Worldschooling

Somewhere along the Andaman coast, we did something that I would once have thought completely crazy: we left our wallets, car keys, and phones right on a shirt on the open beach, and casually disappeared into the waves for two hours. It didn’t even cross our minds to worry. Now, you could argue we’d been

Walking Away It felt like a crisis. Government policy had shifted, pushing us past an ethical boundary we refused to cross. Staying in our jobs was no longer an option. Yet looking back, I’m strangely grateful for that push. It stripped away the status quo and forced us to radically reevaluate our lives. With the

To understand how our philosophy differs from child to child and how it will change as they develop and grow, visit our Worldschooling Philosophy hub. A Turning Point The years between nine and eleven mark an important shift. Our daughter is no longer simply discovering what it means to be a learner; she is beginning to test

To understand how our philosophy differs from child to child and how it will change as they develop and grow, visit our Worldschooling Philosophy hub. Learning as an Ongoing Adventure This stage of learning is the one I feel most nervous about. It sits at the transition between the supported, dependent learning of early childhood and the

To understand how our philosophy differs from child to child and how it will change as they develop and grow, visit our Worldschooling Philosophy hub. Learning as an Everyday Adventure Our hope for four-year-old Charlie is simple: that learning feels woven into everyday life, not set apart from it. We want his days to feel

From Homeschooling Skeptic to Worldschooling Believer Before I had kids, the idea of homeschooling felt completely foreign to me. I saw it as a pursuit for mothers far more patient and purposeful than I was, and I worried that children outside the traditional school experience might miss out on something essential. Now, as a mum