Challenges of Worldschooling Part 1: Goodbyes and Societal Confines
I glanced into the back seat and saw tears rolling down my 13-year-old’s face. My momma heart sank. Honestly, I had been pushing down...
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Rachel Carlson
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Florence, Italy 2023 Photo Dump
We explored museums and parks, visited the Duomo and other churches, hiked the hills, enjoyed the vistas, walked Ponte Vecchio, tried...
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Rachel Carlson
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Madison Aug 2023 Photo Dump
We spent a week with the worldschoolers in Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-12, 2023. We visited Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Chazen museum of...
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Rachel Carlson
- Jul 25
- 11 min
Traveling Fulltime with Teens
We began our nomadic lifestyle when our kids were 8, 11, and 13… clearly in the tween stage, but in 2022 they leveled up into triple...
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Rachel Carlson
- Jun 26
- 15 min
A Worldschooler's Graduation: Thoughts When Worldschooling and Traditional School Collide
Our eldest traveled fulltime with our family for four years... then decided to end his travels to attend high school & receive his diploma.
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Rachel Carlson
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Istanbul Feb 2023 Photo Dump
We had a great time exploring Istanbul (not Constantinople). Visiting mosques and palaces, taking a less-than US$3 ferry ride up the...
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Rachel Carlson
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Athens New Years 2023 Photo Dump
Ringing in the New Year in Athens! So much to visit: The Acropolis, the Ellinikon Experience Park, watching the changing of the guard,...
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Rachel Carlson
- Jun 14
- 1 min
NYC Sept 2022 Photo Dump
Autumn in the Big Apple was amazing. Darn near perfect weather, plenty to see and do, and quite the crowd joining us to explore NYC and...
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Rachel Carlson
- Apr 2
- 10 min
Pop-Up Prep
We’re so excited to create these opportunities for worldschooling families and want your kids (and you!) to have the best possible...
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Rachel Carlson
- Feb 12
- 19 min
Broken Bone: Triple Country Care Plan
Here's how we navigated a bone broken in the UK, surgically set in Greece, and final pin removal in Turkey. It can be done!
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Rachel Carlson
- Dec 22, 2022
- 5 min
Pop-Up Recap: London 2022
When we first scheduled our London event, we seriously wondered if anyone would come. Who exactly goes to London… in November?...
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Rachel Carlson
- Nov 1, 2022
- 7 min
The Gift of Community
Sometimes we don’t know what we’re missing until we stumble into it. This happens all the time in our lives – think of the stories of...
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Rachel Carlson
- Oct 20, 2022
- 8 min
Pop-Up Recap: Iceland 2022
The land of fire and ice... we found the ice and missed the fire. However, we did observe amazing evidence and stunning effects of the...
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Rachel Carlson
- Sep 19, 2022
- 12 min
Spring 2023: Castle Pop-Up & Worldschool Prom
FAQs on our Normandy castle stay, pop-up, and teenage prom!
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Rachel Carlson
- Aug 30, 2022
- 3 min
Pop-Up Recap: Madison, Wisconsin, August 2022
A Recap of our 2022 Pop-Up in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Rachel Carlson
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
Spotlight: Old Town Charm in Freiburg, Germany
Here's a sneak peek of all the cool things we'll do out our pop-up in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
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Rachel Carlson
- Jul 2, 2022
- 8 min
Where Do I Find Worldschool Community?
Worldschoolers are a unique group of people and finding each other is a huge piece of how we establish social connections.
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Rachel Carlson
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Spotlight: Art & the Outdoors | Bentonville Arkansas
When we tell people we're hosting a worldschool pop-up in Bentonville, we're often greeted by blank stares, raised eyebrows, or polite...
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Rachel Carlson
- May 12, 2022
- 6 min
Navigating the Needs of Nomadic Adolescents
When they were young: The Carlson kids started traveling when they were infants, sometimes just a few days old on their first road trip....
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Rachel Carlson
- May 7, 2022
- 2 min
Spotlight: Oaxaca City, Mexico | June 2022
Welcome to the "Land of Seven Moles" Oaxaca is also known as Oaxaca de Juárez or Oaxaca City. It is the capital (and largest city) of the...
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