About RoamSchoolFamily
RoamSchoolFamily is a family of four homeschooling our way through the 63 United States national parks, writing up the places, the animals and plants that live in them, and the school standards we check our own work against.
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Why we're doing this
There is a small window, a few years where the four of us can do this together before it costs Big and Little something. We are spending it on the road.
The parks are public and they are already paid for. What is missing is usually not access, it is a plain description of what a place is and what a child can do there. That is what we write.
Who we are
- Cy — the father. Writes most of what is here.
- Erika — the mother. Keeps the rig running.
- Big — our son, the older of the two.
- Little — our daughter, the younger.
What's on this site
New to this? Start with what roam schooling is and the families we follow.
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Destinations Parks, monuments, and some of the towns between them. -
Species What each one is, and which parks it turns up in. -
Learn A quiz, a word search, and flashcards for each one. -
Standards Grade 1 through 3, math and language arts, in plain words. -
Park Bingo An animal, a plant, an overlook, a photo to take. -
Podcast Fifteen to twenty-five minutes, usually about the park behind us. -
Trip planner A day-by-day route grouped by region, with the drive times. -
Posts Journal entries from the road, and lesson logs from the table. -
In Our Pack What we actually carry, with a short note on each.
Recent posts
- The mountain stayed in the cloud August 15, 2026
- The morning the eagle had breakfast July 25, 2026
- We got up early for the Skyline Trail July 5, 2026
How to reach us
Through the accounts above, or the RSS feed if you would rather not use any of them.
Found something broken, or have a suggestion for the site? Email us at support@v1.co.