If any of you were wondering why I had pictures taken of all the babes, we’ve decided to try some schooling this fall. For the most part, the babes don’t really need general schooling, as most of their skills are by natural instinct.

However, they’ve insisted on doing what regular children do during the school season. The reason for their new found interest in learning, comes from the big yellow buses that have been practicing their routes for the upcoming school year.

When I explained what the buses were doing, out came the questions about what school was, and why we didn’t have our own bus, or a school for learning.

So, long story short, I shall attempt to offer a school year experience for the babes here in the barn, minus the school bus. Not only can I NOT drive a bus, but we’ve not nearly the peanuts it would take to buy fuel for said bus!

The plans for school have been laid, and the babes are climbing the rafters, in excitement for things to come. The first thing I wanted to do was take some new school pictures of each babe, which you all voted on, earlier this week. Thank you, by the way, for all the response… it really helped me out!

I will put the chosen pictures at the end of the post, for anyone wishing to check them out.

I did actually homeschool my three children for about 5 years, when they were small, so I think I can pull off a fun year of some class like learning that the babes should enjoy. We can do some basic shapes, letters and numbers, followed by some art and music.

Even if the babes cannot fully master writing with a pencil or pen, I feel confident that they can learn to recognize those things… and they can paint with their hands, if they don’t like using the crayons.

We all know that play dough is non-toxic, so even if they eat it, they should be just fine.

I’m actually very excited about doing this for the little ones, and Brutus even said that he, too, would teach them some things. I think it’s going to be a wonderful experience for them, as well as for myself!

Starting today, I’ve filled the barn with school supplies, like paper, rulers, children’s scissors, non-toxic paint, and things such as that. I also bought each babe their own backpack, to fill with one of each item they find interesting. This way, I can learn what each student wants to learn about the most. It should help me to tailor our classroom lessons to fit each babe’s needs.

Wish us luck!

Again, thanks for your feedback on these photos!