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- speaker-0: created in the garden. We were created, I mean before sin crept in, the ideal setting for a human was outdoors. So kids are it's in them and the only way we get it out of them is by is by training it out of them. By because there's not a kid early on that doesn't love to be outside and play. Homeschooling is unique in that we've been together all year and we don't need to re-acclimate when it's break time. So summer break, I feel like for everybody, but especially for homeschoolers, it's really an opportunity to get outside, ⁓ do something outside of what we normally do together because we're still together, we're still ⁓ learning and growing all summer long. And I think summer is also a great opportunity for those that ⁓ historically don't spend a lot of time outside to get out. ⁓ the weather's a little nicer, it's a little easier, honestly. So for for home schooling families, our kids don't have the newness of being home in the summer. So it's a great opportunity to really get out of the house in the summer. speaker-1: Yeah, it is. We I I really had to work on that myself with getting my kids outside and being comfortable with it. When we were back in California several years ago, Brooklyn was pretty little and we had bought a new house and we had ⁓ this beautiful backyard put in with a big play set and grass and everything. And but before that was put in, there was just dirt in the backyard. And she would go out there and she would play for hours and hours in the dirt. And I really had a hard time with that because I was not a kid who played in the dirt. I I wanted my hands always to be clean. I still am like that. ⁓ I never gardened or did anything because I I I can't stand the feeling of dirt on my hands. That's amazing. And and so when she would do that, it would kind of freak me out because I was like, her hands are dirty. I don't know what to do with this. And we had this backyard put in with the grass and everything. And I I vividly remember she was probably four years old when we had this done. And she went outside and she looked at me, she goes, Mommy, where's the dirt? And I was like, We just spent all this money to make this beautiful park looking backyard with a swing set and grass. And and I thought it was the greatest thing ever. And she was disappointed because she didn't have dirt. Yeah, so she found a little area. I mean, she did, of course, play in the grass and on the swing set, but she found this little area of our backyard where the grass didn't grow very well because it never really got sun. speaker-0: Dirt was gone. speaker-1: And that was her dirt area and she would go out, she would find worms and she would and and so it took me quite a long time to actually get comfortable with her plant. speaker-0: Okay with that. Yeah. But honestly, our kids, I I mean, I believe wholeheartedly well, I know biblically that's how they're designed. That's how we're created. We were created in the garden. We were created. I mean, before sin crept in, the ideal setting for a human was outdoors in the garden. We really didn't even need shelter because, you know, there were no storms and and all that we needed shelter from. And so kids are it's in them. And the only way we get it out of them is by is by training it out of them, by pulling them inside or, you know, giving them the perfect grass lawn. And then we kind of train that, that deep, that, that what's inside of them out of them, because there's not a kid early on that doesn't love to be outside and play. And you know, we as a culture, ⁓ we're such a clean culture. We're so, we're so, you know, sanitize your hands and but honestly the physical benefits of kids being in dirt, it it's shown scientifically to boost their immune systems, honestly. And it's so good for them and it breeds just so much creativity too. Like she was out there coming up with new games, right? And, you know, inventing things that were fun for her to do. So it's it's in every kid. And it's just our job as a parent to not train that out of them. And if you have older kids, you know, you can get that back because it's in all of us. It just we have to we have to do it. speaker-1: This episode of Homeschool Insights is brought to you by BJU Press Homeschool, CTC Math, and the Explorer Bible for Kids. Visit the show notes to learn more about these excellent resources. And for more encouragement, listen to the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast at Schoolhouseroct.com.