2026年6月20日

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Parents, are you worried about the summer slump?

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IXL will help bridge the gap while school's out.

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Let your kids enjoy their time off while also keeping their hard earned skills as sharp as ever in math, science, language arts, and social studies.

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Kids get instant feedback.

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Parents get reports on what's working and what isn't.

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It's online and on demand, which means it won't get in the way of any of that hard earned summertime fun.

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我们所有的外出活动都是今年最精彩的亮点，去的次数真不少。

All of our excursions have been a highlight of the year, how many we go on.

在墨西哥的那次经历特别难忘。

An experience was really that was really special in Mexico.

他们正在为亡灵节做准备，那是纪念逝者的节日，我们都画了彩绘脸谱。

They were setting up for Dia de los Muertos, which is where they celebrate the dead, and we all got our face painted.

这是12岁的查理，他的教室就是整个世界。

That's 12 year old Charlie whose classroom is the world.

实际上，他现在人在巴西。

Actually, right now, it's in Brazil.

但今年早些时候，他们在加拿大魁北克，明年秋天就要去西班牙了。

But earlier this year, it was in Quebec, Canada, and next fall, it'll be Spain.

她是十几位年龄在10到14岁之间的学生之一，参加的是‘共同探索者’项目。

She's one of a dozen students ranging in age from 10 to 14 who are part of the Together Explorers program.

他们每年会和家人以及一位专业老师一起，前往多个国家，在不同的租赁住所里生活和学习。

They travel with their families and a professional teacher to multiple countries each year where they live and study in a variety of rented locations.

随着你们的学年接近尾声，项目创始人乔安娜·卡特现在加入我们的KidNuz对话，和我们聊聊这种非常特别的学习体验。

As your school year winds down, and her program's founder, Johanna Cart, join me now on KidNuz Convos to tell us more about a very unique classroom experience.

你好，感谢你参与节目。

Hi, and thanks for joining me.

谢谢。

Thank you.

而且

And

告诉我，查理，你们现在在哪儿？

tell me where Charle, where are you located right now?

我们现在在巴西的雅尔派索拉。

We're in Jalpaisola, Brazil.

哇哦。

Wow.

那感觉怎么样？

And what is it like?

你觉得这个地方怎么样？

What do you think of that location?

挺好的。

It's nice.

这是个海滩，所以天气很热。

It's a beach, so it's hot.

不过真的挺有意思的。

But, yeah, it's really fun.

你们参加这个Together Explorers项目多久了？

And how long have you been doing this Together Explorers program?

这是我第一年，差不多快满一个学年了。

This is my first year, so almost one school year.

到目前为止你觉得怎么样？

And what do you think so far?

特别棒。

It's great.

真的很好。

It's really good.

大家都特别友善。

Everybody's super nice.

你觉得和普通教室相比怎么样？

How would you compare it to a regular classroom?

我猜你之前一直在普通教室上课吧。

I assume you were in a regular classroom for a while.

是的。

Yes.

我之前在公立学校上了大概五年。

So I went to public school for around five years.

跟那时候比，这里真的特别有意思。

So comparing it to that, it's definitely it's really engaging.

通过外出实践动手学习，这种方式特别有帮助。

So it's helpful to be able to learn while doing excursions and being able to have a lot of hands on.

以前在公立学校，一个班差不多有二十五个学生。

There's only normally in public school when I wear it, there's around 25 kids.

现在我们班只有十二个人。

There's only 12 of us now.

班级规模小多了，而且我们全班就一个老师。

So it's not as big, and we only have one teacher for all of us.

大家学的内容都一样，只是难度不一样。

So we all learn the same things just at different levels.

约翰娜，你是三年前开始上这所学校的吧。

So Johanna, you started this school three years ago.

你为什么这么说？

Tell me why.

当然了。

Yes, absolutely.

原因很简单，我们一家人都特别喜欢旅行。

For a very simple reason, we're a family who love to travel.

同时我们也觉得，孩子得接受一个好，最好是顶尖的教育。

And we also think that it's important for our kids to get a good, if not great education.

