Homeschooling Afloat

If you’ve gone cruising with your kids and home-schooled them along the way, we want to hear from you. Having interviewed hundreds of cruising families over the years, we know there are a variety of methods for keeping kids’ ‘book-learning’ at grade level while simultaneously expanding their world view through cruising adventures. But we’d like to hear about your first-hand experiences. 

So please let us know how you tackled this challenge by answering the questions below, and submitting your answers via email.

• Age(s) and grade level(s) of your kid(s)?
• What instructional method did you use (i.e. Calvert, self-designed, etc.)?
• How did you structure a typical day, timewise?
• What were the toughest challenges of homeschooling aboard?
• When you returned home, were your kids ahead of or behind their grade level?
• Describe the extra-curricular benefits of taking kids cruising in foreign waters.
• Were there unanticipated benefits or disadvantages of homeschooling afloat?
• Based on your experience, what do you think is the optimal age to take kids cruising?

Many thanks. We greatly appreciate your input.