"What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children’s growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools but that it isn’t a school at all."
John Holt
"The child who is a skilled thinker and adept learner can adjust to whatever the future doles out. She can spackle in those holes in her knowledge, and she knows how to acquire skills she needs to do things she wants to do. On the other hand, the child sho shoveled down his prepared education, but lost his curiosity, whose interests withered away and were replaced by a general malaise and desire to be left alone-that child has a bag full of knowledge and skills with varying expiration dates and dubious ability or desire to acquire.” Lori McWilliam Pickert, The Joy of Learning
Oh yes, these walls have seen our bickering, our fighting for supplies,
or irritations...but we keep coming back. We will keep coming back to
create, be in relationship, and keep trying to grow in our skin by choosing
to love!
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