我们以前从来没考虑过在家上学，所以我觉得带着老师一起旅行特别合理，但全职旅行又容易让人感到孤单。

We were never homeschoolers, and so for me, it made a lot of sense to travel with a teacher, but at the same time, full time travel can be very isolating.

因此，能和其他家庭一起合作，共同聘请一位老师，真的特别难得。

And so it was really very special to be able to do this with other families and just hire collectively a teacher.

本来只是想试一年，结果特别棒，现在都已经是第三个全年旅行上学的年头了。

It was supposed to be a one year experiment, and it's been so wonderful that this has turned now into our third full school year traveling the world.

太好了。

Wonderful.

那你们是怎么选择目的地的呢？

And how do you decide on the locations?

这是个好问题。

That's a great question.

想把一年的行程限定在六个国家，真的很难取舍。

It's so hard to narrow it down to just six countries per year.

每次要放弃那么多地方，心里都特别舍不得。

It's really heartbreaking to have two plus seven sum, you know.

我们有一套固定的筛选标准，这些是绝对不能妥协的。

So we have a list of criteria that are kind of non negotiables.

安全、费用、交通便利性，还有教育机会，都很关键。

Safety is usually very important, affordability, accessibility, and obviously educational opportunities.

第一年我们主要在欧洲和地中海一带走了一圈。

The first year we explored Europe and part of the Mediterranean.

去年我们从东到西横跨了整个亚洲。

Last year we explored Asia from East to West.

今年我们从北到南走遍了美洲。

And this year, we explored The Americas from north to south.

我的想法就是尽可能体验美洲这个大陆丰富的多样性。

And so my idea was really to try and get as much of the diversity that The Americas provide as a continent.

整个过程特别有意思。

And it was very interesting.

我们从魁北克开始。

We started in Quebec.

那里满眼都是法语，然后我们往南去了墨西哥和多米尼加共和国，感受了一下加勒比海的氛围。

So here, French all around, and then we moved down to Mexico and The Dominican Republic, so we got a feel of The Caribbean.

我还特意安排了行程，平衡大城市的停留和安静的海滨小镇，让体验更加丰富多样。

And so I've tried to also compose the itinerary by trying to balance a mix of stays in large cities and, you know, more quiet beach towns and to get a very different feel of what we get to experience.

查理，你父母和兄弟姐妹也和你一起旅行吗？

So Charlie, are your parents traveling with you or any siblings?

是的。

Yes.

我爸妈都跟我一起旅行，还有我弟弟马克斯。

So both of my parents, my mom and my dad, both travel with me and my little brother, Max.

他也跟着到处跑。

He also travels.

所以我们全家都在一起。

So it's our whole family.

马克斯也参加这个项目吗？

And is Max in the program also?

是的，他十岁了，每天跟我一起上学。

Yeah, he's 10 and he also goes to school with me every day.

明白了。

Okay.

你和弟弟在同一所学校上学，感觉怎么样？

So what is it like having your brother in school with you?

有时候特别有意思，我对他有了更多了解，这要是住在夏洛特天天见面，根本不可能做到。

So sometimes it can be really fun and it's, I learned a lot more about him than I definitely would, honestly, living back in Charlotte every day.

但有时候也会觉得累。

But sometimes it can be tiring.

有时候就是得暂时远离一下弟弟妹妹。

And sometimes you just need a break from your little sibling.

我明白，这种感觉应该挺常见的。

I understand that that's probably a common feeling.

不过我有点好奇，查理和乔安娜，你们之后可以聊聊。显然有些话题特别适合旅行中学习，比如历史、文化或艺术。但查理，你觉得你们也在学数学、科学这些基础科目吗？

I'm kind of curious though, Charlie and Johanna, maybe you can pipe in after, obviously there are some topics that just are perfect for travel, whether it's history or culture or art, But, Charlie, do you feel like you're learning about math and science and some of the other basics?

是的。

Yes.

不管去哪儿，我们都有固定的课程安排。

So no matter, we have certain subjects everywhere we go.

