Episode #10: Home Ed on the Move – Exploring a Wandering Lifestyle with Alice Griffin

Home educating while travelling can play out in a variety of ways and is different for each family. It often brings to mind the idea of high excitement and far-flung locations. While that sometimes might be true, there are other styles of adventure as well. It was an absolute joy to have Alice Griffin joy us for a conversation about what family travel looks like in her family and how it weaves together beautifully with home education. Alice has a website alicegriffin.co.uk and is on instagram @wanderingalice We Discuss:   The idea of “wandering” and slow travel rather than exotic trips  Coming across different people and hearing various ways of doing things, seeing what resonates in choosing our home education paths  Following passions and deep dives, soaking things up, supporting and facilitating learning  The central role that nature can play in daily life and the ease of access to the outdoors when living in campers or boats  How an unconventional life can open up flexibility to actually build and maintain community and relationships with extended family in a different way than a “regular” 9-5 sort of life How families communicate and find consensual ways of travel and decision-making  Travel with pets and considering their needs as well  The importance of self-reflection and humility  How travel or living closely together can lead to working together and a natural division of labour  The possibility that battles and conflict over chores and roles might be somewhat of a modern conversation given that they were just part of collective living in less modern times That when we begin to work around each other with open conversation, we develop a mutual respect and rhythm  The adjustments that sometimes need to be made when various people are coming from different directions and trying to move back into a common energy/pace  How home education can feel very pleasant and comfortable as we get into a rhythm as a family, not feeling stressed and pulled in different directions  “Wandering” as an opportunity to connect in natural ways – enjoying each other around a table – and gathering with people of all ages and backgrounds  Finding a home education community when travelling to different places – challenges and possibilities  Wandering as a somewhat different feeling or expectation than how worldschooling is sometimes described Becoming a tourist in our own town and how we don’t need to be too far from home to have a bit of adventure The possibility that a simple, but rich, wandering life can be more affordable than people might imagine Other avenues, beyond lessons and structured activities, for gaining life experiences  Resources:   alicegriffin.co.uk @wanderingalice Honey, I’m Homeschooling the Kids podcast Modern Classics As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning