Week two: what full-time world schooling looks like and why Traveling Village is different | S2 EP3

Two weeks into Traveling Village 3, Asha calls in to talk with Ivana, a full-time world schooling family who joined Traveling Village 1 and is now back for TV3. Ivana is from Croatia, her husband Tommy is from Denmark, and their three children have grown up largely outside of traditional school, building friendships and learning across cultures as they travel.

The podcast follows 20 families as we travel together through Vietnam, Taiwan, and South Korea as a village. This season, Asha, who joined Traveling Village 1, calls in every week to talk with different people on the trip and follow along from afar. Each episode is around 20 minutes and is meant to give an honest, grounded sense of what village life feels like as it unfolds.

In this third episode, they talk about:

• What led their family to full-time travel and worldschooling
• Pulling away from traditional school and embracing self-directed learning
• How work, income, and logistics function while traveling long term
• Early experiences with other worldschooling communities
• What makes Traveling Village different from other setups
• Commitment, engagement, and co-creating community together
• How children form friendships across ages, cultures, and languages
• Social life, resilience, and adapting to constant change
• What a typical day looks like in the village
• The Nest and how shared spaces shape daily rhythms
• Why walkability has changed everyday life in TV3
• Returning friendships and starting again after time apart
• Advice for families curious about worldschooling but unsure where to start

In the next episode, Asha will talk with another family from the village to hear their perspective on Traveling Village 3 and how this phase of the journey is landing for them.

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