New idea… do you think it will fly? Suggestions/feedback?

Recess = a temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity; break.

What is the one favorite activity of public school kids?  Recess!  So I figure, why not have one for our homeschooled kids as well.

I invite you to come to RECESS in (my town) on Wednesday's at the  Park from 1pm to 3pm.

In the words of the very wise Joyce Fetteroll, “Teaching is putting information in; learning is drawing information in.”

Teaching vs Learning -- http://aradicalpath.com/teaching-vs-learning/

When we are open and honest about our messy spirituality–It encourages others who may be feeling everyone else has it all together.

“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.” ― Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child

 

Robin’s story -- http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/working-harder-is-not-the-answer/

Wow…. beautiful!

There is a tribe in east Africa in which the art of true intimacy is fostered even before birth. In this tribe, the birth date of a child is not counted from the day of its physical birth nor even the day of conception as in other village cultures. For this tribe the birth date comes the first time the child is a thought in its mother's mind. Aware of her intention to conceive a child with a particular father, the mother then goes off to sit alone under a tree. There she sits and listens until she can hear the song of the child that she hopes to conceive. Once she has heard it, she returns to her village and teaches it to the father so that they can sing it together as they make love, inviting the child to join them. After the child is conceived, she sings it to the baby in her womb. Then she teaches it to the old women and midwives of the village, so that throughout the labor and at the miraculous moment of birth itself, the child is greeted with its song. After the birth all the villagers learn the song of their new member and sing it to the child when it falls or hurts itself. It is sung in times of triumph, or in rituals and initiations. This song becomes a part of the marriage ceremony when the child is grown, and at the end of life, his or her loved ones will gather around the deathbed and sing this song for the last time.

Quoted from Jack Kornfield,
A Path with Heart (Bantam Books, 1993), p. 334