Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrea Suarez has been offering a much-needed service for devotee families – her Krishna Kids Youtube videos and Instagram page provide Krishna conscious stories, songs, and arts and crafts lessons that will keep young children entertained and learning.
Andrea, herself is an animated and extremely likable guide who is an expert at presenting Krishna consciousness in a way that is fun and easy to understand for 0 – 5-year-olds.
As a child, Andrea and her sister would make up songs and stories, and put on puppet shows for themselves. Years later, Andrea got her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and initially hoped to be an elementary school teacher. Working at an early childhood center while she got her Master’s degree in literacy, however, she fell in love with early childhood education and teaching preschool-age children.
Raised in New York City, Andrea met Krishna devotees on the subway there in 2015 and began attending the ISKCON temple at 26 2nd Avenue. After bringing her niece to the Sunday School at the Bhakti Center in Manhattan in 2017, she was put in charge of the early childhood program for two years, modifying existing ISKCON Sunday School material for babies and preschool kids.
“My idea was to make it super simple,” she says. “Kids love songs, they love stories, and they love crafts.”
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