Found these quotes
here -- tried to send a comment to the blogger, asking for permission to post them on my blog (and crediting them) but message never would go through...so I hope it's OK that they're here! She also has some great posts on
control, and
having an abundance of art supplies...they also have a vintage Airstream...we may jut be kindred spirits!
Unless warped by cruelty or neglect, children are by nature not only loving and kind but serious and purposeful. — John Holt
Just about everything [very little children] do, they do as well as they can. Except when tired or hungry, or in the grip of passion, pain, or fear, they are moved to act almost entirely by curiosity, desire for mastery and competence, and pride in work well done. But the schools, and many adults outside of school, hardly ever recognize or honor such motives, can hardly even imagine that they exist. — John Holt
Ask children. Hear them. Teach children to ask the questions they want answers to. Believe that what a seven-year-old has to say is important. Because it is. Just ask. — Ann Marie Corgill, Of Primary Importance: What’s Essential in Teaching Young Writers
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. — Garrison Keillor
9 comments:
yay, more awesome quotes! thanks for sharing ") wish i could come over for a beer and a chat!!!!!
Yeah, me too!
nice---i love the calm sure-ness of the truth.
thanks
Sure -- me too! Other people seem to say it so well...nice to read.
odd that you couldn't send me a message; did you try to e-mail me? leave a comment on the blog?
I tried to post a message on your blog...never got the "create post" button to allow me to send...but I love your blog! Maybe I should try again? :)
that’s weird .. yes, come back! ;^)
and thank you!
Will do, and thanks for all the thoughtful posts on your site!
Such wonderful quotes! Wonderful thoughts. I love that blog too.
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