home. Now thirty years later, there is a beautiful Vedic temple for Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Bankebihārī. Aruddha and Anantarūpa homeschooled their two sons using a curriculum based on Śrīla Prabhupāda's books and ran a Govinda's restaurant in Boise for six years. Aruddha has been traveling the world presenting seminars on Kṛṣṇa conscious parenting as well as workshops on how to teach /"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"/ to children. She is the author of /"Homeschooling Krishna's Children"/ and compiler of children's study guides for /"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"/.
Contents57 listed sections+
Cover
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Background
How This Book Came To Be
Basic Principles of Kṛṣṇa Conscious Homeschooling
Why We Homeschooled Our Children
The Benefits of Homeschooling
The Home Environment
Character Training
Morning Program
Children and the Holy Name
Teaching Our Children to Eat Only Prasāda
Good Association
Purity is the Force
Respect for Elders
Homeschooling During the Early Years
Should We Send Our Children to Preschool?
Deity Worship for Children
The Father’s Role in Homeschooling
Love in Homeschooling
Academic Curriculum
The Scriptures as the Basis for Homeschooling
Teaching Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to Children
Learning English through Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Studying History through Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Teaching Children Philosophy
Teaching Science from the Vedic Perspective
How to Deal with Adult Topics in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
The Five Rs: Reading
The Five Rs: wRiting
The Five Rs: aRithmetic
The Five Rs: Rāga (Music)
The Five Rs: Rote Memorization
Sanskrit
Books for Primary and Older Children
High School and College for Homeschooled Children
Starting a Homeschooling Co-op
Homeschooling in India
Extracurricular Activities
Preaching Is the Essence
Social Life for Homeschooled Children
Playing for Kṛṣṇa
Festivals
Vacations and Holidays
Book Distribution for Homeschooled Children
Initiation
Handling Challenges
Flexibility vs. Structure in Homeschooling
Discipline in Homeschooling
Restrictions
Qualifications of Parents
Possible Pitfalls of Homeschooling
Don’t Be Too Ambitious to Make Your Children Succeed
Appendices
Frequently Asked Questions
Reviews of the Methods in Homeschooling Kṛṣṇa’s Children
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