Posts about World Schooling

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Sustainable Family Travel: A Curious Path to Action

October 30, 2023

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.

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AI and Worldschool Education

August 10, 2023

This blog contains ideas and early thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) might influence worldschooling.

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Hot Topics in Educational Theory

June 21, 2023

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

June 11, 2023

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.

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What is Worldschooling?

May 30, 2023

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.

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Fernweh Families: The Diops

May 23, 2023

Our next “Fernweh Families” interviewee is the Diop family. These worldschooling families help inspire current and future travelers.

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Community Connectors: Rachel Carlson, Worldschool Pop-Up Hub

May 19, 2023

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.

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Destination Inspiration: The Pantanal

May 17, 2023

Behind the headliners of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon lies what National Geographic calls Brazil’s best-kept secret: the Pantanal.

Fernweh Families: The Zelenka/Tolks

April 25, 2023

Our second Fernweh family is the Zelenka/ Tolk's. This inspiring worldschooling family of four is in their second year on the road.

Page Family in Belize

Fernweh Families: The Pages

April 9, 2023

Yasmin Page shares insights from her family's adventure of worldschooling, unschooling and living in a co-op in Sattva Land, Belize.

Recent Posts

Finding Community on the Go: Why We Don’t Stick to Just One Travel TribeNovember 27, 2025 - 7:27 pm
Guest Post by Alex Parrish @saltyvagabonds When we first stepped into this travel lifestyle, most of our days were spent with the boating crowd. It made sense, we were living on the water, and naturally, those were the people around us. But over time, our circles grew. Not because we set out to “find more […]
Stories from the Road – Moab, UtahOctober 14, 2025 - 11:52 am
Moonflower Canyon is spectacularly situated against deep-red cliffs streaked with black vertical lines called desert varnish. Since it’s on land that’s part of the Bureau of Land Management and not actually a national park, dogs can roam and kids can climb freely. We’re on the outskirts of Moab down Kane Creek Road, a popular route […]
Family Life on the Road: Interpersonal DynamicsOctober 14, 2025 - 11:51 am
Planning for Launch Many families experience transitions galore during their worldschooling journey, sometimes even before they leave home. As your launch date nears, feeling sorrow or grief is perfectly normal. It’s also totally fine to feel none of that and just be excited about the trip ahead. When it comes time, involve your kids […]
Stories from the Road – Somewhere in the Amazon, BrazilOctober 14, 2025 - 11:48 am
They tell us not to take anything out of the jungle. It is our last day at Pousada Uacari. Situated at a tight bend in the Japurá River, a wide feeder to the Amazon about a mile away, it is a place so remote that its location was described to us simply as “two […]
Coming Home – Angela’s FamilyOctober 14, 2025 - 11:47 am
I was standing on the musty, shadowed wraparound porch of an old farmhouse, looking for the first time at a view that would soon become familiar. Mark and I were on a late-December house-hunting trip to Colorado while the boys were with family in Ohio. A week before, we’d taken our final safari drive […]
Stories from the Road – Naxos, GreeceOctober 14, 2025 - 11:46 am
Past the freshwater spring, the well-maintained trail has been petering steadily out. We find ourselves using arms and legs to scamper up the hillside. A goatherd and his tinkling, shaggy charges are on the opposite valley wall. “I see it!” says Lucy, pointing to a doorway cemented into the hillside. “Finally!” says Kai. […]
Family Travel and Worldschooling: A Resources ListOctober 14, 2025 - 11:45 am
Below is a curated list of resources to help you start planning for a worldschooling journey. We’ve aimed to provide credible sources, but inclusion in this collection does not indicate our endorsement or affiliation. Accommodations Airbnb An online site for hosts to list available places, and travelers to book accommodations and experiences. The site has […]
Stories from the Road – Deadvlei, NamibiaOctober 14, 2025 - 11:43 am
We wake at 3:30 a.m., having committed to a desert safari in Namib-Naukluft National Park that starts at 4:00. Unlike a typical safari into a fauna-rich savanna, our aim today is to explore the massive sand dunes in the oldest desert in the world. At this hour, and without moisture to cloud the stars, […]
Worldschooling: Subject-Area Starter KitsOctober 14, 2025 - 11:42 am
As we shared in this blog on creating a worldschooling roadmap, we want to encourage you to experiment with education, be spontaneous, and trust your instincts. To help you get things started, the following section provides some techniques that worked well for us and other families we interviewed. Many activities and prompts are interdisciplinary, so […]
Stories from the Road – Weminuche Wilderness, Durango, ColoradoOctober 14, 2025 - 11:36 am
Charlie, my hubby, stays back with Max, our dog, while Johnny and I go on a multiday wilderness excursion with our good friends Kaitilin, David, and their kids, West and Zoe. With full backpacks and scuffed hiking boots, our crew disembarks from the Narrow Gauge tourist train in Elk Park, a grassy subalpine meadow along […]