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Tonight at supper the family was all eating when one of my daughters piped up, "Hey Mom, can you MAKE sour cream?" As I have begun to make more of our foods, my children are taking notice. They are enjoying the new cheeses and helping make butter. They liked trying homemade crackers and now are beginning to think of more things we can learn to make. This is spilling over into education! YIPPEE!
Today Megan had to write a book report. She thought she had found a wonderful new way to get it right. She not so skillfully re-wrote the description on the back of the book. I knew immediately that those weren't her words, and we had a long discussion about copying without giving credit. But I was so proud of her. After supper, without being told she wrote a new report and did a great job! She said that she loved the book and wanted to do it right.
How does this relate to making cheese? A week ago I don't know that she would have taken that much pride in accomplishing something worthwhile. Seeing us all learn to learn new things has made all the children put a new value on learning.
This has to be the best side effect of learning to do more for ourselves, children who love and value learning new things!
Cheryl |
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