What Can You Learn In A Boat?

What can you learn if you sail the world with your parents for a year? In addition to your expected home-schooling lessons, you will learn:

• minute geographical details of the area you're sailing
• the culture and the history of every port
• exposure to foreign languages
• navigation
• soft materials technology when mending sails and sewing new clothes from your old ones
• hard materials technology with boat repairs
• food technology: meal planning with cans and local produce
• electronics: when your laptop malfunctions
• converting from the local currency into your own - in your head
• the art of bartering and bargaining
• the dying skill of letter writing

and the list just goes on and on.

A dream come true, not only for kinesthetic learners.

If you don't own a sail boat or can't see yourself shutting down your normal life for a year in order to go on holiday, don't despair. There is always pretend-play. Try it out.