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 My response ties back to Montessori training and a deep belief in what she called "The Universal Child".   -Soapy

In case you missed his excellent essay on the human learner the first time around....  Reiserer's Faded Memories of Knowing Everything

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It's 5 PM on a Saturday in December and  I'm sitting by a roaring woodstove.  In another room I can hear my husband lighting the fireplace - our girls crumpling newspaper for kindling.    They're excited.  We haven't had the fireplace lit since last February.

Outside the thin milky sky has pale pink evening streaks;  blue-gray clouds are slowly moving east.   It's cold.  White snow drifts in and around the prairie's pale yellows, russet oranges, and dark browns. It's quiet.

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This is an absolutely delicious "sense of place" piece! 

Reiserer's Original Article "The Human Value of Wild Places"

I'm tickled that kids got so into the moment.  I might even have to do some winter seining just to keep up....  :)

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