“Most primary education curricula place nearly exclusive emphasis on reading, writing, math and general knowledge. Other dimensions of learning (for example, nature, the arts, mythology, cosmology, self-care, emotional intelligence, and social skills) are commonly dismissed or minimized. We neglect whole spectrums of knowledge and social, emotional, and spiritual competence vital to being human like the ability to grieve fully, make music spontaneously, resolve conflicts, engage in mutual storytelling, acquire self-knowledge, work with dreams, be at home in nature, cultivate relations with other-than-human beings, and co-create the simple ceremonies that honor and revitalize our relationship to the seasons and to the Sun and Moon and stars.” (Nature and the Human Soul, Bill Plotkin)