"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

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

4th of July

Happy Fourth of July!!
Our town was supposed to have their fire works on the 3rd of July, Ben's birthday, but it was (pathetically) "rained out". ( It wasn't even raining)
Anyways, that night we had some fireworks, a fire and sparklers in our back yard.
The next day was the 4th. We enjoyed a nice chill day at home, had a bbq
and lit off fireworks with our neighbors into the night.
"Child friendly" fireworks, (wink..)
Gotta love living in NH :~)






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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