Adults should realize that the most valuable thing children can learn is what they discover themselves about the world they live in. Once they experience first hand the wonder of nature, they will want to make nature observation a life-long habit. ~ Charlotte Mason, Volume 1, p. 61
Giving your children the opportunity to discover this for themselves fosters the habit of being outside and gives them a gift of time and space for thinking thoughts, considering Truth, seeing beauty and finding their place... for a lifetime. Even when my children were teens, they gravitated outside when they needed processing time. Now, it is a blessing to see my adult children hang out on the deck together or go outside and lay on the driveway at night to see the stars. Creation is part of that wide room where our feet have been set and it reminds us of the bigness of our God...
