Category Archives: Miss Bean

a wonderful hoedown festival at oxbow this weekend, one of the best harvest festivals we have ever been to. a super sweet and quaint farm with lots of creative activities for kids. check out the greased pole climbing, miss beans did that with a help of a helpful boy! oh my goodness, it was amazing! we were able to meet up with some friends and play and play and play along with eating some yummy foods cooked up at the farm.

and now today we are in full autumn mode, with pumpkin butter cooking down, halloween decorations going up and lots of music to keep the ghostly spirits going. what’s your favorite fall tradition? mine is pumpkin carving with all the cousins.

we have ourselves an official first grader in the house. after a year of begging, debating and research we have decided to homeschool! which somehow seems less consuming than i first thought. this book help put my fears at bay and gave me some great perspective about what i should expect and what is realistic starting out. so we have made ourselves a plan, set some goals for the month and most importantly we are going to have fun, after all should learning be that? we aren’t following a specific curriculum but are following the unschooling model for learning and teaching.

here’s what our basic day is panning out to look like:
-morning mediation
-breakfast
-story and discussion
-math
-stretch/snack
-native american history:creating things out of clay, writing, drawing, reading
-king tut: creating a giant poster of information
-free time
-world map or anything of interest: music, dancing
-lunch

of course the day will vary from here to there depending on the focus or any related subject that come up, lately there have been a lot of baby related videos happening, mostly on birthing babies. but as of late i am happy with the way things are going, no struggles, no pressure, just pure learning, questioning and finding answers.