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Category: Homeschooling Four Kids

Homeschooling Four Kids covers what we first envisioned, the social pressures we’ve faced, and how our plans evolved into a structured approach that lets our children swim with sharks, explore world geography and history firsthand, and still earn high school diplomas with transcripts recognized by universities.

Job Jar Boat Jobs For Kids with Karen dusting our Nav desk in the background on SV Aphrodite
06/12/202606/17/2026 Lorraine Escher

Job Jar: 15-Minute Boat Jobs for Kids

Betty after accepting her university offer in Canada.
04/22/202605/11/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty’s University Decision

Betty with her hand-drawn Montserrat flag. Later, she laminated the flag and we flew it on our boat,, SV APhrodite, with pride.
10/23/202501/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty’s First Essay: The Soufriere Hills Volcano

Karen Escher, boat kid and young artist, works on illustrations for the Princess and the P's Boardgame.
10/09/202506/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Karen Escher Draws: The Card Game She Illustrated on Our Boat at Age 10

10/26/202304/24/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty, age 17, joins a medical mission in Papua New Guinea

Glasses sit atop other World War II artifacts including a glass syringe.
09/18/202306/13/2026 Lorraine Escher

Visiting the Peter Joseph Museum in the Solomon Islands: A Backyard Full of World War II History

06/08/202305/24/2026 Lorraine Escher

The Far-Reaching, Humble Breadfruit: Unleashed by Explorers and Trade Winds

06/18/202005/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling four kids: teaching my nine-year old twins about world history

06/02/202001/26/2026 Lorraine Escher

Academic rigour and readiness: is it possible to homeschool kids on a boat to prepare for University?

11/14/201606/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Heavy Rain Closes School in Luperón, and Our Kids Vote, “Yay!”

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