Apparently I created this blog over a year ago and never posted anything in it. Sounds like me... somehow, between trying to raise a million bucks for our new school, chairing weekly school meetings, dealing with some staff turnover, and oh, I don't know, trying to have a life, I forgot that I had a brilliant idea to blog about our adventures in Sudbury Schooling. Besides, I had to take the time to wash the BLUE off of little man's face....

And now I have this whole other blog idea, that I'm not even ready to start yet, and I come across this one! Inspiring, as the plans for the other blog are not yet quite set (more news on that front coming, well, when it does....). Point: I can write about one of my loves & passions, while patiently waiting for other ideas to formulate. So to speak. Ha! Cryptic, I know....



Yesterday we had a staff meeting at Sego Lily School, and we were discussing how much our kids love to THINK. Like, big ideas think. Angel was asked about the history of grapefruit and licorice a few days ago. One of my kids asked me who invented the fork. Alyssa spoke with two boys who were stunned to learn that people are actually animals, and wanted to know why. We - the staff - were present to how our Sego kids simply don't take the world for granted - they look around, see stuff (ideas, things, people) and not only do they wonder, but they ASK. They want to discover, explore, dialogue. None of these kids were asked to do a report on the history of their favorite fruit. They just wanted to know.


As we move from the shortest day of the year into longer, brighter days, I can't help but wonder what happens to wonder. At what age does a child give up wondering for learning what they are "supposed" to be learning? Is it an age? Or does it take a certain number of times of being told to stop thinking about what interests you and get back on task? I'm grateful for our school, and our staff, that encourages wonder - and brings light to ideas that most people never stop to think about.