The plan is to stop planning this year.  We are adopting a new go with the flow kind of lifestyle. We bought a Smithsonian Encyclopedia, Complete Curriculum for Kindergarten and 1st grade and if kids want to do some lessons we will. During rainy season in Cloud Forest there may be plenty of opportunity while sitting inside.

The new idea of UNSCHOOLING looks like a natural choice for the year in Costa Rica. Our children didn't particularly fall in love with school last year and honestly neither did I. After paying high school taxes we are leaving it for unschooling. And don't get me wrong Leo had a wonderful kindergarten teacher but the Common Core testing and few crazy peers took all the fun out of school.

WHAT IS UNSCHOOLING AND WHY IT MAY WORK FOR US.

Unschooling children are supported to pursue things that are of interest to them. They eat foods they enjoy and in quantities that are satisfying, sleep and rest according to their individual needs, choose friends of all ages or none at all. Leo is a picky eater in our family and we allow him to choose what he eats for dinner ( from what's on the table of course) or he can always choose raw fruit, vegetables and homemade yogurt at any time of day. I always had a problem seeing people forcing their children to eat food they do not want to eat or dislike. Personally I would not want to be forced to eat a steak or seafood. Treat others as you would like to be treated. That's the motto.
Us personally we are not committing ourselves to homeschooling or unschooling forever. We just promise ourselves to be flexible and watchful and make sure we strive to be respectful towards each other and honor each child's individuality. We will be using few workbooks to make sure we are staying on track if we decide to enter back into public school next year. Who knows maybe kids will actually miss school.