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Why I Created WagyuMama SchoolhouseI wasn’t the child who loved school.I was the child who felt anxious walking through ...
10/18/2026

Why I Created WagyuMama Schoolhouse

I wasn’t the child who loved school.

I was the child who felt anxious walking through the doors. Who experienced bullying. Who sometimes felt safer standing beside a teacher than being around other children.

I know what it feels like to be in a place where you don’t feel emotionally safe.

And I never wanted that for my children.

Looking back, I think creating Wagyumama Schoolhouse has been part of my own healing.

Because somewhere along the way, I realized something.

Before a child can truly learn, they need to feel safe.

Safe to make mistakes.
Safe to ask questions.
Safe to be different.
Safe to be themselves.

A child who feels understood begins to trust.
A child who feels accepted begins to open up. And a child who feels safe has the freedom to discover what they’re capable of becoming.

That’s what I wanted to create.

Not a perfect school.
Not perfect children.
Not a place without challenges.

But a place where children are seen,
where relationships matter,
where their differences are understood,
and where learning becomes something they feel excited about rather than afraid of.

Because I know what it’s like to be the child who doesn’t feel that way.

And maybe, in creating a place where children can feel safe enough to grow, I’ve been giving a little piece of that safety back to the child I once was.

Sometimes the things we build for others are the very things we once needed ourselves.

And perhaps that’s why this Schoolhouse has always meant so much more to me than education.

It’s about belonging.
It’s about becoming.
It’s about feeling safe enough to be who God created you to be. ♥️





I love Fridays. ❤️There’s something about watching kids outside, getting their hands dirty, working with animals, laughi...
10/17/2026

I love Fridays. ❤️

There’s something about watching kids outside, getting their hands dirty, working with animals, laughing with their friends, and not even realizing how much they’re learning.

Between Ranch Day at Laurel Hill and Horsemanship in Freeport, Fridays always seem to have a little bit of everything going on.

Some of these kids are with us all week, and others homeschool independently and come just for Fridays. For some, it’s the one day they look forward to all week, getting together with their friends and doing something they love.

Our Horsemanship kids have spent the first quarter learning how to care for horses, from grooming and nutrition to tack and all the work that goes on behind the scenes. Now they’re getting ready to start riding, and I think they’re more than ready!

And somewhere in the middle of all this, we’re getting ready for next week’s Halloween Festival. 🎃

I think sometimes we get so caught up in everything kids need to learn that we forget how much they learn just by doing, being outside, taking responsibility, and spending time together.

These are the kinds of childhood memories I hope they carry with them long after they’ve forgotten what we taught them. ❤️

Ranch Days‼️Super excited to finish the tree house 🤩
10/15/2026

Ranch Days‼️
Super excited to finish the tree house 🤩

10/14/2026

Did you know that movement actually prepares the brain for learning?

Getting kids moving increases blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain, helping with focus, attention, and memory.

That’s why we start our mornings with PE.

Because sometimes, before you can work their minds, you’ve got to move their bodies!

After reviewing the hurricane damage at both locations and talking with our leadership team, we’ve decided to resume reg...
10/14/2026

After reviewing the hurricane damage at both locations and talking with our leadership team, we’ve decided to resume regular classes on Monday, October 19.

While we’re grateful our facilities were spared major damage, we recognize that many of our families and teachers are still recovering. We want everyone to have the time they need to care for their homes, families, and one another.

Friday’s Ranch Day and Horsemanship will continue as scheduled.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued prayers. We’re grateful for our Schoolhouse community and look forward to having everyone back together! 🙏

We didn’t stop believing in education. We started questioning what education should look like. Somewhere along the way, ...
10/12/2026

We didn’t stop believing in education.
We started questioning what education should look like.

Somewhere along the way, we began measuring childhood by grade levels, test scores, and how well children keep up with everyone else.

But children aren’t all wired the same way, and learning was never meant to look the same for everyone.

At Wagyumama Schoolhouse, we believe in strong academics, but we also believe in muddy boots, curious minds, hard work, responsibility, character, and lessons that can’t be taught from a textbook.

Because education isn’t just about what a child knows. It’s about who they’re becoming.

And childhood isn’t a race, or a comparison.

Wagyumama Schoolhouse | Where the Wild Ones Learn.

Know your child. Know how their brain works. Know what makes them come alive.Not every child is wired the same way, and ...
10/11/2026

Know your child.
Know how their brain works.
Know what makes them come alive.

Not every child is wired the same way, and not every child needs to follow the same path.

Some thrive in structure and routine. Others come alive in the middle of chaos. Put them in a busy restaurant, an emergency, or a situation where they have to think on their feet, and suddenly they’re in their element.

