Why We Homeschool

Reimagining What Learning Could Be

When I looked at that number, I couldn’t shake the feeling that so much could happen in those hours — beyond homework and uniforms and timetables.

What if curiosity decided the pace?
What if questions led the day?
What if we could learn side by side — reading under trees, cooking together, counting coins in a market halfway across the world?

That’s the heart of why we homeschool — and why we chose worldschooling.

Taking Back the Time

When your children are small, 17,000 hours feels like a lifetime. But blink, and it’s gone.

For us, homeschooling means reclaiming that time. It means our days feel longer — because they’re truly ours. It means my children’s first steps into phonics or fractions aren’t in rows of desks, but woven into real life.

Sometimes that’s messy. Sometimes it’s beautifully simple. But it’s always ours.

The Real Gift

Home education isn’t just about books and worksheets at the kitchen table. It’s about seeing the world together.

Worldschooling — taking learning out into new places and cultures — has shown us that ‘school’ can be a café in Lisbon, a forest path in Wales, or a lake shore in Switzerland.

It’s conversations with strangers, new foods tasted, languages tried, mistakes made and learned from.

It’s 17,000 hours — and countless more — that belong to us, not a timetable.

No One Right Way

Of course, there’s no single ‘right way’. School works well for many families. For us, it didn’t fit. So we made a different choice — and found Rumbo as a guide and a gathering place for others doing the same.

If you’re curious about home education, if you’re dreaming about worldschooling, or if you’re already deep in it — you’re not alone.

We’re here to share ideas, resources, honest stories and encouragement for every step of this journey.

Join Us

Follow along and find your own rumbo — your own direction.

Your hours, your days, your family.

We can’t wait to see where you go.

🫶🏽✨ Team Rumbo