EER060: The challenges and benefits of homeschooling and travel

Many can name some of the benefits of homeschooling. Jen Miller certainly can, but she's also well aware of the trials and obstacles that present themselves face when one chooses an unconventional approach to education for their child. Add in four children and a life of full-time travel, and you can begin to imagine just how big — and important — the job can be

Enter Jen Miller. I've been reading Miller's work since 2012, when I started researching our own leap into homeschooling and full-time travel. Jen and her family haven't stayed in one place for more than six months since 2008, and she has educated all four children the entire time.

The Challenges and Benefits of Homeschooling

Speaking from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Miller talks about her own homeschooling routines and how they've changed over the years. She is "anti-school," and has spoken at length about the importance of finding the right learning style for your own children, but here I ask her about the benefits of homeschooling and how they have implemented it in their family. Listen in as we discuss teaching philosophies, time-management, and the true benefits of homeschooling while traveling.

IN THIS EPISODE

05:53 Intro
08:15 Work before and after full-time family travel
10:42 Where the kids are now
12:48 Early homeschool routines and philosophies
17:36 How her teaching style changed
19:40 Different children, different personalities, different learning styles
22:15 Discipling & getting kids to learn what they're not interested in
26:24 Thoughts on unschooling
29:03 Finding materials & acquiring live teachers
31:09 Time management & work-life balance
34:28 The transition from conventional school to something else