"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

Sledding with our Friends Macs..

Sledding at Mac's Apples in December.
We love Mac's. We are still buying our produce from them.
We are there every week. It is so nice.
Mac's always has a crock of warm apple cider brewing.
This week they had a butternut soup to sample. It was sooo good!
We walked around and chatted with the folks who work there.
Squashes, apples and pears.
Living it local is the way to go.
Those tree's provide us with our peaches in the fall.
Can you believe it?
The kids sledding..




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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