‘Road School’ Parents Share Tips Of RV School Life

As COVID-19 cases continue rising in the United States, many parents worry about sending their children to school. Yet, virtual learning or other proposed plans feel, well, less than ideal. For some, packing the family into an RV, hitting the road and road schooling seems like the dream.

Interest in RVs certainly is increasing. According to Facebook, more than 25,000 RV have been for sale on Marketplace every month since March. RVshare, a RV peer to peer marketplace, estimates that demand for RVs will remain high throughout the fall with Labor Day reservations up 50 percent.

But road schooling isn’t for everyone. It requires flexibility, un-schooling and children who are fine with doing nothing during hours of driving.

“Our kids got really really good at being bored,” Madison Bowman, 32, who spent about two years living in a bus with her husband, David, 30, and their two children, told TODAY Parents. “You’re in a very small space if you’re living on the road … you will be on top of each other all the time.”

At the time, she home schooled Graham, now 7, for kindergarten.

Boredom and 24/7 togetherness aside, Bowman and other road schooling parents agree it offers many advantages.

“You read about Mount Rushmore in a book, you read about the White House or you read about all these historical things in a book,” Kristi Corder, 42, who road schools with her husband Brent, 41, told TODAY Parents. “The most fascinating and most beneficial thing for my kids is we actually get to go and experience those things.”

Check out the full article from Today along with tips from the families who made the decision to “road school” here.

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