Fernweh Families: The Davises
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
Reentry is an important logistical chapter for both future and current worldschoolers and family travelers.
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.
Traveling Timelines
Here is some inspiration for how and why you might use pencil and paper timelines in your worldschooling curriculum.
Community Connectors: The Worldschool Coach
We enjoyed the opportunity to connect with Jak Boston with The Worldschool Coach and Boston Tribe Travels.
Four Reasons to Attend The Denver Travel and Adventure Show, January 20-21
Here are four reasons we are super excited for you to attend the Denver Travel and Adventure Show this January.
Winter Worldschooling Wonderland
We hope this starter list of worldschooling ideas has a little something for everyone and sparks your cold weather curiosity.
Wonder Year to Present at the Denver Travel & Adventure Show
A lot can happen in a year. Last January, when our book was still just a hazy dream on the horizon, Julie and Annika were wandering the Denver Travel & Adventure Show thinking, “We'd love to share our message with this audience.” And this coming January? We'll be there again—as featured speakers, with a pile of beautiful books on-hand!
Fernweh Families: the Neilans
Next in our Fernweh Families series are the Neilans–Jamie Neilans, her son, Jace (13), and their rescue dog, Sage. They live in Honeoye Falls, NY, a small town just outside Rochester. Jamie is a single mom.
Community Connectors: Sam Keller, Working Without Borders
We are so inspired by Sam’s mission and thank him for his commitment to the worldschooling community. We hope this introduction to Working Without Borders is helpful when planning your family’s journey.
Sustainable Family Travel: A Curious Path to Action
This blog explores how sustainable family travel can empower the next generation of environmental stewards in our kids as they connect to nature, experience awe, and engage in grassroots solutions.
Destination Inspiration: Greece
Greece was always on the top of my list when I dreamed of worldschooling. And after spending a month in the country during our year of worldschooling, it did not disappoint. Here are seven reasons to include Greece in your family travels.
Community Connectors: Discover Corps
What makes us most proud at Discover Corps is the positive impact we have on both travelers and the communities we visit. Seeing our travelers return with a deeper understanding of the world, a stronger sense of empathy, and a commitment to sustainable travel is incredibly rewarding.
Book Launch Month
When thinking of a New York Times bestselling author launching a book, one might envision a grand tour, fancy scarves, and lines of people waiting for her signature. What, in reality, does a book launch look like for “regular” authors? Read along to find out.
Stories From the Road: Paper Cranes in Hiroshima
The A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August, 6 1945 at 8:16am; Sadako Sasaki died on October 25, 1955. It is estimated that more than 10 million cranes are offered each year at the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima.
Fernweh Families: The Hunters
We’re the Hunter family. We consider ourselves part-time, full-time travellers. We have a house in Canada we call home for about half of the year, and spend the other half travelling together.
Three Shoes for One Trip
What a pleasant surprise to find out that we both agreed that you can get away with only packing three pairs of shoes for even an entire year of travel! Here are my fashion-approved (and her practicality-approved) recommendations for the three pairs of shoes to pack for travel.
Judging a Book by its Cover
Something magical happens when a file on your computer starts turning into a book. It begins to move from a 2D .doc into something more. For us that happened during the book design phase.
Closing Up Life at Home
Okay so you’ve made the decision to take an extended trip with your family. Now what? One of the first things you’ll need to do is start looking at how to “close up” life at home.
Destination Inspiration: Kenya
Here are just a few reasons why Kenya is an ideal destination to include on an international worldschooling itinerary.
Fernweh Families: The Z-Leaches
Next in our Fernweh series is the Z-Leach family. When they're not in their trusty camper named Zephyr, they hail from Colorado.
AI and Worldschool Education
This blog contains ideas and early thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) might influence worldschooling.
Stories from the Road: Visiting a Chinese Orphanage
This is one of our family’s moments in China, written the day after our visit to Lucy's orphanage in 2018. Travel can be truly healing.
Fernweh Families: The Lebobes
Our fifth Fernweh Family are the Lebobes. This French-American family had their own business in Italy prior to their long-term travels.
Four Worldschooling Memoirs to Get Your Wheels Turning
These four memoirs, each written by a worldschooling parent about their family’s journey, paint the picture of just how remarkable long-term family travel can be.
How to Work From the Road
More and more people are finding ways to earn money while traveling. Some take their jobs from home with them.
Stories from the Road: Our Alaskan Neighbor
Alaska is about futures, not pasts. We never talked about jobs or education. Only once did his talk deviate from practical matters and venture into the philosophical. It was when I asked him why he decided to go it alone in the Alaskan wild.
How to Write a Book: The Second Marathon
We gathered as much intel as possible from our editor, the sales team and our own research and assumptions and put our best guess on paper. That decision positioned us on the starting line of our second marathon, introducing Wonder Year to the world and activating channels to sell our book.
Hot Topics in Educational Theory
This post will break down some of the current topics in educational theory, to offer as baseline knowledge or to use as a springboard for your own deeper research.
Planning a Family Trip to Africa
For the past year, I’ve been slowly planning a family trip to Africa and have learned that this journey has some unique considerations. I’ve followed family travelers to the region on Instagram, talked to others who have traveled there, and have been reading up as much as possible.
Fernweh Families: The Salty Vagabonds
We are excited to continue our “Fernweh Families” interview…
What is Worldschooling?
Worldschooling is an educational approach shaped by the experience of learning in the world. Worldschooling is a form of education that combines travel and experiential learning.
Fernweh Families: The Diops
Our next “Fernweh Families” interviewee is the Diop family. These worldschooling families help inspire current and future travelers.
Community Connectors: Rachel Carlson, Worldschool Pop-Up Hub
We had the pleasure of linking up with Rachel Carlson, the founder and director of Worldschool Pop-up Hub. In this post, she shares how the organization was born, how it’s grown, and a bit about her personal experience as a long-term traveling family.
Destination Inspiration: The Pantanal
Behind the headliners of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon lies what National Geographic calls Brazil’s best-kept secret: the Pantanal.
Where Will You Go? Choosing Destinations for Worldschooling
This blog post will give you a few ideas to get you thinking about choosing your worldschooling destinations and creating the kind of Wonder Year journey you’d like to take.
