4th Grader Home Schools Across America by Mimi Rothschild

 Nine year old Caroline Haroldson of Oregon will start her school year like most fourth-graders, the day after Labor Day.  What makes her school year a little different is that she will be traveling across the United States for six weeks on an educational journey. 

But how can she do this?  Easy, home school!

Home schooling allows families to have extremely flexible schedules.  The relaxed home school environment allows home schooling families to take vacations, or in this case an educational journey, any time of the year.  Home schooling also encourages learning to take place outside of the classroom.  This sort of pro-learning attitude has helped guide some of the greatest minds in history, including: Thomas Edison, Leonardo Da Vinci, C.S. Lewis, and Abraham Lincoln.

Another interesting fact is that more tourist destinations, resorts, hotels, museums, and the travel industry in general are reaching out to home schooling families because they often times travel during slower months; just something to consider when your home schooling family plans an educational journey this year.

Read more about Caroline’s journey here.