What a Typical Worldschooling Day Looks Like in Our Worldschooling Family Hi friends! I've been really interested to see the recent increase in worldschooling families- those families who use travel as a primary method of education. Some of these families live in one place, homeschool and go on . . .
10 Best Travel Toys For Toddlers On Airplanes (+ Toddler Luggage)
Our 10 favourite travel toys for toddlers on airplanes (Plus toddler luggage they'll LOVE!) If you've been following our travel adventure through Thailand, Sri Lanka and Bali you will know that we've flown a lot with our three young kids including a long haul flight with toddler (they've all been . . .
An Open Letter to Parents Wanting ADVENTURE
An Open Letter to Parents Wanting An Adventure. A letter inspired by messages from parents I get most days, asking how we made the leap and often saying they don't think they could do it. Dear Parent, You’re thinking of adventure. You have been adult-ing pretty well, even if most of it is an . . .
Disadvantages of homeschooling? Couple time!
Lack of couple time: one of the disadvantages of homeschooling? Top o’ the morning to ya, and what a fine day it is. A cloud of micro-flies has set up camp in our bathroom and refuses to leave no matter what we do, there is a monkey dangling his ‘bits’ over the edge of our roof and Patrick just got . . .
Whale watching Sri Lanka: Everything you need to know
All you need to know about whale watching Sri Lanka Hi friends! Today we celebrated our gorgeous eldest daughter's 7th birthday here in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. We knew that it would be a slightly unorthodox birthday, what with being nearly 6000 miles from the UK and all. The last family birthday we . . .
Nomadic lifestyle with kids: What do we DO each day?!
Full time travel with kids: Day to day life Hey friends! I thought I'd write a little post about what our day-to-day nomadic lifestyle looks like. Although the country-hopping and absence of school are very different compared to most families with young children (ours are 6, 5 and 2) there are some . . .
Nomadic lifestyle: Interview with 3 full time travel kids
Nomadic lifestyle for families Nomadic lifestyle: What do the kids think? Nomadic lifestyle: Good morning from the Thai-Burma border! We are in the middle of our visit to a wonderful children's charity in Thailand, and it's been incredible. Yesterday the kids at the home celebrated Christmas . . .
8 Ways Travel Will Change You.
What We've Learned From 8 Weeks of Full Time Travel Worldschooling family life Hey, y'all. We are coming up to two months of full-time travel, or 'worldschooling', and we've learned a lot. Some things are academic, some emotional, some spiritual- but one thing's for sure, travel opens up a whole . . .
6 Surprising Facts About Homeschooling in UK
Homeschooling in the UK: The basics So it's been interesting seeing people's reactions to our story in local news, and it's apparent that myths abound about home education / homeschooling requirements. (To read more about our home education lifestyle click here). I think it would be great if home . . .
No Rules, No School: The Unschooling Trend Taking Over Families
What Is Unschooling? Good morrow friends! I've written a few posts about our unusual way of parenting now and it's been lovely seeing so many people interested and asking questions about the way we do things in our family. I thought I would do a thorough post about where our parenting philosophy . . .