Education Ideas for Traveling (Working) Families

For families who work remotely, online, or who have the freedom to travel much of the year, there are great options available to you in addition to homeschooling your child.

In this blog you will peek into:

• World Schooling

• Road Schooling

• WWHOOFING

• Online School Options

• 1:1 Tutors

World School: Each session, your family moves to that particular country for an immersive experience. For as little as $300/month, your student gets a forest school learning experience in other countries. Travel expenses, room and board are not included, but they do a great job of helping to arrange cost effective options. This school is specific for families who can afford to travel like that, probably the best fit for families who are absentee business owners or work online.

Story Lines: While Storylines are not a school perse, they have a very interesting model. The cruise ship was reconfigured to be a residential ship whose all-inclusive included healthcare, 25 world-class restaurants, apartments with kitchens, gyms, and much more including onboard homeschooling pods. The pod leaders facilitate weekly meet-ups, group classes, tutoring time, and educational excursions at the dock points. Your family lives on the cruise ship and travels the world. You buy the apartment and pay the all inclusive monthly dues. Each family chooses their method of homeschooling and joins a pod for group learning experiences.

Fusion Global Academy: This school offers a 1:1 teacher student ratio! Live online "classroom" time with your child. Have you ever heard on a movie the line, "I had private tutors?" I think this is the updated version of that making it accessible anywhere in the world. For students on a rigorous path, such as an athlete on their way to the Olympics, traditional school is just too restrictive. Fusion could be the perfect solution. It is costly, about $6500/course.

“It’s better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”

WWHOOF

"Live and Learn on Organic Farms"

Both an acronym and a verb, WWHOOF is a win-win solution for farmers and travelers. It is a sort of matchmaking service, like the people who house-sit to travel the world - -ingenius! No farming experience needed, just a willingness to live on a farm (generally 3 weeks) and work it (usually 4-6 hrs/day). Room and (organic farm fresh) board are paid. In the US, one must be 18 yrs old to WWHOOF, but children are allowed along with their legal guardian. In some other countries, teens may WWHOOF on their own.

I saw an ad for a teacher to travel with a carnival and teach the students of the carnival families. They were offering room and board (a travel trailer in their nomadic camp) and $30/hr. --

Online schools: Here is a link to the list of online schools (always growing)

There are more online schools that I can count now. Seems like every day I see an ad for a school I had never heard of before.

Online Offerings to supplement your book-based learning.

“Nothing develops intelligence like travel.” – Emile Zola

Educational Travel Information and Services

I will continue to research and add to this list of quality resources to incorporate travel into your students' educational experience.