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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 join 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
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