While writing this article, I encountered ‘writer’s block’ where my mind went blank and I couldn’t think of anything particularly enlightening to say. So I decided to step away from the laptop, donned my gardening gloves and boots and attacked the weeds in my newly established garden. Spending half an hour outside engaging in a physical and deeply satisfying activity refreshed me and cleared the fog. I came back to the laptop with a renewed energy. This is at the heart of Understanding the World (UTW). As children engage with the real world, it not only provides knowledge for the head, it excites and inspires, refreshes and challenges.
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