虽然我们通常会根据地点侧重某些科目，比如在魁北克主要学历史，但其他常规课程也一样都没落下。

But even though normally we do focus on those subjects, like in Quebec, we were focusing on history, we still do everything, all the normal stuff as well.

我们用iExcel平台，每天坚持学英语语言艺术和数学。

So we use iExcel, and we just do ELA, and we do math on that.

所以我们一边学习每个国家的重点内容，一边把基础科目都跟上了。

So we just learn all the basic things while also focusing on what we're learning in that country.

从一开始，我们的想法就是不想在正规学校教育和实地体验之间做任何妥协。

Yes, the idea from the very beginning was that we didn't really want to make any compromise between just a regular education that you would get at school and also experiencing and learning from the world.

所以我们一直坚持一套定制化的课程，把核心学科都融合在一起，主要是数学、语文和语言学习。

And so there's always been a core It's a bespoke curriculum and it mixes all the core academics, so it's usually math, ELA and languages.

然后根据所在国家的不同，我们的老师会为每个国家选定一个主要的学习主题。

And then depending on the location, so our teacher decides on one big learning theme for each country.

就像查理提到的，在魁北克是历史，在墨西哥是艺术，我们还学过科学、商业，这次在巴西则聚焦写作，整体非常全面。

Like Charlie mentioned, in Quebec it was history, in Mexico it was arts, we've had science, we've had business, we've had a writing unit session this time around in Brazil, and so it's a very comprehensive approach.

我觉得真正让我们与众不同的是，我们有太多机会从真实世界中学习。

And I think that really what makes us so different is that there's so many experiences, so many opportunities to learn from the world.

我们安排了大量实地考察和校外活动。

We have tons of excursions and school outings.

我们还有很多工作坊和文化讲座，有时还会和当地学校合作，跟其他学生见面交流。

We have a lot of workshops and cultural talks, we have sometimes partnerships with local schools so we get to meet other students.

所以这真的是一种非常全面的教育方式。

So it's really, it's quite a very well rounded approach.

您正在收听《KidNuz Convos》，本期节目讲的是一所环游世界的学校。

You're listening to KidNuz Convos about a school that travels around the world.

我们先插播一小段广告。

We're gonna take a quick break.

回来之后，Charlie会和大家分享她过去一年最难忘的校园时刻、最爱的美食国家，还有整天背着行李过日子是什么感觉。

When we come back, Charlie will share one of her favorite school moments of the last year, her favorite country for food, and what it's like to basically live out of a suitcase.

广告后继续收听《KidNuz Convos》。

More KidNuz Convos right after this.

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A friendly reminder that KidNuz is a nonprofit that survives and thrives on the generosity of our audience.

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我们回来了，继续带来 KidNuz Convos。

And we're back with more KidNuz Convos.

我是托里，今天和 Together World School 的创始人乔安娜·卡特，还有 12 岁的查理一起，查理和她哥哥马克斯都是这所学校的学生。

I'm Tory with Together World School founder, Johanna Cart, and 12 year old Charlie, who along with her brother Max is one of the students.

查理，我很好奇，过去这一年里，有没有哪个时刻让你特别难忘？

So I'm curious, Charlie, any in the last school year, do you have any favorite moment, something that really stood out for you?

这一整年最棒的体验就是每次外出活动，我们去了好多地方，每一个都特别精彩。

All of our excursions have been a highlight of the year, how many we go on and just how great they are.

在墨西哥有一次经历特别特别难忘。

There have been some an experience was really that was really special in Mexico.

我们正好赶上当地人布置亡灵节的场景，那是他们纪念逝者的节日。

We got to experience they were setting up for Dia de los Muertos, which is where they celebrate the dead.

我们亲眼看着大家布置现场，还亲身参与了进去。

So we got to see everybody set up, and we got to be a part of it.

我们还交了新朋友，然后在万圣节去讨糖果，大家都画了脸谱。

We made a school of frienda and then we went trick or treating on Halloween and we all got our face painted.

要是我们有万圣节服装，就会穿上，没有的话就随便找点东西打扮一下。

And if we had any costumes, we dressed up we dressed up with what we had.

