Sharing Time

June 11th, 2011
The biggest reason I don't blog much lately ;)

I would love to do a weekly or monthly post where I share some of my recent favourites, but I did it once way back in September and then got a bit sidetracked (moving tends to do that to a person I guess!). So I thought I’d share a few posts and blogs I’ve [...]

Category: Favourites | 3 comments

September Favourites

October 1st, 2010
Napping together after a long night

I used to read another blog that did something similar to this every month or so, though I don’t remember whose it was. Every month there are always posts someone else writes that are particularly funny or thoughtful or that just say something that I could say in better words than I ever would. [...]

Category: Favourites, Food for Thought, Learning Through Living, Natural Family Living | 4 comments

“Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to “motivate” children into learning, by wheedling, bribing, or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do is bring as much of the world as we can into [their lives]; give children as much help and guidance as they need and ask for; listen respectfully when they feel like talking; and then get out of the way. We can trust them to do the rest.”
~ John Holt

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