Road schooling

Road-schooling is a style of home education. These families are 'location independent', and the children are schooled on the road. The style and methods of road schooling change from family to family but they share three things; they are nomadic families, they have school-aged children, they choose this lifestyle. There is a growing number of families who have decided to embrace long-term travel and take on the responsibility for their children's education. There are also many websites for support including a magazine just for Fulltime Families..
Effects on the Child of Long Term Travel as a Family Unit
There is no research on the benefits or risks to children of long-term travel. However, there is much anecdotal evidence about the global awareness and tolerance that these children appear to develop, as well as increased learning opportunities.
It is not a new phenomenon. Families that are involved in traveling theaters, circuses, other performers and gypsies have been doing this for a long time. However, the increasing ability of people to do a "virtual commute" combined with the tendency for a couple to delay starting a family until later in life when they are financially secure is allowing more families to choose long-term travel as a lifestyle option These families may be traveling in an RV, bikes, tents, hotels, boats, or house-swapping.
Learning Methods
This depends very much on each different family. Many road-school families describe the situation where they learn from their travels. They may use a method known commonly as Unschooling. The family might join in activities such as the Junior Ranger program at national parks or examine the remains of an animal that they find. . Many describe doing traditional book work, particularly for math . A family may use a literature-based educational philosophy, and adapt the Charlotte Mason method to their roadschooling .
Most seem to describe a method that fits the old adage "travel broadens the mind". This philosophy would generally be described as natural learning or unschooling, though the traveling families often seem to describe the places they've been and things they've seen as vital to their family's learning experiences. The experiences described by various families already referenced include learning about Darwin's Theories in the Galapagos Islands where he originally studied them, studying geology at places such as Uluru, The Twelve Apostles on Australia's Great Ocean Road, and exploring ruins of Ancient cultures to learn about them.

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