Travel bug, travel itch, wanderlust, bucket list.

If you’ve ever dreamed about an epic family adventure and heading out on the road for a few months or more, Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling is for you. Part inspiration and part how-to, this book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on a long-term family trip and using the world as a classroom for your kids—a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling.

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If you’ve ever dreamed about an epic family adventure and heading out on the road for a few months or more, Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling is for you. Part inspiration and part how-to, this book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on a long-term family trip and using the world as a classroom for your kids—a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling.

Pack up the family

for a life-changing adventure.

Three travelers with a wild desire to help get you out there!

We are returned worldschoolers. Our aim is to provide you with inspiration and information to help you hit the road with your family. We want to show you that through long-term family travel, you can slow down, simplify and wonder at all the world has to offer.

Packed with practical information and enriched by colorful, first-person travelogues, Wonder Year is a friendly companion that will show you how to fund your travels, plan and enjoy the journey, teach your kids on the road, and travel sustainably and safely.

Three travelers with a wild desire to help get you out there!

We are returned worldschoolers. Our aim is to provide you with inspiration and information to help you hit the road with your family. We want to show you that through long-term family travel, you can slow down, simplify and wonder at all the world has to offer.

Packed with practical information and enriched by colorful, first-person travelogues, Wonder Year is a friendly companion that will show you how to fund your travels, plan and enjoy the journey, teach your kids on the road, and travel sustainably and safely.

Recent Stories from the Road

music and worldschooling, boy iwth violin

Music and Worldschooling

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Music and worldschooling go together like redwood forests and Gulf Stream waters. This blog offers ways to incorporate music appreciation, personal listening, and instrument study into your worldschooling plan.
Ashley Davis, Lennon Davis, worldschooling in Texas

Fernweh Families: The Davises

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Ashley Davis shares her experiences as a worldschooling fernweh family of three traveling in a fifth wheel around the U.S.

Reentry, An Important Chapter

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Reentry is an important logistical chapter for both future and current worldschoolers and family travelers.
Florence Williams, The Nature Fix, science writer, Boulder author

Community Connectors: Florence Williams

We had the chance to sit down with Florence Williams for a conversation about some of our favorite topics: nature, awe, travel, and wonder. All topics that family travel and worldschooling encompass.
worldschooling, timeline, family travel ideas

Traveling Timelines

Here is some inspiration for how and why you might use pencil and paper timelines in your worldschooling curriculum.
the worldschool coach, Jak Boston, worldschooling

Community Connectors: The Worldschool Coach

We enjoyed the opportunity to connect with Jak Boston with The Worldschool Coach and Boston Tribe Travels.