We adults have to prove to children that we are not mean and cruel by nature, be we are simply lost and we recognize that. We need children to help us recover inner wisdom that they can access more easily and more directly. We need to encourage them to forgive our stupidity and not feel hurt anymore by our ignorance and arrogance. Teaching however, has to be in the form of humbly sharing our experiences rather than transmitting objective knowledge. In terms of education, life itself is the vehicle of education.
Children are by nature, beings who are curious, creative, intelligent and eager to learn.
Not recognizing this fundamental fact simply indicates our limited trust of life. We can support children in order for them to learn basic fundamental ways of self-learning. We must trust their intuition and follow their rhythm, learning what they consider essential, interesting, and immediately useful. No matter what we think, children will only learn what they consider useful. Everything else forced to them will be forgotten quickly, perhaps needing to be be learned again at a later and more appropriate time.