Maria Montessori was definitely onto something when she observed that if given the choice between baubles and toys and adult "work," children nearly always choose work. Just on their scale. Hence, our mini-garden, which adjoins mine but has only dirt. Well, it has lots of seeds at this point, but they have no chance...you can see why. Anyway, the kids spent a half hour with sponges and buckets, scrubbing and rinsing (repeatedly) their dirty, disgusting, mud-encrusted yard/beach toys. The next hour was devoted to "turning over the soil in the garden" (and, at one point, "building a manger," though I'm not really sure what that was about). As Cody put it, "we are doing some really, seriously tough work here." This was just before he accidentally overturned a shovelful of dirt on Cordelia's hair. Let's not even talk about how much fun that was in the shower.
Highlights from the pre-shower:
But boy, she sure does clean up okay, doesn't she?
2 comments:
I can't decide which one is my favorite!! It's either her being giddy that there is a mountain of mud on her head, or them being hosed down. :) She does clean up beautifully of course... but how long does it last before there's another mud streak? :-)
Oh my goodness. The hose down is my favorite! What a beauty she is! Isn't it amazing how all they want is a shovel and some dirt? They are both getting so TALL!
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