Gopi Gita – Planet ISKCON

40th Anniversary Festivities!
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What makes TKG Academy so successful is its proximity to Radha Kalachandji Dham, a thriving community of more than 500 families, serving Krishna together. The magic of the festivals, the love shared with the Deities and the devotees, the traditions set in a young child’s heart – these together determine…

Donor Spotlight: Sri Rupa & Radha Kunda Tansey
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We are honored to present this month’s Donor Spotlight to TKG Academy Alumni Students: Sri Rupa & Radha Kunda Tansey.

September Happenings
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Here are pictures from activities in the Preschool Kindergarten class in September.

Cracking Geodes
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Today, students in Mother Savitri’s Lower Elementary class explored the world of rocks. They read about ancient rocks and weapons in the Science Book they were studying. Students studied the different tools and weapons of the past, made fr…

Math Meeting and Multiplication
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Fourth Through Sixth Grades Saxon Math is an incremental subject where students learn a new concept daily that they practice, along with skills that have been learned earlier. This method of learning provides students with many problems that they are familiar with and includes at least three or four problems…

Stretches in PE
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Youtube. Iphones. Ipads. Angry Birds. Club Penguin. In an age of immediate entertainment, kids spend more and more time indoors, on their rear ends, and just sitting still.

Literature Circles
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I just walked into the Upper Elementary Classroom and saw Mother Mani Manjari’s Literature Circles in Action! Each student has a job with specific responsibilities in the Literature Circle as they are reading the chapter. One summarizes. One comes up with discussion questions. One is the Word Wizard and…

Srimati Radharani’s Agents
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“What is Srimati Radharani’s mother’s name?” More than half the students arms shot up, straining to be seen by the Maharajas and be called on. “What is her father’s name?” “Where was she born?” “How was she born?” The arrival of two of Srimati Radharani’s dearmost servants, His Holiness Rtadhvaja…

Hari Bhakti Dey Visits
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Hari Bhakti Dey was the latest Kirtaniya guest to the Dallas Hare Krishna community. He is a Gurukula student himself – now all grown up and world famous. For three weeks, the temple congregation and devotees were swept off their feet. Every night was booked with programs. Everyone wanted to…

Donor Spotlight: Subra & Githa Narayan
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We are honored to present this month’s Donor Spotlight to Subra & Githa Narayan. Subra Prabhu and Githa Mataji have been participating in temple events at Kalachandji Dham for over 20 years and have been more actively involved in the temple for the past 7 years. They have two…

Sneezy the Elephant
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Nrtya Kishori writes about the latest Field Trip with the Preschool-Kindergarten Class. “Do you love animals?” asked Masai Maggie. “Yes!” called out a big crowd of 2-5 year olds, among whom were our very own TKG Academy Pre-school and Kindergarten students. On August 29th, they had taken a field trip…

Exciting Beginnings
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The Preschool Kindergarten class is full of many wonders! Young children are busily and peacefully engaged in their work, while Mother Rasakeli acts as a facilitator, keeping the environment clean and attractive for little minds to develop. Class begins with Circle Time where they sing songs and listen to stories.…

Spiritual Friday
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Every Friday is a festival! As been a tradition for many years, students start the first hour of each Friday personally worshipping the Gurukula Deities, emulating the worship established by Srila Prabhupada in temples worldwide. Srila Prabhupada wanted the children to practice playing with and worshipping the Deity Form…

Time Lines
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Time Lines are an excellent tool to used increase comprehension in History and Social Studies. They help students order and remember chronological events and dates, incorporating math and language arts. The 3rd to 5th graders worked on a timeline group project about the key events in the life of…

Science Classifications
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In Science, students learned Classification. 3rd graders classifed animals by different characteristics and 4th-6th learned about the Biological Classification System. Students get to choose an animal or a fruit or vegetable and classify. They can draw it or print pictures of it to make their display. They research online…

August Adventures
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The Upper Elementary Class has had a busy start to their school year! In Science they’ve been learning about Observations, Inferences & Opinions and practicing them. They have been studying classification. 3rd graders have been classifying animals by different characteristics, and 4th through 6th graders have been learning the…

Group Maps
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In the afternoons, we’ve been working on Group Activities. Students pair together, communicate objectives and teacher’s standards with each other and identify who will be doing which part of the Activity. This is vital to student relationships; learning to work together in accomplishing a task. This week, one such…

A Successful Start!
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Wow! The first two weeks of school have been such a success! The 1st and 2nd graders are ready for a great year of learning. Here is a peek of some of the activities. 2nd graders jumped right into Math with a birthday chart. Current reading is from a book of…

First Week of School!
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School has started! Cars are pulling up to the freshly painted TKG Academy building. Bright and eager young faces are hopping out, excited to see their friends and tugging their lunches and backpacks filled with school supplies. Younger siblings, worried about the imminent separation chase after their older school-aged ones.…

Gauravani Visits!
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World Renowned kirtan leader, His Grace Gauravani Prabhu visited TKG Academy in the first week of school. He sat right on the floor with all 23 students, completely at home with the kids. He introduced himself as a former Gurukula student and a father. One by one, the children introduced…

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