World Schooling Community

What happens when families decide that home—and school—can be anywhere in the world?

In my latest short documentary, I meet families from the UK, New Zealand, and the U.S. who have traded traditional schooling for a life of movement, curiosity, and constant discovery. These families homeschool their children while traveling full-time, creating an education rooted in real-world experiences rather than classrooms.

I met with teens who instantly bonded through their passion for music, parents who speak about a global community that replaces the traditional village, and kids who learn history in the very places history happened.

The kids are learning about ancient Egypt in Egypt, about Buddhism in Asia, about the Roman Empire in Italy and so forth. It’s the kind of immersive learning that turns every day into a lesson and every country into a chapter.

Families find one another through Facebook groups where they share upcoming travel plans, coordinate destinations, and often settle in the same neighborhoods for weeks or months at a time. Kids who were strangers become playmates, classmates, bandmates. Parents become each other’s support network.

During filming, I also met the American family behind GOWATKINSGO, who have been traveling since 2019. They shared how they combine online schooling with exploring local history everywhere they go—from temples in Southeast Asia to ruins in Central America to medieval fortresses in Eastern Europe.

For most of these families, this lifestyle is made possible through location-independent work. Many are digital nomads – carrying their professions in their backpacks and working from laptops in cafés, co-working spaces, and beachside guesthouses. Their children grow up watching their parents design lives that don’t follow the traditional blueprint. And for many teens, that mindset becomes part of their education too.

If you’re curious about homeschooling, worldschooling, family travel, raising teens abroad, or simply want a glimpse into a nomadic lifestyle, this short documentary is an inspiring portrait of a life lived beyond borders.

These families show what becomes possible when curiosity leads the way, when parents choose freedom over routine, and when the world itself becomes the classroom.