Curriculum Map

Nine stages of devotional
education – mapped

Explore what your child will learn: weekly themes, the central enquiry question, the verse of the week, lesson learning objectives, and Sanskrit vocabulary – across all nine stages of the Goloka School journey.

9
Stages
36
Weeks per stage
3 lessons each
5
Spiral threads
Returning each year
150+
Sanskrit ślokas
Across the full journey

What each week card shows

Enquiry question

The central question driving the week's three lessons. Families return to this question throughout the week until the child can answer it confidently.

Verse of the week

The śloka the child memorises that week, with its English translation. Each verse is studied word by word over five days.

Lesson learning objectives

The key concepts each lesson is designed to land. Three lessons per week; each has its own set of objectives.

Sanskrit vocabulary

The Sanskrit terms introduced that week – the 'code' and its English meaning. Vocabulary accumulates across the year.

Browse by stage

Select a stage below. Stages with data show expandable week cards; stages in production show placeholders for the full 36-week scope.

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You don't need to know your child's stage. When you join, a short placement quiz – the Learner Ladder – finds it for you. For now, browse any stage to see what a week is like.

Five spiral threads

Five themes run through every stage, each returning at greater depth as your child grows – so nothing is a one-off lesson, and everything builds on what came before.

Krishna's IdentityBhaktiThe Soul and KarmaVaishnava Culture and SādhanaPersonalities and Paramparā

Stage 1

36 of 36 weeks available

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Click a week to reveal what your child will learn · swipe or scroll to see all 12 weeks of Term 1

Week 1

Welcome to Krishna

Krishna's IdentityThe Soul and KarmaVaishnava Culture and Sādhana

Enquiry question

Who is Krishna, and why does He come to us?

Verse of the week

BG 4.7

yadā yadā hi dharmasya

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself.

Lesson learning objectives

Lesson 1 – Meet Krishna

I can recognise Krishna in pictures and Deities, and say His name.

Lesson 2 – Krishna comes to us

I can chant the verse about Krishna and tell why He came to live with Yashoda and Nanda.

Lesson 3 – Why does Krishna come?

I can tell why baby Krishna had to leave Mathura and come to Vrindavan.

Lesson 4 – We chant Krishna's names

I can chant the Pañca-tattva mantra and the mahā-mantra together with my family as one unit, and say the daily japa target I have set with my parent.

The map currently shows Term 1 of this stage. The full 36 weeks are already complete – see a real week on the Try a week page.

See where the journey takes your child

Pick any stage to see how a week looks. Tap a petal to explore one of the five threads that run through every stage of Goloka School.

Browse stages

You don't need to know your child's stage. When you join, a short placement quiz – the Learner Ladder – finds it for you. For now, browse any stage to see what a week is like.

Starting in Stage 1

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Stage 1

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