For Plato, ‘The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things’ – and spring is the bringer of many lovely things. The daffodils bloomed early this year and mine are still dancing in the breezy sunshine in my garden.
Last week I watched a little boy – probably not yet three, lying on his tummy staring intently at the crocuses that were carpeting the ground under a tall oak tree. His staring over, the small boy got up, clapping his hands.
‘What’s that?’ he asked his father.
‘It’s a flower – it’s called a crocus.’
‘It called… Annabel,’ replied the toddler.
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