Letting It Be Unorganized {Sometimes}

I'm reading a book called For the Children's Sake that is challenging some of my overly-organized, hyper-scheduled, to-do-list-oriented ways. It's based on the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason. While I'm not sure I subscribe to everything in the book, I am learning a lot and refining my own educational and parenting philosophies.

One point the author, Susan Macauley, makes is that children need plenty of unrushed, unorganized playtime to explore, create, move, and imagine. This is something I agree with wholeheartedly, but I still have to be deliberate to make sure it happens everyday.

Running, climbing, digging, singing, dancing, skating...moving without thinking about each step, without a plan. I believe this type of play is as vital to the growth of a child as learning to read.