Home Education: On the road with the Rasmussens

Home Education follows the everyday lives of six families in Aotearoa educating their children at home. Today, education in a house bus with the Rasmussens.

The new docuseries Home Education is filmed across Aotearoa, in and around the homes of six families who have taken schooling outside the bounds of a traditional classroom. Each family moulds their days to suit them, fostering a love of learning through incorporating elements of Montessori, Waldorf, Unschooling, Te Kura and mātauranga Māori. The students we meet are just a few of over 10,000 who are educated at home in Aotearoa.

The fifth episode joins the “road-schooling” Rasmussens in their converted house bus. The seven kids learn through collaborative family based projects – here they’re learning about geography, history and politics through designing their own ancient civilisation. Resourceful mum Bridie is kept busy meeting the learning needs of her children – aged from 6 weeks to 17 years.

The Rasmussens’ unconventional lifestyle has them run into judgement all the time, but they’re been travelling the country on their bus for over a decade now, and they won’t be stopping. “We thrive on proving people wrong,” says Bridie.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.