Srimad Bhagavatam is an incomparable treasure house of Krsna's pastimes, and by studying Srimad Bhagavatam our children can gain spiritual knowledge, language and reasoning skills, and most importantly, devotion for Lord Krsna. This illustrated guide provides children, parents, and teachers with a delightful way to study Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavatam, chapter by chapter.

After you have read and discussed the translations with your children, you can turn to this guide for a chapter summary, key themes, analogies, and higher-thinking questions. There are many fun and educational activities for each chapter, including creative writing exercises, art projects, and critical-thinking activities. The activities accommodate a range of different learning styles, with the aim of cultivating in our children a lifelong love for reading Srimad Bhagavatam.

While conducting seminars on homeschooling and Krsna conscious parenting throughout the world during the last seven years, I met many parents who wanted to teach their children Srimad Bhagavatam but who needed more guidance on how to do it. It was then that I started doing workshops, during which we would sit together with their children and I would demonstrate how to guide a discussion in a way that evoked the child's curiosity about the nature of the world, God, the self, and the purpose of life. Together, we would read the translations of a chapter of Śrimad Bhagavatam and discuss the stories, main themes, and great personalities. We would talk about the relevance of Srimad Bhagavatam in our own lives - how it provides spiritual solutions to material problems. Both the children and parents were thoroughly enlivened and absorbed in the discussions.

When I explained at seminars how I taught my boys Srimad Bhagavatam through interactive reading and discussion, hundreds of parents were inspired to follow. However, many parents who wanted to study the Bhagavatam with their children were uncertain about how to do it. They needed a formal curriculum, and I pondered how I could help. I decided to start a collaborative project, involving devotee parents from around the world. I formed an online group in which approximately 15 parents - from Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States - worked together to create study resources for each chapter of Canto 1. Every parent would send their creations to others in the group, who would use the material with their own children and offer feedback.

All the parents brought special skills - our team included English teachers, musicians, artists, and computer professionals. With children of their own, they were highly motivated to give them a Bhagavatam-centered education. The result? An innovative collection of material on every chapter of Canto 1. The creators used the curriculum with their own children as they designed it, seeing the results firsthand.

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