Top 10 Posts of 2016: #9 World Schooling is the New Home Schooling

by ParentCo. December 27, 2016

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World Schooling is a Wild Ride That Just Might Be the Best Thing For Your Kids

by Lucy Aitkenread

Three years ago we sold our house and most of the things in it and yielded to the wanderlust in our hearts.

We packed our children into a VW camper van and left London for an eight-month-long road trip that took us through eight countries and ended in New Zealand. We’d unintentionally entered the world of “world schooling” – a place where families believe a child’s education isn’t best served through the classroom, but through experiencing the big, wide world.

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