Matching manes

A visit from an enormous tractor and this tiny pony as part of our farm week went down well with the kids today...

I spent the afternoon at an Early Years briefing and came away feeling inspired to rant once again about the importance of play, play, play!
This poem sums it up nicely...

AM IN THE BEST SCHOOL
I'm in the best school,
I'm in the learning class,
I'm learning every morning,
I'm learning really fast.
I have a desk and folder,
I can write my name,
I'm doing rather nicely
and my lessons have an aim.
I can say my letters,
do numbers one to ten,
I can hold a pencil
and I can hold a pen.
My teacher gives me homework,
my sister gets it too.
People say I'm gifted
so I think it must be true.
They've put me on the fast track
and I hope I'll be ok -
I learnt to read quite quickly
but I never learnt to play.

 - Peter Dixon