Jen, how nice of you... step inside ... and you brought such nice treats...thank you.

I especially like Christopher Morley's observation. Children don't have such overstuffed memory boxes and can more easily accept new experiences and ideas with less questioning about how they fit overall.

Love your quote from Mom...we could have a lo-o-o-ng separate thread on those jewels. josh

Thank you, Jen, for today's treats, Christopher orley and C.S. Lewis make a good point, wish adults wold always remember this when dealing with children, so often they use so-called logic as a stick to beat so-called silliness out of a child - and yea, mea culpa.

Wow, what a special surprise. I've been so busy with work, I haven't been online much the past couple weeks. I really enjoyed mwheel's week of quotes and thought they were very inspiring, but hadn't noticed we didn't have quotes this week until you posted these. Thank you.

I like the Morley quote too. I've read studies suggesting that a child learns more before the age of six than they will the rest of their life. I think that's why it's so important that what you expose them to at that time is what you want them to have as the building blocks for the rest of their life. It's sort of like installing the programs on your new computer, lol. You may load it up with data from that point on, but what programs you have installed makes a whole lot of difference in how that data will work and what format it will present itself in.

I'm glad you came out of lurkdom.......judging by what quotes you chose, I would like to see you join us more.

This is Robin's week I believe - understandably, I suspect she's somewhat distracted with her life just now.

Perhaps we should ask if she wants to continue on?

I was missing the quotes this week, so thanks for coming out of lurkdom to give us our fix.

"Go outside and play" ~ Mom I think that's my favorite, probably because I can hear my mom in my ear saying it to me.

Thank you. My kids are 15 and 16-1/2, and as much as I love them, I miss when they were little and anything was possible. I do get my play fix when my 5 year old niece comes over to visit and when I watch my neighbor's 9 month old, but they don't come over often enough. I think we all need to take more time to imagine and play.

I didn't mean to step on any toes. If Robin would like to take over, I don't mind.

Jen

Thanks so much for posting quotes! I definitely was missing them. I also lurked for a long time, but it's like jumping into cold water--once you've done it, you may as well stay in! But you may find that from now on you're gathering quotes from everywhere! Like the GP, it's addictive!

Nobody signed up for this week. I didn't make a big deal of it, I figured that if someone missed the quotes they would post some. And, I was right. Thanks!

I love it that she did. I was very intimidated when I posted a quote the first time, and I wasn't a lurker! That took guts, lol.