It's hard to believe that between my last post and today, we had a snow fall in April. Today was the perfect spring day so we had a go at creating little sculptures out of the stones and rocks we picked up at the beach last week. I think children learn best when they can get their hands dirty and try things out. We've been letting Duncan use scissors for quite some time and today he began using wire cutters. When Duncan was a baby, we took a baby signing class and the instructor pointed out that we should never tell children that they are not playing "the right way." This was good advice: let children create their own understanding of how things work... and just let them play.
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