Homeschooling, unschooling, or worldschooling? “Home” education not just until age 7.

Ever since they plan to start a family, all sorts of questions about the child's education begin to arise in the minds of future parents. Future or new parents are faced with either the prospect of the traditional system of Education, which generally involves a school, a group of children and one or more teachers who teach these children knowledge in various fields according to a very well-established curriculum, whether it be unconventional learning methods, which are slowly starting to be known in Romania as well.

Let's take them one by one and find out what they entail, how they differ, and what they have in common:

• Homeschooling is a form of Education done at home and guided by the parent. The parent decides what the child learns and how they learn. Even if done at home, this form of Education has a structure and follows a curriculum decided by the parent, which can be the national curriculum of the respective country, to which elements from the curricula of other countries can be added, or it can even be a combination. The parent can personally take care of education child, or can delegate this task partially or totally to an educator experienced in homeschooling. In Romania, homeschooling is only legal for children with special educational needs or those who are medically unable to travel, but whose home-based education is recognized. To find a legal loophole, parents who wish to opt for this type of education choose to enroll their child in accredited schools abroad that offer online courses. Among the celebrities who have chosen this type of education for their children are: Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt.
• Unschooling, or “de-schooling,” is a form of Education made at home, guided by the child. In other words, the child is the one who decides what and how they learn, according to their passions, interests, and curiosities, being supported by the parent, who facilitates learning opportunities and responds to the child's needs throughout the process. Therefore, there is no predetermined structure or curriculum here, without this meaning that the little one is on perpetual vacation.
• Worldschooling (or travelschooling or roadschooling) is learning through travel and involves a nomadic lifestyle where the family moves their home at shorter or longer intervals to meet the child's educational needs. This style of education is defined by its followers by the saying “It's when the whole world is your school, instead of school being your whole world.”and emphasizes learning through direct experiences, immediate contact with nature, and other cultures. In the case of worldschooling, education is not guided exclusively by the child as in unschooling, nor does it follow a specific curriculum as in homeschooling. The next destination is decided based on the interests of each member of the family. This type of education can only be practiced if parents have remote jobs or passive income sources that can support this lifestyle.

Although all these types of education have their own particularities and differ in certain aspects, they all have something in common: they require the allocation of significant resources, both financial and time, from the parent, and the fact that they all take place within the family, in the child's most familiar environment, meaning they all take place AT HOME, wherever that home may be, and certainly the quality of the educational act is directly influenced by the specifics of that home.

All of these educational options are based on the desire to avoid the rigidity of the traditional education system and to avoid overly restricting a child’s educational choices. In each of the three options above, parents make considerable efforts to supplement the advantages of traditional education systems with hands-on learning opportunities. Thus, a home that facilitates direct, sensory learning experiences is a huge advantage.

When a child lives in an apartment located just a few dozen meters from the forest, like those in GREENFIELD Băneasa, Cartier Unic located in a spectacular natural setting, it has direct access to a wealth of information in the fields of botany, zoology, ornithology, etc. It can gather information directly from nature, with the support of the adult next to it, about trees and plants, about the multitude of bird and insect species that populate Băneasa Forest, about their habitat and behavior. Children can more easily learn responsible environmental protection behaviors when they directly see why nature conservation is important.

With all these resources for studying nature just steps away, it's no wonder that so many families with children choose to live here year after year. residential complex in Sector 1. Regardless of personal opinions on various education systems, all those who choose GREENFIELD Băneasa are looking for that home wellbeing, without which balanced and harmonious development of children cannot be discussed.

Another aspect that attracts those who want to fill their children's time with fun experiences to the GREENFIELD Băneasa complex is its positioning with very easy access to DN1, the Bucharest Ring Road, and the highway exits, which offers the possibility of organizing short weekend getaways in the vicinity of Bucharest without losing too much time in traffic.

If you also wish to provide your child with an environment conducive to harmonious development and stress-free learning, regardless of the educational system you admire, we invite you to visit GREENFIELD Băneasa and imagine what it would be like to live here. You will not be disappointed!