"Today I didn't do school."

"Did you write in your journal today?"

The children's journal is a personal record of the day's educational activities.

She looks at me.

"Today I didn't do school."

What does she mean? Mentally I reflect on the day.

We did math. I'm not sure how many lessons it was. We read and we sang. They worked on their craft. The cows in the neighbour's field were inspected (again!). They wrote, made lunch and the list goes on.

What does she mean by "school"? What am I teaching her about education?

How deeply have we imbibed society's definitions? When did we examine all the givens we have accepted and say "they are mine"?

God created the mind. He provided for its development. In the home, in the field, through life's duties and its pleasures and through holy Scripture, God gives us His lessons, impressing our hearts and minds.

What if we didn't sit at a desk in a classroom today? A life centered in God is a life of completeness.

How does a child write "God's class" in the journal?