Worldschooling
People, places, languages, food, history and everyday life become part of learning.
Worldschooling
A hybrid education shaped around our boys.
We mix worldschooling, homeschooling, unschooling and roadschooling. The balance changes with the boys, the season and wherever our family happens to be.
Our approach
There is no single label for how we learn.
We share what works for our family, not a formula everyone should follow. Sometimes learning is planned. Often it grows from a place, a question or something the boys want to understand.
Homeschooling
We make space for intentional learning at home and use resources such as Khan Academy.
Unschooling
The boys lead a lot of what comes next through their questions, interests and natural curiosity.
Roadschooling
Travel days, maps, landscapes, museums and the practical life of moving all become useful material.
Child-led, not hands-off
We follow their interests and bring in structure when it helps.
Some days learning comes from an online lesson. Some days it comes from a new place, another family, a long conversation or something the boys want to learn more about. We use a mixture rather than forcing every day into the same shape.
Lawrie, 10Old enough for deeper projects, online resources and the independence to follow a question further.
Wilfy, 4Learning through play, stories, people, movement and being included in the life around him.
What it looks like
Learning changes when the surroundings change.
Online resources, practical projects, animals, the land and the routines that help everyone settle.
Maps, distances, landscapes, national parks, museums, libraries, problem solving and the practical realities of travel.
Local friendships, new communities and enough time for a place to become part of ordinary life.
Questions often become projects. We help the boys find resources without deciding every destination in advance.
Sri Lanka · late October 2025 to mid-March 2026
Five months gave everyone time to belong.
Lawrie joined Elements Worldschoolers, a holistic, multi-age learning community for children aged 7 to 14. Its days combine hands-on projects, expressive arts, movement, emotional wellbeing and meaningful connections with an international group of children. Wilfy spent time at Free Spirits Ceylon Kids, a nature-based learning and community space for younger children where play, relationships and everyday experiences guide learning, with an emphasis on emotional safety, flexibility and allowing each child to develop at their own pace. Both projects gave the boys time to make friends, experience different ways of learning and discover everyday life in a culture very different from home.
A future worldschooling idea
The Unbound Gathering
Travelling families sharing time, ideas and skills on our land in Portugal. We are exploring a small, flexible gathering shaped by the children and adults who come.
Explore the gathering