Il y en a de nous qui ont grandi jouant dans la boue,

Grimpant les arbres, attrapant des grenouilles. D’autres de nous étaient allergiques à la sueur, avait peur des hauteurs et le plus près que nous nous sommes approchés d’une araignée était en lisant le livre Charlotte`s Web!
Et là, nous avons commencé ce voyage appelé l’enseignement à domicile… Nos priorités, nos familles, nos vies et nos cœurs ont changé. Notre désir était que nos enfants aient quelque chose de différent, quelque chose de meilleur, quelque chose de plus. On voulait qu’ils puissent pouvoir regarder dehors et se perdre dans leurs pensées en observant un oiseau-mouche venant à la mangeoire. On a mis nos manuels de côté et prié qu’ils puissent être émerveillés par les petits têtards qui se changeaient en grenouilles juste devant leurs yeux. On a osé débrancher l’ordinateur en espérant qu’ils verraient le miracle, la poésie dans la chenille devenant un papillon….

Interroge les bêtes, elles t’instruiront, les oiseaux du ciel, ils te l’apprendront; parle à la terre, elle t’instruira; et les poissons de la mer te le raconteront; qui ne reconnaît chez eux la preuve que la main de l’Éternel a fait toutes choses? Il tient dans sa main l’âme de tout ce qui vit.

Job 12 : 7-9

Voici un manuel anglais qui m'a beaucoup aidé, vous trouverez ici le lien pour le télécharger :

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