那段经历真的特别难忘。

That was something that was really special.

一路上我们还认识了很多很棒的人。

There's always a lot of great people that we meet as well.

那食物呢？你觉得怎么样？

So And what and what about the food?

你喜欢尝试不同的食物吗？

Do you like trying different food?

是的。

Yes.

所以食物绝对是一大亮点。

So the the food is definitely a big part.

有时候味道真的特别棒。

Sometimes it's really, really good.

但有时候选择不多，种类也有限。

And sometimes there's not that many choices or varieties.

墨西哥大概是我在食物方面最钟爱的地方，因为那里的菜式和风味实在太多了。

Mexico was probably my favorite place we went that was connected to food because there are so many different types and so many different flavors.

我觉得这完全取决于你身在何处。

I think it really depends on where you are.

那平时靠一个行李箱过日子是什么感觉？

And how is it basically living out of a suitcase?

有时候还行。

Sometimes it's fine.

有时候我才意识到自己带的东西真不少。

And sometimes I sort of realize how much I do travel with.

有时候我真想把Alexa带上，或者多带几件衣服。

And sometimes it's sometimes I really want to bring, like, my Alexa with me, or I wanna bring more clothes.

我觉得很多人都有这种感受。

I think a lot of people feel that way.

所以乔安娜，从行政和后勤的角度来看，常年住行李箱确实有困难，但我更想知道，在医疗或者男性健康方面，家庭是怎么应对这些日常问题的？

So Johanna, just as far as administrative logistics, I mean, living out of a suitcase has its challenge, but I'm just thinking medically or male, how do families deal with those type of everyday issues?

情况各有不同。

So there's different situations.

有些人家里有个固定地址，邮件能寄到那里。

Some of us have a home somewhere waiting for them and then receive the mail.

他们的整个生活都在那里等着他们。

They have their whole life kind of waiting for them.

也有一些家庭根本没有固定住所，就是从一个国家搬到另一个国家，真的只带着一个行李箱到处走。

Some some families actually don't have a home base and they just travel from country to country and they do literally leave a suitcase.

所以从医疗角度来说，其实还挺顺利的。

So I think medically it's been quite straightforward.

我们大多数人都有医疗保险或旅行保险，需要看医生的时候就去看。

Most of us have health or travel insurance and whenever we need to see a doctor, we do.

说到底，其实就是普通人的生活。

At the end of the day, it's very much regular life.

听起来挺特别的，但其实我们的日常特别平常。

I mean, it sounds very exotic, but really our daily life is very normal.

每天送孩子上学，下午三点接回来，接着是课外活动、约朋友玩、过夜聚会，一样不少。

There's like school drop off and then there's pick up at 3PM and then there's after school activities and there's play dates and sleepovers.

我们挺注重平衡的，既会花时间陪家人，周末也常一起出门旅行、探险或者参加活动。

So, I mean, we have a nice balance between spending time just with our own families, but also spending some time, you know, like sometimes on weekends, we all go on different trips together or adventures or activities.

查理，你会建议其他孩子也试试这样的生活吗？

So, Charlie, would you recommend this type of experience to other kids?

我觉得得看孩子自己的喜好，如果喜欢旅行，那没问题；但如果更喜欢待在家乡、待在自己城市里，那就不一定合适。

I think it kind of depends on what they like and if they like to travel or if there's somebody who just like if they do like to stay in their hometown and in their city.

对我来说，这已经是我的常态了。

For me, it was something that I've done.

我六周大时就拿到了第一本护照，打小就一直在路上。

I got my first passport when I was six weeks old, so I've been traveling since I was pretty much a baby.

所以我和马克斯都早有准备，但我们也想每天去上学，想和朋友们在一起。

So it's just something that I was me and Max were both prepared for and but we also wanted to go to school every day, and we wanted to have our friends.

我觉得这真的要看个人想不想这么做。

So I think it does really depend on who's wanting to do it.

明年你还会继续吗？还是回夏洛特老家？

Are you going to continue next year or are you going back home to Charlotte?

暑假我们会回老家，然后重新开始。

For the summer we're going back home and then we'll be starting again.

