"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself, instead of sitting indoors at a little round table, while a sweet-voiced teacher suggests that he build a stone wall with his wooden blocks, or make a rainbow out of strips of coloured paper, or plant straw trees in bead flower-pots. Such teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of, before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experience." -- Anne Sullivan
Salt Clay Ornaments
Monday was a beautiful snowy day. We were supposed to go out to meet up with some of the
L-E-A-P folks, but we opted for a snowy home day.
We decided to make salt clay ornaments. Hannah always love "cooking" and they both had a blast cutting out the shapes:~)
I haven't made salt clay ornaments since I was little, and the smell of the clay brought me back years.
I love Christmas:~)
Reading Material
- Parenting A Free Child: An Unschooled Life by Rue Kream
- The Tao of Pooh
- Herbal Remedies for Children's Health by Rosemary Gladstar
- The Well Adjusted Child by Rachel Gathercole
- Living Simply With Children by Marie Sherlock
