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.’