Stepping Out by Urmila Devi Dasi
STUDENTS LOOK forward to field trips! They're a chance to learn by direct experience, a chance to apply or expand what one has learned in the classroom or at home. Actually, whenever Krsna conscious adults take their children or students out, in effect we take... read more
The Return of the One-Room Schoolhouse by Urmila Devi Dasi
"SO MANY COMPUTERS!" That's usually the first comment from someone visiting my classroom for the first time. Then, "Do you teach all ages at the same time in this one room?" Like most children being educated in Krsna consciousness today, our... read more
The Playful Mood by Urmila Devi Dasi
FIFTEEN CHILDREN between two and five years old stood at one end of our living room. Some inched away from the wall. All waited. "Be cowherd boys!" I called, and the children pretended to blow flutes and horns or bring a cow by a rope. Pretending in this... read more
The Test of Education by Urmila Devi Dasi
IN THE LAST WEEK of the last year of school, students sweat at the thought of the final exam. When they've passed their exams and earned their degrees, they'll be entitled to call themselves educated. But the Vedic culture has a different standard. The sage... read more