My daughter Prima is the artist of the family. She’s always sketching, painting, and even constructing 3D projects, like the time she crafted this 3-D elephant out of twist ties and painter’s tape: I used to bemoan the fact that we couldn’t find an art teacher to help guide Prima’s talents, but now she’s learning [...]
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20 Dec
Children Need Time to Create
Charlotte Mason (the renowned educator/founder of Ambleside teacher’s college in England) taught parents and educators that, “The morning . . . is much the best time for lessons and every sort of mental work; if the whole afternoon cannot be spared for out-of-door recreation, that is the time for mechanical tasks such as [crafts], drawing, [...]
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