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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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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
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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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.