Friday, March 2, 2007
Gaia's Girls...
I just received a book in the mal yesterday that I found online by accident last week and ordered. It's a series called Gaia's Girls by Lee Welles (http://www.gaiagirls.com/). It's written for kids age 9 & up but so far I'm enjoying it. As I read about this young girl who has grown up on an organic farm and feels so in touch with the earth I long for my children to have such an experience but feel heartbroken to know that they may not have something like that for a long time or ever. Partially due to not being able to afford a slice of heaven, partially due to the fact that we live were we live due to needing jobs, etc. But how I would love for them to know the sound of birds singing in the dark to help welcome the sun to the new day.
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You sentiment touches me. It is something I think of often...the ability to connect with nature when living in an urban/suburban environment.
I believe it has much to do with where adults direct children's attention. Do you point out a flyer for a great sale? Or, do you point out the way the pigions peck at, and eat stones (to digest their food) Do you talk on your cell phone when you walk across the parking lot with your kids? Or, do you point out the way the seagulls are spiralling overhead. (Maybe that's not the best example, kids should watch for cars when walking through a parking lot!) You get the idea. I hope the other visitors to your blog post their ideas about opportunities to pay attention (another way of saying 'attend to') nature. By extention, they will grow with a sense of being part of a big, round whole...not the center of the circle!
I actually do try and point things out to my children :)
The other day I was out in the snow in front of our home and we followed footprints in the snow around the front and then the back of our home, guessing all the while what kind of animal that might be. My son, who is 3 1/2 just loved it.
My daughter who is 1 1/2 loves pointing at any animals/birds she sees while we are out so I try and always take the time to talk to them about them.
They are little things for now and I am hoping to increase them as my kids get older.
You are totally right in what you posted...if we as adults don't pay attention then there is a much smaller chance that our children will even notice.
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