quote of the day

"The child is curious. He wants to make sense out of things, find out how things work, gain competence and control over himself and his environment, and do what he can see other people doing. He is open, perceptive, and experimental. He does not merely observe the world around him, He does not shut himself off from the strange, complicated world around him, but tastes it, touches it, hefts it, bends it, breaks it. To find out how reality works, he works on it. He is bold. He is not afraid of making mistakes. And he is patient. He can tolerate an extraordinary amount of uncertainty, confusion, ignorance, and suspense ... School is not a place that gives much time, or opportunity, or reward, for this kind of thinking and learning."  -John Holt

Lennon was trying to take his pants off today and he couldn't seem to get them off his left foot. He walked around like this for a while until I found him sitting on the kitchen floor with the grill tongs. He had gotten them out of the kitchen drawer to aid in his attempt to get his pants all the way off. It's so funny how their little brains work and the solutions they can come up with when you let them :)