"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

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Owen Farm

L-E-A-P at Owen Farm.
A huge group of us got together at Owen Farm,
a certified organic farm in Hopkinton NH.
We had such a big group, that they had to split us into 2 groups.
We toured the farm with Betty. She was so patient and kind.
We got to visit sheep and lambs, chicks and cows.
We got the special opportunity to visit a mama cow with/calf.
She should be giving birth any day!!
We got to see a mama sow with her piglets!!
They were so cute!!
Hannah was BENT on bringing one home.
I'm sorry Hannah, no piglets today..(as much as I would LOVE one)
The farm was beautiful.
It was working, living and breathing.
We loved it!














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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