"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

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Christmas

Merry Christmas!
Our family joined us for Christmas eve.
We ate delectible food and desserts.
The presents were thoughtful and plentiful.
We played guitar, sang, talked and laughed.
Ed and I hung out with Jay and Lori, then went to bed.
Santa came:~)
Ed, Hannah and I were up early.
We had to wake Ben up :~)
(ya,we threw things at his door till he woke up! It was way after 7:30am)
Hope he didn't mind .
Merry Christmas!!











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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