"Children do not need to be made to learn about the world, or shown how. They want to, and they know how." -John Holt
Last friday night, the kids were treated to an evening out at the middle school to see The Wizard of Oz. Somehow we missed this classic and they had no idea what the story entailed so Grandma ran out and bought a beautiful Oz pop-up book and read it to the kids before going.
The musical was 2.5 hours long and didn't start until 7:00 but they had no problem making it through and really enjoyed the show.
We're currently collecting all the Wizard of Oz dolls that coincidentally are being offered as Happy Meal toys at McDonalds. Gabriel's favorite? The Wicked Witch of t
he West of course. Naturally, Simone's is Toto, ("He's so cute!!").
Picture taking was not allowed so after Grandma got chewed out for not getting even ONE shot of the kids, she photoshopped Gabriel in this one.
"By nature people are learning animals. Birds fly; fish swim; humans think and learn. 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 to 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
"In the end, the secret to learning is so simple: Think only about whatever you love. Follow it, do it, dream about it...and it will hit you: learning was there all the time, happening by itself." -Grace Llewellyn
"What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child."
George Bernard Shaw
Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the watching, the reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the loving, the JOY. It's in the joy. ~Anne Ohman
"How could youth better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?" -Henry D. Thoreau
Last friday night, the kids were treated to an evening out at the middle school to see The Wizard of Oz. Somehow we missed this classic and they had no idea what the story entailed so Grandma ran out and bought a beautiful Oz pop-up book and read it to the kids before going.
he West of course. Naturally, Simone's is Toto, ("He's so cute!!").
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