GWS :: thirty

The structure of learning is not in the curriculum guidelines,

nor in the teacher’s plan book,

nor in the workbooks.

The structure is in the world.

As the children learn about their world, they are understanding its order…

And the first time an adult believes that, whether they’ve used a big blue plan book or not,

the sun breaks through.

–Karen Cox in Growing Without Schooling Issue 23
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