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Grab bag of tips and commentary on keeping kids safe and happy on board, with information about homeschooling them. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
There is a school of thought that says childhood education can be successful without curricula, testing, or textbooks. Here is the place to explore these ideas.
[Home Education Magazine, Tonasket, WA, USA]
Some examples. Information about homeschooling.
[Cruising World, January 2000]
A game to teach children to follow compass courses, take bearings, even plot courses for the hunt.
[Eartheasy, Parksville, BC, Canada]
Tips from her book Babies Aboard
[Cruising World, July 2001]
A list of safety rules and practices for families cruising with children.
[The Cruising Life, Vero Beach, FL, USA]
Tips for making the sailing experience a good one for children, including dealing with space, safety, amusement, and self-confidence.
[SailNet, 7 November 2002]
Some good advice about home schooling including programs, technique, and attitude.
[The Cruising Life, Vero Beach, FL, USA]
A couple who took their 11- and 9-year-old sons out of school to go cruising use anecdotes to illustrate the benefits for kids and adults. 2 pages with good photos.
[Blue Water Sailing, May 2004]
After a five-year circumnavigation with two children, the author talks about some of the things they learned and how their eldest fared when she returned to California for college.
[Sail Jazz, Mount Pleasant, SC, USA]
In our society, we farm out most of the child raising to the schools, the sports programs, the TV. We wanted more,
David Nutt
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