One bag of these

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One tub of this

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3 hrs in the freezer

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Bite-size bits of super yumminess

Of course, any nutritional goodness that might have been imparted by the Quaker Oat man is completely buried beneath all sorts of artificial high fructosy stuff.  On the upside four of these sweet treats have a mere 94 calories and they are stupid simple to make.  Want more?  Check this out.

“Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to motivate children into learning by wheedling, bribing or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do, is bring as much of the world as we can into the school and classroom (in our case, into their lives); give children as much help and guidance as they ask for; listen respectfully when they feel like talking; and then get out of the way. We can trust them to do the rest.”

from John Holt in “How Children Learn”

So three weeks after we allowed ye ol’ curriculum to invade our philosophy I no longer feel like a traitor. We have in these 21 days (or so) made it all the way through Week 1 and only Week 1 of the prescribed plan. But oh what we have learned besides. These lesson plans have provided such wonderful jumping off points to other places. We’ve been introduced to interests we didn’t know we had and we’ve spent so much more time exploring together rather than just being together. I have mentioned before my love of lists. To me the lesson plan is a perpetual list that keeps me engaged and gets me motivated each morning. But though I love lists I also love skipping out on them altogether and letting some distraction lead me down a rabbit hole where who knows what will happen. For the most part I’m giving a big thumbs up to this new resource. There is more to tell but LiveWriter just ate my beautifully prepared post and I can’t bring myself to write it all again.