I love this! I have a PhD in the history of science and I focused on natural history and natural philosophy in the early modern period. Suffice it to say, I could not agree more! I can't wait to see where you go with this. I hadn't given it too much thought beyond nature study as a way to engage my kids in Creation writ large, but they're 1 and 4 so there's time...
Practicing disciplined wonder definitely feels like a practice of uncovering buried treasure. Such a gift yet hard to come by most times or at least doesn’t feel automatic in our modern world. As someone else mentioned Mason’s philosophy incorporates this type of experiential and gentle science but even that feels hard to access at times...disciplined practice indeed. ❤️
That Sheridan quote is a wonder! I’m not quite up to tackling reading his work myself, so I appreciate you bringing this into the discussion and look forward to more in this series!
I'm going to be writing a lot more about this in the coming weeks. Next week's post will go deeper into how to do this practically. Please reach out if you have questions as we go along!
Oh this is so interesting! I once asked a scientist friend what he thought about things like elementary science curricula (I homeschool my elementary kids), and he said the only things that matter in regard to science at those ages are: 1. Doing math, and 2. Developing a deep sense of wonder and cultivating the imagination.
Great points! This is why I love the Charlotte Mason approach, which embraces natural philosophy as well as literature, history, and so much more.
Charlotte Mason was something special for sure❤️
I love this! I have a PhD in the history of science and I focused on natural history and natural philosophy in the early modern period. Suffice it to say, I could not agree more! I can't wait to see where you go with this. I hadn't given it too much thought beyond nature study as a way to engage my kids in Creation writ large, but they're 1 and 4 so there's time...
Plenty of time! There’s so much to share with them. I love that you got an advanced degree in the history of science and nat philosophy.
Practicing disciplined wonder definitely feels like a practice of uncovering buried treasure. Such a gift yet hard to come by most times or at least doesn’t feel automatic in our modern world. As someone else mentioned Mason’s philosophy incorporates this type of experiential and gentle science but even that feels hard to access at times...disciplined practice indeed. ❤️
This is a perfect approach. It’s stepping through the scientific method slowly and lovingly.
Science is about seeing the fingerprints of God in all of Creation.
That Sheridan quote is a wonder! I’m not quite up to tackling reading his work myself, so I appreciate you bringing this into the discussion and look forward to more in this series!
Very interesting! Is there a practical way of going about this?
I'm going to be writing a lot more about this in the coming weeks. Next week's post will go deeper into how to do this practically. Please reach out if you have questions as we go along!
Oh this is so interesting! I once asked a scientist friend what he thought about things like elementary science curricula (I homeschool my elementary kids), and he said the only things that matter in regard to science at those ages are: 1. Doing math, and 2. Developing a deep sense of wonder and cultivating the imagination.
Part of the problem is that big pharma weaves some of these exchanted tales about their drugs and calls it science.