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My Son’s Brain Is Weird
Posted on May 11, 2012 | 16 CommentsHere in Aqaba, a coastal town in Jordan which is gunning for second city status but has all the verve and vigour of Bournemouth on a wet weekend, our attention...
9 Life Lessons Children Learn From Travel
Posted on January 3, 2012 | 50 CommentsAfter almost two years on the road, I have to say that if I’d known how much children learn from travel, I’d have started travelling sooner. Here’s nine key lessons...
11 Years, 11 Reasons: Happy Birthday, Blue Dot!
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 31 CommentsEleven years ago today, I woke up, vomited copiously, bought a pregnancy test, and sat, with my best friend and flatmate, in the kitchen waiting for the blue dot to...
Homework, AKA Shouty Time
Posted on March 22, 2011 | 21 Comments“Do you have homework tonight?” “Yes. It’s quite hard.” “Oh.” We are in our local pizzeria, for a change. The homework thing, after a year of unschooling, comes as a...
Back to School!
Posted on March 12, 2011 | 24 CommentsCan You Take a Child out of School for a Year? I recently came across a parents group arguing against longterm family travel on the grounds that “many children will...
Our World School: An End of Year Report
Posted on December 30, 2010 | 47 CommentsFor anyone planning longterm travel with kids, anyone who would like to travel and is delaying having kids to do so, or any parents who would love to travel but...
Mr. Confidence
Posted on August 15, 2010 | 11 CommentsSometimes, something happens which makes you look at your child with new eyes. This morning, Z and I were at Poring Hot Springs, the sulphurous waters which seethe out of...![[tweetmeme source=”@mummy_t” only_single=false]It’s often said, generally by Christians of the scary-to-very-scary variety, that folk can be far ruder about Christianity than any of the world’s “great religions” and get away...](http://travelswithanineyearold.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/buddhistmonkyak1-115x115.gif "Buddhism: the Planet’s Whipping Boy?")
Buddhism: the Planet’s Whipping Boy?
Posted on July 18, 2010 | 8 Comments[tweetmeme source=”@mummy_t” only_single=false]It’s often said, generally by Christians of the scary-to-very-scary variety, that folk can be far ruder about Christianity than any of the world’s “great religions” and get away...
Into the Deep
Posted on July 12, 2010 | 12 CommentsWhy learn to dive? Well… Scuba diving opens up an entire new world. There’s the fluid, graceful movement in three dimensions, moving up or down (quite literally) on a breath,...
Seeing the Light
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsThere’s a brilliance about the light in the medieval temples of northern Thailand. It glints off mirrored mosaics, gold buddhas and gilded towers, off gaudy dragons and solemn elephants, illuminates...
Global Time = Quality Time
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 50 CommentsMy son and I set out to travel the world together in January. I’d imagined many wonderful things about the journey. What I hadn't imagined is the sheer quality and quantity of time together.
Making Incense, Vietnam
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No CommentsIncense is part of daily life in Vietnam. Joss sticks are offered at the altars which grace every business and almost every home, sold by the kilo in little stores...
Unschooling. Or Learning as You Go.
Posted on May 23, 2010 | 18 CommentsIt’s a truism that one learns by travelling, and a cliche that travel broadens the mind. From the days when English noblemen embarked on that aristocratic GAP year, the Grand...
Unschooling Rocks!
Posted on April 24, 2010 | No CommentsWell, I am quite childishly excited today. This unschooling approach has really worked wonders! Parents, grandparents and a never-ending stream of teachers have sweated blood and tears trying to get...
Butterflies and Mimosa
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve always been a fan of provincial museums. Which probably comes from growing up in an era when the Thomas the Tank Engine road show meant one man, a trainset,...
Underwater Frisbee
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No CommentsZ has had his first dive! In Puerto Galera, the Philippines, one of the world’s best diving spots. He’s become progressively more excited about diving since we met William Hudson...
Palanquins and Kings
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsThe generational differences between me and Z never cease to amaze me. We went to the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos, yesterday, former home of the kings of Laos....
The Pocket Diplomat
Posted on March 23, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhatever our struggles with formal schooling, Z’s certainly learning a lot as we travel. And he sure does choose his moments to show it. We are literally halfway between Vietnam...
The Mysteries of Maths…
Posted on March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment“Home” schooling this week has been, I think, quite successful. Z has produced a gorgeous picture of a Mekong sunset, and a piece of descriptive writing about the Mekong which...
Swimming Lessons
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsWhen it comes to swimming, the Mekong (at least in the dry season), is the don. And the swimming off Don Det, in Si Phan Don, Laos, really vaut le...
