With homeschooling, it’s up to you to create the personalized home education of your dreams. Are you wondering how to start homeschool? Are you just bored with the homeschool routine? The homeschool life can be very stressful; it’s so much more than reading how to homeschool… But it’s definitely easier with an experienced homeschool mom by your side – that’s where I come in!
For more than a decade now, I haven’t been just the homeschool teacher; I’m the lead learner on our educational adventure. Now with three big kids who homeschool high school and middle school, you’ll find us weekly with friends at our Classical Conversations homeschool co-op or at home working on the CC homeschool curriculum. However, our favorite way to homeschool is through unschooling, roadschooling, and worldschooling for some real life learning. It’s a beautiful eclectic homeschool mash-up.
Every homeschool plan and homeschool family is different. It’s a privilege to show you how we do it… as least for now. Every year is different.
Let me know if I can encourage your homeschool journey! No question is a silly question.
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Learning through Classical Conversations
Homeschool kids aren’t the only ones who change; it changes (and stretches) the homeschool parents. We have used Classical Conversations for eleven years now with class only once a week for thirty weeks a year. With the combination of weekly homeschool group structure and free weeks for learning, it’s been a great homeschool program for us. That gives lots of time for family travel!
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Worldschool, Roadschool, and Family Travel
Homeschooling is the best when done on the road! My favorite form of learning on trips is merely looking for opportunities on the trip itself. I usually route our road trips in a circle, following a different path on the way home.
I search by National Parks, historic places, special experiences, and museums. Make driving time can be educational with audiobooks and podcasts. Take books everywhere. And when mom and dad need a break, let the kids use car time to build the family culture – a shared love of movies just brings them closer together.
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Learning through Family Field Trips
Ready to homeschool through day trips? Grab a reciprocal museum pass, search for free local experiences, and print out a map of state and national parks. Museums around the country have brought us the best real-life history, science, and art experiences. When the kids were younger, our homeschool kids spent days exploring children’s museums. These give kids of all ages such amazing opportunities for creating, STEM learning, and imaginative play – soak up these days!
Don’t overlook the everyday learning opportunitites around you that are easily added. All of these count as education.
- Meet with friends for some nature exploring.
- Seek out new places for a hike.
- Grab some sports equipment and head to the park.
- Take instrument lessons, cooking classes, or tennis lessons.
- Prioritize Bible study, youth groups, and Awana classes
- Join a local theater or music group
- Find a local Boy or Girl Scout group
- Locate all the nearby state parks and ranger programs
- Learn about local produce at a farm or dairy.
- Tour the fire department or police station.
This may mean that you need to become an adventure mom, leave your comfort zone, or seek guidance from other local parents. Just go!
Unschooling at Home
Homeschooling means taking the family learning away from the “normal” school. The typical school subjects like math, reading, science, and history are present in every day life and easy to take with us on the road. We family loves diving into history with books and letting it come to life in all of our United States travels. Science comes into their education through memory work, nature exploring, and tons of museum learning.
When the kids were little, structured learning was minimal, and I tried to look for ways to incorporate all the subjects into our daily life. They read when they were ready. Until upper elementary, most math was learned through lots of games and real-life through discussions of time, cooking, and money. We unschool through lots and lots of life lessons.
Remember the most important perk of homeschooling – you’re the boss and can choose to skip as needed!
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Learning through Living Books
With all family learning, there are no limits to your adult or child’s education when you have access to beautiful books. When in doubt, go to the library and grab some books. You’re never too old for a beautiful picture book, and never without access if your phone is ready with some audiobooks.
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What if you can’t homeschool? You’re welcome here too! Whether at traditional school, part-time school, or homeschool, every family can create a learning life when you see every day as full of opportunities. Changing your view from “school” to “learning” allows the world to become your classroom – no matter how you choose to educate your kids. Personalized educational journeys take learning extends beyond textbooks to real-world applications.
Every day, every family, and every adventure is an opportunity to learn together as a family. It all counts!
Thanks for stopping by my little corner! Here’s to your next adventure.
I’m Bobbie. As transplants from Texas, my family of six is on a mission to discover all of Georgia’s amazing places, experience amazing road trips across the United States, and create a homeschool life along the way.
Want to adventure like me? Reach out! I’d love to chat. Stop by my Instagram or Pinterest page to discover more of our adventures.
Want to work with me? I’d love to work with your destination and tourism board to help other family travelers see all you have to offer.
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