“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.” ― Rachel Carson Wonder in the first years of life creates the roots of self-motivation. It is the foundation of a…
It was late-September when Maxwell, a dark haired third grader with a thoughtful demeanor, handed me a tray of three inch tall kale seedlings. “My neighbor gave these to us for our school garden,” he said eagerly. I looked at the tender plants that I would have loved to transplant in May and was incredulous as I heard my…
She wore a man’ s castoff button down shirt, white with long sleeves to shield her from the sun, from the green sap that oozed from the wounds created when she snapped suckers emerging between stems and leafy branches. She was ten years old, working whole hot blazing days in the tomato ffelds,working too hard, too long, losing too…
Growing Children 