“Children should be encouraged to search out in nature the objects that illustrate Bible teachings, and to trace in the Bible the similitudes drawn from nature. They should search out, both in nature and in Holy Writ, every object representing Christ, and those also that He employed in illustrating truth. Thus may they learn to see Him in tree and vine, in lily and rose, in sun and star. They may learn to hear His voice in the song of birds, in the sighing of the trees, in the rolling thunder, and in the music of the sea. And every object in nature will repeat to them His precious lessons.” ShouldMayChildrenSongStarsVoiceChristSunTreeSeaTeachingObjectsHolyLessonsBirdRoseRepeatsRollingEmployedThunderRepresentingLiliesVinesBe EncouragedIllustratingSun And Stars Author:Ellen G. White
“Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem to think that simple grim lecturing of children is the best way to achieve such goals.” ThinkingWayChildrenSometimesStoriesSeemsSpiritualParentGoalSimpleMoralTeachAchieveObjectsAmountLessonsBest WayGrimLecturing Author:Mike Berenstain
“If you hand an adult a lump of clay, they're likely to respond by fashioning something representative out of the raw material. For the most part, they'll simply forge an object that signifies something "real" in the world, even if that something is as abstract as an emotion or an energy. A child, on the other hand, will just as often produce something totally without semiotic meaning, a shape or a mass that represents nothing that exists outside of their imagination. Or else, they'll eat it or throw it or ignore it, wholesale.” IfsWorldChildrenRealHandsEnergyImaginationEmotionObjectsProduceMaterialsShapesMassAdultsAbstractRepresentativesClayLumpsRaw MaterialsWholesaleSomething RealSemiotics Author:Keith Murray
“When the child sees the parent looking for something, it is as natural for it also to look for the object and to give it over when it finds it, as it was, under other circumstances, to receive it. Multiply such an instance by the thousand details of daily intercourse, and one has a picture of the most permanent and enduring method of giving direction to the activities of the young.” GivingLooksChildrenYoungParentNaturalObjectsCircumstancesThousandActivityMethodEndureDetailsInstancePermanentIntercourseGiving Directions Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we'd go buy all kinds of notebooks and pens and markers for school. I think I wanted to be a writer just so I'd be able to fill up all those pages.” ThinkingYearsKindChildrenBookBigsAbleWantedSchoolLanguageObjectsReaderPagesMy FavoriteAll KindsPensSeptemberNotebookMarkers Author:Elaine Equi