"'Education is the Science of Relations'; that is, that a child has natural relations with a vast number of things and thoughts: so we train him upon physical exercises, nature lore, handicrafts, science and art, and upon many living books, for we know that our business is not to teach him all about anything, but to help him to make valid as many as may be of––
'Those first-born affinities,
That fit our new existence to existing things.'"
Charlotte Mason, A Philosophy of Education
with a quote from The Prelude by William Wordsworth
'Those first-born affinities,
That fit our new existence to existing things.'"
Charlotte Mason, A Philosophy of Education
with a quote from The Prelude by William Wordsworth
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Building towers
What is it about kids and towers? Ds#3 entertained himself building a tower taller than himself--and his brothers, much to their excitement.
What do you do when the tower is complete?
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2 comments:
Oh yeah! That totally cracked me up! Does ds love watching it over and over?
You should use it when yo're doing physics. Did you see the way those blocks fell?
Oh yes, I get lots of requests to hit the replay, LOL.
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