GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 9 | Page 86

The Four R’s Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic and Road Trips Life on the road requires a lot of creativity and nomadic families also need to be creative when it comes to educating tomorrow’s nomads. Many travelling families combine homeschooling curriculums, attendance at local schools for a period of time and ‘learning through experience,’ or, as Bender calls it, ‘travel-inspired education.’ American Rukiya McNair, for example, sends her two children to a small international school near her home in Bali. But, ‘online/homeschooling is an option for us. This option gives us the freedom we would need should we decide to move again.’