Family Travel

Welcome to my posts on all things family, from travel to education.

Here you will find my top tips to empower you to travel with your family without any unnecessary stress. I hope my suggestions are helpful and allow you to focus on making wonderful memories to cherish!

I’ll also give you my suggestions for home and world schooling your children, with some great ideas to encourage development while remaining fun!

If you can’t find what you’re looking for or have any questions, send me a message. I’d love to help out if I can.

Two young children carefully observing lavender in bloom.

Educational theories, philosophies and approaches to curriculum

Discover ten educational theories, their varied approaches to curriculum and what each education philosophy has to offer. Montessori vs Waldorf vs Charlotte Mason vs Unschooling and more.

Author showing bump at Avenue of Baobabs demonstrates that travelling while pregnant is possible.

11 Tips for travelling while pregnant

Can you fly during pregnancy? How easy is it to travel during pregnancy? If you’re planning a babymoon, make sure you read these essential tips for travelling while pregnant for a safe, comfortable journey and stress-free trip.

The Pros and Cons of Worldschooling

If you’re considering worldschooling as an educational approach, your core family philosophy and way of life, you may have lots of questions about whether it really is going to be right for your f ...

Homeschooling a 3 year old includes practical life skills and time outdoors, like building a campfire.

The Rhythms and Routines of a Worldschooling Family

What does life look like for a worldschooling family? What are the daily and weekly rhythms and routines of a world schooling family? Can children possibly thrive away from the over-scheduled norms of ...

Our home education plan for engineering and design includes creative, open ended play with toys such as Lego.

Homeschooling a preschooler

An annual plan for early years home education. Ideas and intentions for parents looking to organise their thoughts on homeschooling a preschooler.

A red and white train wooden reusable advent calendar with doors for each day.

A Green Christmas: Eco-Friendly Christmas ideas

Christmas is upon us already (how did that happen???). It seems like only yesterday I was writing the original version of this post, but a whole year has whizzed by. Now fully updated with new ideas f ...

A father hiking with children through the forest

7 Tips for hiking with children

Hiking with children is one of those things that people often assume is too hard, not worth the effort, or simply isn’t possible. Alex and I did a lot of hiking before Theo was born, but this hasn’t c ...

Mother and son kayak together on Grand Lake, Colorado. The boy is wearing a Frugi sun hat.

Eco-Friendly Sun Protection

With the school summer holidays fast approaching in the Northern Hemisphere and sunny days with high UV exposure continuing year-round in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought it a good opportunity to wr ...