Roadschooling/Unschooling with the Lundy family

As people learn that we live on the road, traveling the country fulltime, a common question is "Do you homeschool?" (Um, we're not hauling a school with us!) Yes, we live, work, play, and school, at home. Our home just happens to have wheels.
Our homeschooling process though has changed over the past few years. I have a feeling it will always be changing, as are the kids.

We are roadschooling. Simply put: learning on the road. (See the roadschooling guide here.) 

We don't use a curriculum beyond life, because what a wide variety of topics life provides! As we travel, we learn together, about the area's history, customs, geography, attractions, culture, etc. We cover math, science, reading, and writing, by using them for life, not for a test. When the kids are curious about something, we research it together. So they learn the thing, how to find the thing, and that it's fun to find the thing! They're not in grades, or getting grades, but they're getting a solid education, as we roadschool.

We're not traditionally homeschooling or recreating school at home. We did that for a bit and, while it's easy to do for just a few hours a day, and the kids were grade levels ahead due to the personal attention, it was still the stressful memorization of facts that someone else said were important. They would get it, then forget it, because that's what you do (that's what I did) when the learning isn't part of life. It was beneficial, and survivable, but not fun, for us or for the kids.

We are unschooling. Simply put: learning without school.

While some might assume unschooling means not schooling which sounds like not learning, that's not even close. It simply means learning without school. It's also called life learning, self-directed learning, independent learning, natural learning, child-led learning, delight driven learning, or autodidacticism. We live as if school didn't exist.

Our three kids learn very differently, so we help them dig into the way it works best for them. We're still learning. :) But just because our first son graduated at 16, aced the ASVAB, rocked the Marines at 17, and got into college at 18, doesn't mean we are amazing. We just supported him as he did his thing. And we're supporting the others as they're figuring out their things. It's awesome to support them and not feel we have to be the perfect unschooling parents or the perfect homeschooling parents or pick the perfect school. Our kids are perfectly designed to learn and we love allowing that to happen naturally through unschooling.

Here's what it can look like, though each day is different. Sometimes we learn literally on the road.
The Junior Ranger program is an amazing and fun way to learn about our national parks. The kids earn badges when they complete books from the park and most are very challenging.
Plus, the national parks are just amazing places to see extraordinary things!
The kids love to explore and try things out. They especially love seeing/feeling/touching history.
Learning about a fort, sitting in that fort, is beyond cool and also hard to forget.
Sometimes roadkill is educational? Hey, it was a porcupine and we'd never seen one!
The kids know how to research online and have plenty of fun games too.
They love to help Dad fix things and are quite handy.
And there's plenty to learn by just being buried in the sand! Here's a Perfect Picture of Unschooling / Roadschooling 

But what about socialization? Really? Yes, homeschoolers are still asked. Here's what we think.
Read more about our unschooling process in our book! There is a whole chapter about roadschooling. :) 

Other unschooling links:
The Beginner’s Guide to Unschooling - What, Why, & How at ZenHabits
Unschooling Vs. Homeschooling - What is the difference between the two?
5 reasons why you don’t need to teach math - Penelope Trunk gets it
But What about Math? - Close to my math-degree-having heart
The History of Unschooling- Definition, info, pros, and cons
JoyfullyRejoycing.com - Lots of info and many links
ChristianUnschooling.com - More info and links

Let me know if you have links I might want to add. Thanks!