Comments on: Children Need Free Time https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/ Education, Parenting, Crafts and Family Travel Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: MaryAnne https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/#comment-81360 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:46:46 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=7882#comment-81360 In reply to outdoorsinlondon.

I love that quote!

]]> By: outdoorsinlondon https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/#comment-81339 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:10:16 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=7882#comment-81339 Love this post MaryAnne, there’s a fabulous quotation from D.H.Lawrence ” … leave the children alone. Pitch them out into the streets or the playgrounds, and take no notice of them …” so that they can fully explore their imagination and curiosity unconstrained by adults. Obviously he takes it to the extreme but so much truth in it x

]]> By: MaryAnne https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/#comment-60600 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:10:05 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=7882#comment-60600 In reply to Elisa.

I think free time is one of the greatest blessings on homeschooling! This past year has been a struggle with the kids in all different schools and no buses. I feel like I am in the car all day every day – and so is Anna! If Emma doesn’t get into our neighborhood school with Johnny and Lily for the fall I will have to figure something out – Mike is not a homeschool fan but I can’t commute like this two years in a row!

]]> By: MaryAnne https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/#comment-60584 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:51:22 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=7882#comment-60584 In reply to Tarana Khan.

I feel like having free time for imaginative play is the greatest gift a child can have!

]]> By: Tarana Khan https://www.mamasmiles.com/children-need-free-time/#comment-60518 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:02:03 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=7882#comment-60518 I’ve always felt this way. There’s no need to cram their days with activities. It’s important to let children be on their own and let the imagination flourish!

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