Charlotte Mason shows how to Restore Wonder…
“Is little Margaret fixing round eyes on a daisy she has plucked? In a second, the daisy will be thrown away, and a pebble or buttercup will charm the little maid. But the mother seizes the happy moment.
She makes Margaret see that the daisy is a bright yellow eye with white eyelashes round it; that all the day long it lies there in the grass and looks up at the great sun, never blinking as Margaret would do, but keeping its eyes wide open.
And that is why it is called daisy, ‘day’s eye,’ because its eye is always looking at the sun which makes the day. And what does Margaret think it does at night, when there is no sun? It does what little boys and girls do; it just shuts up its eye with its white lashes tipped with pink, and goes to sleep till the sun comes again in the morning.
By this time the daisy has become interesting to Margaret; she looks at it with big eyes after her mother has finished speaking, and then, very likely, cuddles it up to her breast or gives it a soft little kiss.
Thus the mother will contrive ways to invest every object in the child’s world with interest and delight.”
Lord, Your world and creation is breath-taking–because You are. Show me how to invest every object in my children’s world with interest and delight. So they may delight in You.
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For more practical Restoring Wonder inspiration, to kindle curiosity in your learning day, see the ACG Travel Blog — God’s handiwork is a sight to behold!
(Restoring Wonder is a weekly Friday feature at the ACG blog. Check out A Sweet Life for more Restoring Wonder inspiration!)
