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Have You Read ‘Education’ Lately?

“Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim…”

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“Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim. True education means more than the pursual of a certain course of study. It means more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come.”   ~Education, pg 13

Education

When was the last time you read the book Education by Ellen G White?   Some SDA homeschool families read this regularly for inspiration, encouragement, and direction for their homeschool program.     If you have never read Education, please make the time to do so.  It is a must-read for all SDA homeschool parents.  You will be blessed.  You can read Education online HERE and HERE.

The REAL Reason Why Children Fidget

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Saw this blog post (linked below) and couldn’t help but think of this quote:

New Born Lamb“During the first six or seven years of a child’s life, special attention should be given to its physical training, rather than the intellect. After this period, if the physical constitution is good, the education of both should receive attention. Infancy extends to the age of six or seven years. Up to this period children should be left, like little lambs, to roam around the house and in the yards, in the buoyancy of their spirits, skipping and jumping, free from care and trouble” – Ellen White

WHY CHILDREN FIDGET: And what we can do about it

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girl-in-flowers“If in their tender years the minds of children are filled with pleasant images of truth, of purity and goodness, a taste will be formed for that which is pure and elevated, and their imagination will not become easily corrupted or defiled. While if the opposite course is pursued, if the minds of the parents are continually dwelling upon low scenes; if their conversation lingers over objectionable features of character; if they form a habit of speaking complainingly of the course others have pursued, the little ones will take lessons from the words and expressions of contempt and will follow the pernicious example. The evil impress, like the taint of the leprosy, will cleave to them in afterlife.

The seed sown in infancy by the careful, God-fearing mother will become trees of righteousness, which will blossom and bear fruit; and the lessons given by a God-fearing father by precept and example will, as in the case of Joseph, yield an abundant harvest by and by.“

Good Health, January 1880.