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Around the World Trip ·

Affordable World Travel With A Family: Is It Possible?

After two years of traveling on the road, I think it’s worth taking some time to candidly discuss the topic of money. Is affordable world…

July 25, 2019 2:27 pm·

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Around the World Trip ·

How Does Homeschooling Work On The Road?

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Around the World Trip ·

25 Things to Consider for RTW Family Travel

Responsible Travel ·

How to Practice Ethical Family Travel

Sharing Economy ·

Sharing Economy Travel Tips for Families

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Eight Easy Sustainable Travel Tips For Families

October 22, 2020 8:38 am·

Outdoors ·

Children Exploring Nature: Eight Ways To Use Outdoor Learning For Homeschooling

September 27, 2020 7:11 pm·

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Hiking In Spokane With Kids: Family-Friendly Parks And Trails

August 30, 2020 8:04 am·

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Car Camping Essentials for Families

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Back to school! How is everyone doing managing sch

Back to school! How is everyone doing managing school for your kids? This school year is so unique, with some schools only doing online, while other schools are doing a hybrid.
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We are continuing with our homeschooling as usual, and it has been going smoothly. We do an hour or two of learning in the morning, and an hour or two of learning in the afternoon.
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For our family, having a balance of subjects is important. While we do spend a considerable amount of time on fundamentals like math, writing, and reading, we also provide opportunities for learning the arts too, as well as history and science.
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We like doing unit studies. But we also will deep dive into a random topic if our children are showing an interest in it.
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How do you approach learning in your home? Do you follow a plan, or are you more child-led? Do you use home experiences as teachable moments, or so you have formal time for learning?
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We were recently featured in another article on CN

We were recently featured in another article on CNN along with some friends of mine, @havekiddoswilltravel and @thewanderlustmomma!
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Now I’m seeing a lot of new faces here, so I thought I’d introduce myself and my family.
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Originally from Seattle, WA, USA, we’ve been traveling for over two years. Scroll through our feed and you’ll see pictures from Mexico, Costa Rica, Italy, France, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and Vietnam.
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When the pandemic hit, we headed back to the US and laid low in eastern Washington for several months. These days, we’re in Jersey City/New York City.
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We like to think of ourselves as worldschoolers. We love travel, but what’s more important to us is teaching our kids ABOUT the world.
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So many traveling families are bummed about not being to travel that much these days. But I’m of the mindset that you can still learn about the world without leaving home.
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While we’ve been in the US, we’ve been diving deep into this country’s history, the good and the bad: independence, slavery, Native Americans, immigration, Westward Expansion. There is so much to learn even in your own backyard.
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When it’s safe to really travel again, we’re hoping to continue our international adventures. If you’re like my family and itching for your next big adventure, how are you keeping the spirit of travel alive while being home?
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Hello world, long time no talk! #ad . We’ve bee

Hello world, long time no talk! #ad
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We’ve been taking some time off to rediscover my hometown of Spokane, WA this summer. So many things are keeping us busy these days, and I haven’t done a good job of sharing our explorations with you all!
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Back in June, we took some time to walk along the Centennial Trail, a 37 mile paved road that winds through the city. The trail follows the Spokane River, and it’s a great way to get to see some beautiful parts of the city.
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But on hot summer days, it can get pretty hot! Using our @hoo_rag bandanas are a great way to enjoy the hike while keeping the sweat off our faces. Plus, if you’re like my daughter, it can make you pretty fashionable too! 🤪
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What’s your favorite way to keep cool during long summer hikes?
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How are you all taking care of yourselves these da

How are you all taking care of yourselves these days? For us, it’s getting as much Vitamin D as we can. ☀️
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As much as we can, we’ve been trying to get outside and do hiking in our area. It’s been two years since we’ve had consistent access to the outdoors, and now that we’re in Washington state, we are loving it!
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We’ve been discovering so many fun trails even in the city. And trying to get some camping in as well.
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What are your favorite ways to let off steam?
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Homeschooling requires resourcefulness and working

Homeschooling requires resourcefulness and working with what you have.
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Our family unschools, which means that we don’t follow a set curriculum when it comes to learning. That doesn’t mean that we don’t learn. It just means that we are flexible with how we teach our lessons to our kids.
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Since we’ve been staying in the Western US, we’ve been doing a history unit on Westward Expansion and the Lewis and Clark expedition. For this history lesson, I wanted us to see how far the journey was and what the members of the expedition saw as they made their way across the United States.
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We ended up using an ebook that we checked out from the library, and a book and map from my dad’s study. I loved how my kids got into it, looking at the different landscape pictures as we “moved” across the west.
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How do you try to make history come alive for your kids? What kinds of activities do you like to do with them?
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#historylovers #historybuff #unschoolinglife #unschoolingfamily #homeschoolingmom #parentswhowander #familieswhotravel #loveyourtimetogether #takeyourkidseverywhere #travelwithfamily #travelblogger #unsettledown #wetravelwt #travelmom #nomadfamily #traveltheworld #traveldeeper #momswhotravel #tmom #aroundtheworld #travelblog #ourtribetravels #travelingtheworld #wewillwander #vinjebushworldtour #everywherefamilies #brownfamiliestraveling #takefamilytime #worldschoolingcentral #ctefollow

This little guy celebrated his 7th birthday this w

This little guy celebrated his 7th birthday this week! 🥰
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I always get so nostalgic around my kids’ birthdays. I think back to when they were first born, and remember all the amazing travel memories they’ve had since then.
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If you could sum up your kid’s life in travel moments, what would it look like?
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For us it would include: riding subways in New York City in a baby carrier; trekking through a jungle in Sumatra; riding rickshaws through the streets of Delhi; hiking through giant Redwood forests; climbing ancient pyramids in Mexico; getting left behind at a busy bus stop in Rome; and boating along an underground river in the Philippines.
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As traveling families, one of the biggest gifts we can give our kids are the moments we share with them in this world. And even if we’re not taking epic adventures, we can still make our travel memories memorable ones.
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What memories (big or small) have you made with your kids this year?
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Oh how much things can change in the span of a yea

Oh how much things can change in the span of a year!
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Last year today, we arrived in Amed, on the Indonesian island of Bali, after having spent a month in Yogyakarta, on the island of Java. We were just about to start a month-long meet-up with 30+ other worldschooling families.
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To say the month was intense was an understatement. It was non-stop interactions with families, conversing, playing, learning, sharing, and making bonds that are still strong to this day. I was exhausted at the end of it, but looking back now, I realize how many wonderful memories we made during that month.
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Though we’re all scattered across the globe now, I am forever grateful to have had the privilege of meeting so many wonderful families.
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Today, a meet-up like that would be difficult to do without taking extra precautions. But I hope one day in the future we can do something like that again.
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My traveling feet are getting itchy, but I know now is still not the right time to do any big travel for our family. We’re going to keep playing it low key and waiting until this pandemic is over.
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What were you doing a year ago? What has changed in your life since then?
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After enduring all the smoke from the Washington f

After enduring all the smoke from the Washington fires earlier this month, we were able to spend our last week in Spokane outside.
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As part of the #Bloomsdayrun, an annual 12k run/walk in Spokane, we took a walk around our city, enjoying as much outdoor time as we can.
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As the summer months end, and the weather starts to cool off, it’s going to be much harder to get as much outdoor time. But we’ll try.
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Are you planning any outdoor excursions this fall and winter? What do you have planned?
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