明年我们还会继续当探索者。

We'll do it to get explorers next year as well.

太棒了。

Awesome.

你们接下来要去哪儿？

And where where are you going to go?

我们先去瓦伦西亚，剩下的地方还在安排中。

We're starting in Valencia, and then I think we're still figuring out the rest.

明年我们的安排会有点不一样。

We are so it's going be a little bit of a different format next year.

我们会走得慢一点。

Going to travel a little bit slower.

我们只去三个国家。

And so we will go to three countries only.

我们的主要目标是学好西班牙语，或者提升西班牙语水平，因为乔迪的西班牙语已经很好了。

And our main focus will be learning Spanish or improving our Spanish because Jordi speaks great Spanish already.

所以我们只会去西班牙语国家：西班牙、一个中美洲国家，还有一个南美洲国家。

And so we will go only to Spanish speaking countries, Spain, one country in Central America and one country in South America.

我忍不住想问一下，乔安娜，那些带孩子旅行的家长，是远程工作还是已经退休了？

I just have to ask, I'm just curious, Johanna, for the parents who are traveling, they work remotely or are they retired?

他们是怎么安排的呢？

You know, how does that work?

情况有很多种。

There's several situations.

我们有很多人是远程工作的，要么自己做生意，要么远程管理团队。

We've had a lot of us work remotely, either, you know, they have their own business or they have their employees remotely.

也有家庭选择休一年间隔年，环游世界，之后再回归正常生活。

We've had cases of families who took a gap year, for instance, and who, you know, traveled the world and then just went back to their regular life.

还有一种情况是，父母中有一方工作，另一方不工作。

And there's also cases where one parent works and the other is not working.

今年我们也遇到一些家庭，其中一方留在国内，另一方带着孩子旅行，来回奔波。

We've had cases in this year too of families where one parent is actually back home and the second parent travels with the children and, you know, with a lot of back and forth.

所以大家都会根据情况想办法解决，但确实至少需要一定程度的地理自由。

So people just make it work depending on But yes, you need to have at least partially geographical independence.

这说得通。

So that makes sense.

Charlie，你平时会听KidNuz来了解美国的新闻吗？

So Charlie, do you like to listen to KidNuz to stay informed about what's going on in The US?

会啊，我和Max每天早上出门前，都会准时等八点播出来听。

Yes, me and Max, we both are always waiting until 08:00 every morning before we go out the door to listen.

是啊，真的特别有趣。

So yeah, it's really fun.

有一次我们跟全班一起听，就喜欢听所有正在发生的事。

One time we shared it with the class here, and we just like to listen to, yeah, everything that's going on.

特别好。

It's really nice.

太棒了。

That's wonderful.

谢谢你，Charlie，和我聊了这么多。

Well, you, Charlie, for talking with me.

Johanna，如果有人想了解更多关于这个项目的信息，你建议他们怎么获取呢？

And Johanna, if anyone wants any more information on this program, how would you suggest they get it?

他们可以去关注我们的Instagram或Facebook页面。

Well, they can go and check our Instagram or Facebook pages.

账号名字叫Together Explorers。

The name is Together Explorers.

这是个不错的办法，能看看照片，了解我们的教学方式和日常活动。

It's a good way to just, you know, see a few pictures and see our learning approach and what we do.

非常感谢你抽出时间。

Well, thank you so much for your time.

真的很感谢你。

I really appreciate it.

谢谢。

Thank you.

太感谢了。

Thank you so much.

再见。

Bye.

也感谢你收听《KidNuz Convos》。

And thank you for listening to KidNuz Convos.

我是托里。

I'm Tori.

如果你对这期节目有任何问题或建议，欢迎发送邮件至 wehearyoukidnews dot org。

If you have any questions or feedback on this episode, please send us an email at wehearyoukidnews dot org.

暑假期间我们会推出更多 KidNuz 组合内容，也期待八月恢复周一到周五的常规播客。

We plan to offer more KidNuz Combos during the summer, and we look forward to resuming our regular Monday through Friday podcasts in August.

祝你今天愉快。

Have a great day.