Many times we are lost in routine, structure, rules, time lines. We don't stop to answer the curious questions our children ask or even stop to literally smell the roses. Children need routine and stucture, but more importantly they need access to material and different environments that helps them learn math, science, language arts, history, art, physical movements, sports for them to aquire knowlegde that is meaningful and appropreate for their individual learning style.
"What children need is not new and better curricula but access to more and more of the real world; plenty of time and space to think over their experiences, and to use fantasy and play to make meaning out of them; and advice, road maps, guidebooks, to make it easier for them to get where they want to go (not where we think they ought to go), and to find out what they want to find out. "
-John Holt
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