For most people, travel offers a break from the daily grind, whether it is work, school, or household chores. But for this family from Florida, travel is their daily life. They left behind the idea of settling in one place and instead turned the world into their classroom. The question that usually follows is: What about the children's education?
Diana and Scott Blinks decided to skip conventional schooling altogether. Their daughters - Lucille (12), Edith (11), and Hazel (9) - are part of a growing trend called world schooling, where children study and learn in each country, they temporarily live in. The girls are not enrolled in a single school. Instead, their classrooms change with the landscape.
From Homeschooling To World Schooling
Diana began homeschooling her daughters in 2014. Post-pandemic, the family planned a long trip to Europe and realised how homeschooling made it possible to travel frequently without disrupting the children's education. That was the turning point.
Fuelled by their love for travel and the flexibility homeschooling offered, the Blinks packed their lives into five suitcases. "We packed our life into five suitcases," Diana says in a viral Instagram reel that documents their journey.
Over 40 Countries And Counting
Since shifting to a nomadic lifestyle in 2022, the family has travelled to more than 40 countries-among them Costa Rica, Mexico, France, Morocco, Iceland, Vietnam, Thailand, Bali, Portugal, and Greece. They are currently living in Uruguay, a coastal country in South America known for its relaxed pace and beach-lined shores.
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The girls' education does not come from textbooks alone. In Spain, they took flamenco dance classes. In Athens, they studied Greek mythology on-site. In Uruguay, they are learning to surf. From history and language to art and culture, their syllabus is lived, not memorised.
Learning On The Move: How World Schooling Works
In Portugal, the family came across Boundless Life - an international world schooling hub that offers resources, structured classes, and a community for travelling families. These hubs allow children to attend school in the mornings and participate in extracurriculars in the afternoons, depending on what the country offers. These spaces not only provide structure to their learning but also help the children build social connections wherever they go.
A New Kind Of Classroom
World schooling is more than just learning geography by moving from one map pin to another. It is about engaging with people, cultures, languages, and environments. For the Blinks, education has become a lived experience - something that happens in museums, street markets, dance studios, oceans, and mountains.
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Whether they are learning Portuguese in Lisbon or planting trees in Costa Rica, the classroom keeps changing, but the lessons remain unforgettable.
