“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he’ll probably ask you for a straw. When he’s finished, he’ll ask you for a napkin.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff
“I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.” ― Agatha Christie
“I never went to school until I was fourteen years old. My mother taught me at home. She had been a school-teacher before she married my father, and she instilled in me her love of knowledge and of the finer things of life. She had books, including a set of encyclopedia. I read them all.” … More Snowflake Bentley And The Case For Self-Directed Learning
“Self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child’s nature.” ~Charlotte Mason
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Children cannot bounce of the walls if we take the walls away.” ~Erin K. Kenny
“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavor.” ~William Cowper
“Sometimes, you have to let one story end so the next one can begin. ~Lindsay Mattick
“Unschooling recognizes that what schools see as learning is really just a small fraction of what there is to discover in life. Learning takes a lifetime, and the order and manner of gaining knowledge is not as important as making and reaching goals.” ~Aadel Bussinger
“Cleaning your house while children are growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.” ~Phyllis Diller
