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Making the world a classroom for your children

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Angela Heisten, Annika Paradise, and Julie Frieder seen in front of a lake. They co-authored "Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling."
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From left to right, Angela Heisten, Annika Paradise, and Julie Frieder, co-authors of the book, “Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling.”

Worldschooling is when when families, usually those with school-age children, leave their day-to-day lives to live abroad or in another part of the country or a community, using the world as their classroom. Julie Frieder co-authored the book, "Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family and Worldschooling" with fellow Boulder moms Angela Heisten and Annika Paradise. She spoke with Chandra Thomas Whitfield and said even the simplest changes in daily routine can be a starting point toward achieving a year of wonder.

Author Julie Frieder in the CPR News studios.
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Author Julie Frieder in the CPR News studios.
Julie Frieder of Boulder in the CPR News studios. Frieder co-authored the book, "Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling" with Angela Heisten and Annika Paradise, also of Boulder.
Members of the Wells family seated at a table in Mexico.
Marlon and Jouanna Wells
Members of the Wells family seated at a table in Mexico.
The Wells family in Mexico where they spent 4 months worldschooling.
Author Julie Frieder is seen outside the CPR News studios with Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield.
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Author Julie Frieder is seen outside the CPR News studios with Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield.
Julie Frieder of Boulder with Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield at the CPR News studios. Frieder co-authored the book, "Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling" with Angela Heisten and Annika Paradise, also of Boulder.