Our daughter is one of those kids.
She’s interested in nursing but isn’t quite sure what direction she wants to take. So rather than pushing her straight into a four-year degree, we’re exploring the EMT route. Let her get out there, experience the medical field, work, learn, and discover what she loves. And along the way, discover a little more about herself.

I’m not against college. Not at all. But I do question why we’ve made it the automatic next step after high school.

We know from neuroscience that our children’s brains are still developing well into their twenties, particularly the areas responsible for planning and decision-making.
Yet at 17 or 18, we’re asking them to choose a career, commit to a degree, and sometimes take on enormous debt before they’ve even had the chance to discover who they are.

Why are we in such a hurry?

As parents and educators, I think we need to spend more time really getting to know our children and giving them time to know themselves. Not just their grades or academic abilities, but how their minds work, what excites them, what challenges them, and where they naturally thrive, self knowledge of how their brain works.

Some children know exactly what they want to do. Wonderful! Others need to work, travel, serve, learn a trade, or simply experience life before deciding what comes next.

I want our children to pursue an education because they’re inspired to learn something, not simply because it’s the next box society expects them to check.

Education should open doors, not push everyone through the same one.

Our job isn’t to decide what our children should become.
It’s to know them well enough to help them discover who they are, what they love, and what they’re capable of becoming. ❤️

One of my favorite parts of giving tours at Wagyumama Schoolhouse is sharing the vision behind what we’re building.Growi...
10/08/2026

One of my favorite parts of giving tours at Wagyumama Schoolhouse is sharing the vision behind what we’re building.

Growing up in Hong Kong and attending a British international school gave me a different perspective on education. I love the European influence of teachers really knowing their students, combined with the old one-room schoolhouse concept and learning through real-life experiences.

Remember home economics, shop class, cooking, sewing, gardening, and learning how to actually make things? Why did we ever move away from teaching those skills?

That’s one of the reasons I love having Mieke at our Schoolhouse. Growing up on a farm in Europe, surrounded by land and a homesteading way of life, she brings that experience into everything she teaches.
From art and creativity to practical skills and working with your hands, she’s sharing knowledge that goes far beyond a textbook.

And that’s exactly what we’re trying to bring back.

An education that values academics AND practical life skills. Where children discover what they love, what they’re good at, and what they’re capable of doing.

Because not every child will follow the same path, and that’s a good thing.

We’re not just preparing children for the next grade. We’re preparing them for life. ❤️

10/07/2026

Sharpening your character is just as vital, if not more so than sharpening your skills in ELA and mathematics.

You can teach a child to read, write and solve an equation. But teaching them courage, integrity, perseverance, responsibility, kindness and self-discipline gives them the tools to actually use those skills well.

And in the long run, those character traits may be the very things that take them farther in life.

Academics give you skills. Character determines what you do with them.

Today I taught a room full of boys with some BIG personalities.The kind who need to move their bodies while they learn.W...
10/06/2026

Today I taught a room full of boys with some BIG personalities.

The kind who need to move their bodies while they learn.

Who might build with Legos while they’re listening to a story and can still tell you exactly what happened.
Who need to touch it, try it, question it, talk about it, and sometimes figure something out the hard way.

The kind who don’t always respond well to being controlled but absolutely respond to being connected with.

And I kept thinking about how easy it would be to misunderstand them.

To see movement as misbehavior.
Questions as defiance.
Energy as a problem.
A child who learns differently as a child who isn’t learning.

But when you actually get to know them, you realize something.

You don’t have to break their will to teach them.

Sometimes you guide them without them even realizing they’re being guided. You plant the seed, give them some ownership, and suddenly the thing you were trying to get them to do becomes their idea.

And they do it.

Years ago, a special education teacher told me something I’ve never forgotten. After decades of teaching, she said some of the children who struggled most in a traditional classroom became the adults she depended on, the plumber, the tradesman, the person who could build something or fix something when nobody else could.

I thought about her today.

Because sitting in front of me may have been our future builders, farmers, mechanics, engineers, contractors, business owners and entrepreneurs.

The minds that don’t always fit neatly inside a box are sometimes the minds that eventually build something outside of one.

And that is why the teacher matters so much.

These boys have Ms Caity and Ms Kylie every day, and they are pretty incredible at seeing the individual child underneath all that personality. They give them boundaries without crushing their spirit. They teach them while still giving them room to be who they are.

Because the goal isn’t to make a room full of children easier to control.

The goal is to help each one become who they were capable of becoming.

And sometimes our job is simply to make sure we don’t crush that out of them before they get there.

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Tuesday 8am - 2pm
Wednesday 8am - 2pm
Thursday 8am - 2pm
Friday 8am - 2pm

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