Fall Fun on a Farm

Greyson has been at BGA for a little under 3 months now and so far we have been thrilled with it. He is in a class of 10 kids (yes that is right, 10. Quinn has more kids in her preschool class) with two teachers. A 5 to 1 kid to teacher ratio is hard to beat!! By the 4th day of school the Headmaster, Dr. Graham, knew pretty much every kid by name and by the end of the 2nd week he knew every parent and which kid belonged to who. Greyson is learning so much and having so much fun that he doesn't want to leave at the end of the day. Like I said, we are really happy with the school.

One of the other things that we love about our small, private school is the flexibility in which they operate. A couple of weeks ago, Connor's grandparents (another Kindergartener) invited all the kids and their parents to a Fall Fun on the Farm Day. And so we spent last Monday running around the Clark's farm just south of Nashville. Maybe I am wrong but I just can't imagine a public school allowing their kids to spend the day at the farm like that without having to go through mounds and mounds of red tape. We fished, played on hay bales, had a wienie roast and made s'mores and had a hayride with the children taking turns going into a tractor's scoop (and I know that they would never allow that in a public school). It was a day where the kids could just be kids, which is something that all schools need to do once in awhile.

The big sport of the day was jumping from one hay bale to the other. Unfortunately the hay bales were a shade too far apart for most of the kids so their jumps usually ended with a splat on the side of the hay bale and a fall to the ground (a la Wipeout). For those lucky enough to not fall down and hold on to the hay bale the rest of the class pushed from behind to get them on top. A great lesson in team work.