What Our Kids Learn Beyond the Books
Life on the farm, where even little hands take on big chores.
Hey there, friends!
It's that time of year again - when yellow buses start rolling and parents everywhere scramble for school supplies. Meanwhile, Sam and Eliza have their textbooks and pencils ready, right next to their work gloves and egg baskets.
A year ago, I shared how we're homeschooling our kids here on the farm. Today? Well, they've already figured out things it took me a decade of farming to learn.
It's that time of year again - when yellow buses start rolling and parents everywhere scramble for school supplies. Meanwhile, Sam and Eliza have their textbooks and pencils ready, right next to their work gloves and egg baskets.
A year ago, I shared how we're homeschooling our kids here on the farm. Today? Well, they've already figured out things it took me a decade of farming to learn.
Look, I surely don't have all the answers about education. Heck, most days I'm still figuring out this whole parenting thing. But watching our kids learn by doing - moving chickens to fresh pasture, training horses, running their own little farm businesses - it's been eye-opening in ways I never expected.
Even the smallest among us are learning that good food takes work.
Sam's out there several days a week helping with chicken chores, earning his own money, and learning what it takes to make a small farm work.
Eliza can spot a sick animal from across the pasture - something that took me years to master. They're not prodigies, just kids who get their hands dirty and see how hard-earned every dollar really is.
Are we doing it right? Who knows.
Eliza can spot a sick animal from across the pasture - something that took me years to master. They're not prodigies, just kids who get their hands dirty and see how hard-earned every dollar really is.
Are we doing it right? Who knows.
There are plenty of days they complain about doing chores instead of playing video games. Some days I wonder if we're giving them enough "normal" childhood experiences. But then I see them problem-solving when a waterer breaks, or teaching their friends how to saddle a horse, and something feels right about it.
A view of the farm-life-meets-homeschool experience.
They're learning that good food takes work, that soil is alive, that animals deserve respect. These aren't lessons we planned - they just happened between the morning chores and fixing fences. Maybe that's the best education of all: the kind that sneaks up on you while you're busy living.
One of the beautiful things about this lifestyle is it keeps us all learning and evolving - kids and parents alike.
Thanks for being part of our messy, beautiful journey.
Your farmer,
Cody
One of the beautiful things about this lifestyle is it keeps us all learning and evolving - kids and parents alike.
Thanks for being part of our messy, beautiful journey.
Your farmer,
Cody