An Outdoor Kids' Ministry

Thrilled about the simple outline Jesus has given me for an outdoor children's ministry..so thankful for the book The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson for  direction and for taking the load off my back of being elaborate..follow me at Sweetened Condensed Milk for more detailed notes from The Idle Parent as we are reading this in our book club..

AN OUTDOOR KIDS’ MINISTRY:

collapse the distinction between work and play - bring to it all cheerfulness of interest and charm of freedom..turn ALL into a game..

naughtiness is an attempt to bring autonomy and even dignity into their lives..the child's attempt to resist tyranny.

to set up what you like against what you dislike - this is the disease of the mind and all too much work and money..learn to appreciate variety.. don't ask judgment questions..ie. was it fun? did you like it?

saying no to things is saying yes to humanity and to life..

education is for the purpose of turning out children with wits and guts

reverence human personality, your own as well..think not in terms of good or bad, but rather as free or enslaved..

stay immersed in the NOW & remain connected to NATURE.. babies don't analyze nature, they are one with nature, merely existing in it..

learn to survive in every climate. .

APPLICATION:

nature has enough toys for everyone.. provide glue, tape, crayons, construction paper and recyclables

drench children in picture and chapter books

learn stories from books and movies so well that you can tell them by heart

wassail (sing with gusto) while banging pots and pans with wooden spoons & shaking rocks in containers

wassail (sing with gusto) with motions

play card, dice, marble and active games

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