That is awesome!

Good to know for sure. We are all liking the switch. It seems to be less stressful on us all for the most part.

I have a few friends that use it too. I'm sure it will be great. All about doing what fits best for your family. I was really ready for less hands on so time4learning is filling that need for us for the time being. :)

Many have temporary cards. Sometimes they ask for our permanent address which is in KS and other times just a local RV park address works. Or we use our UPS box address. :)

What?! Wow!! Thats the earliest I have heard of.

@@NoOrdinaryPath Well it should be noted that there are two weeks off between quarters, so there’s about the same amount of school days. Also the school days are longer here, but school is only in session Monday through Thursday. Four days a week only. I feel for those high schoolers who had to attend summer school though. They got out June 18 and back in July 21. 😕

Wow - that is awesome! It's encouraging to know it can change often and should depending on your needs.

Thanks, Keith, we're not shying away from it (Kristin and I have both published content showing when we received our vacs) but we also believe in choice. Even if it's not a choice that I would make or a choice that's supported by data. We don't plan on giving our 12 years old it until there's more knowledge about this cardiomyopathy concern in the adolescent population. If I can sit down and have a conversation with someone then that's a different story but preaching from a platform isn't our style. We have very close friends who don't vaccinate and while I feel like they should (and they know that) it will never keep us from loving them or their family and I will not harm the relationship by badgering them about it. Our channel is about chasing down dreams and finding that un-ordinary path, and will likely only ever be that. The thing is while I recognize the platform I do not feel the call to preach from it. Hope this helps and you understand. Thanks for being here.

Funny you should ask! Yes. And tonight is our Roadschool year 5 video 😄

@@NoOrdinaryPath perfect timing lmao

Awww yes. I'm so glad you asked this. 🥰 My answer is not meant to be snarky as I have worked through this for several years myself. You are absolutely right about kids needing to work together but I challenge you to think beyond traditional school projects which so often include busy work for the sake of doing work. My kids make friends of all ages (I'll get to that next) and often they come up with projects in their play. They create games with rules and boundaries or make and sell trinkets together (painted rocks, key chains, bracelets) where they must decide who's job it is to advertise, collect money, distribute earnings, and make more "product". Even playing make believe games where they inevitably get into arguments they must work out themselves is giving them "working together" skills. To your second point, playing with kids their own age. If raising kids is preparing them for the big world out there, wouldn't it stand to reason they should learn to communicate with people of all ages? "Peers" are not simply those the same age but rather those in similar life stages. I myself as an adult have true friends and relationships with people as much as 10 years age difference who are in the stage of life I am (raising kids). People often like to use the same age argument to say that homeschool kids are not socialized when in reality I feel my kids are even more social than they were in public school. They aren't afraid to start conversations with other kids regardless of their age and are comfortable speaking with adults. The best example of this is the other night Chloe learned how to ride her bike. It wasn't from myself or her dad who taught her but from a group of about eight kids ages 4 to 13 helping and encouraging her. Learning with kids of the same age is a social construct unique to public schooling. It's the idea that every kid a certain age should learn exactly the same thing as another kid their same age when in reality we all learn at different paces. And to your final points about putting our kids in school while stationary, we are not stationary travellers. The most we are in an area is 3 months and not enough time to enroll kids in school. Furthermore, we started this lifestyle because we wanted something different. I sincerely thank you for watching our videos and hope that you enjoy them. Thank you for taking the time to comment and converse with us.🥰

We had those same concerns 20 years ago when we put a toe on the homeschooling path. We’ve graduated two of our children thus far and they are thriving in their areas of strength. They both chose the military for the many benefits & the oldest tested almost into Nukes and decided on Intelligence and the second is a Military Reporter. We focused on the 3R’s in our home, loads of volunteering, sports, jobs as teens, church activities, and visits to nursing homes. Our oldest two said they loved their growing up years and wouldn’t change one thing, except to repeat it all over again!❤️ It was no easy task, but I enjoyed every bump and high along the journey. Sorry this is so lengthy; I could make it longer.😁

Thank you so much. I love reading other peoples homeschool stories. It is so encouraging to me. When we started we figured we would go back to public school. Its still not entirely off the table but no one wants to at this point even if we stop traveling. 💖

@@NoOrdinaryPath also don't forget that the experience the kids are having kind of outweigh the problems that public schools have with not all kids learn the same way or as fast as other kids (which is why we are beginning to homeschool), also the bullying problems (it happens)... Kids experiencing the world gives more then people know

Luckily this is a huge benefit of homeschooling. As parents we get to help shape our kids education. Because we are close I get to have conversations when my kids see or hear things they don't understand and I'm able to look at the lessons they are learning through school.

@@NoOrdinaryPath Great answer! Viewing issues, conflicts, and debates as opportunities for discussions with your kids is allowing them learn and growth in the best way.

Um... no. I didn't say that. They are not following a science or history CURRICULUM. They receive all kinds of hands on history and science on our travels. They have earned over 50 junior ranger badges each from various National Historic Sites, Parks, and Monuments from all over the country including extra badges about astronomy, Paleontology, geology, anthropology, oceanography, volcanos and geysers, and Speleology. They have learned American History HANDS on in Washington DC and Philadelphia. We visit all kinds of museums. We do science experiments often and we ask why and how questions about everything and then research them. I've studied what elementary aged kids SHOULD be learning and have checked off every item on that list. I would argue they've had much more exposure to it than public school students.