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Tag: Homeschooling while sailing

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

A photo of our kids running along the beach of Lake Superior with a banner of our tent and van with the text The Road Trip that Changed Everything, referring to the 60 day camping trip we took the summer before we bought our St. Francis 50 catamaran, SV Aphrodite.
01/01/202406/23/2026 Lorraine Escher

Why We Want to Sail

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

09/11/202106/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

COVID Arrives in Grenada

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?

10/29/201806/06/2026 Lorraine Escher

Life raft gear: what if you were not rescued, how long could you survive?

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