Worldschooling
Twenty guides for families learning on the move. Maths on the road, reading without a classroom, keeping records, re entry, and what it actually costs you.
20 resources in this collection
Written by Eric Gonzalez-Payne, founder of Empathy School Bali.
20 resources
For adultsWhat Worldschooling Actually Is
Teaching practice
A useful definition, and the three versions of it that get confused with each other.
For adultsThe First Three Months on the Road
Teaching practice
What actually happens when a family starts, and why month two is the hard one.
For adultsMaths When You Are Travelling
Teaching practice
The subject families worry about most, and the one that survives travel best.
For adultsReading and Writing Without a Classroom
Teaching practice
What to actually do, when there is no literacy hour and no reading scheme.
For adultsLearning From a Market
Teaching practice
The single richest place you can take a child, in any country on earth.
For adultsLearning From a Border Crossing
Teaching practice
A queue, a form and a stamp, and one of the sharpest lessons available.
For adultsThe Socialisation Question
Teaching practice
Everybody asks it. Here is the honest answer and what to actually do.
For adultsKeeping Records You Might Actually Need
Teaching practice
What to keep, in case you go back into a school system, and what nobody will ever ask for.
For adultsGoing Back Into School
Teaching practice
Re entry is harder than leaving, and it is mostly not about academics.
For adultsA Base Versus Constant Movement
Teaching practice
The decision that determines what kind of year you have.
For adultsLearning a Language Where It Is Spoken
Teaching practice
Being in the country is not enough on its own. What actually produces speech.
For adultsA Day With No Plan
Teaching practice
Why one unplanned day a week does more than a fifth day of lessons.
For adultsMuseums Without the Misery
Teaching practice
Most museum visits with children go badly. Three changes fix it.
For adultsThe Family Learning Kit
Teaching practice
What to carry when everything you own has to fit in a bag.
For adultsScreens on the Road
Teaching practice
The honest version, from families who travel rather than families who write about it.
For adultsHow to Actually Meet Local Children
Teaching practice
The thing every travelling family says they want and few manage.
For adultsWhen Your Child Says They Are Bored
Teaching practice
What it usually means, which is rarely boredom.
For adultsDocumenting the Year
Teaching practice
The record you will want in five years, and how to make it without it becoming a job.
For adultsMoney, and Giving a Child a Real Budget
Teaching practice
The most useful thing a travelling family can hand over, and how to do it without rescuing.
For adultsWhat Worldschooling Costs You
Teaching practice
The honest limits, from someone who is not selling you a lifestyle.