It’s time to consider how our parks can serve as the best resource for roadschoolers as the back-to-school season draws near. More families are choosing to roadschool, and your park can make the ideal “home base” for their educational journeys. This unique approach to homeschooling entails full-time travel while offering kids a varied and stimulating learning environment. Families can discover new locations, cultures, and educational opportunities while on the go by roadschooling, which combines the freedom of travel with the adaptability of homeschooling.
A customized education catered to each child’s interests and learning preferences can be achieved through roadschooling. In addition to being educators, parents also act as fellow explorers, encouraging their children’s curiosity and passion for learning. It encourages kids to develop practical life skills and a wider worldview while also bonding families and encouraging flexibility and independence. Here’s how to turn your park into a top pick for these passing students:
Up Your Wi-Fi Performance
Roadschoolers who need to stay connected for online classes and Zoom sessions need strong, dependable Wi-Fi. Draw attention to your excellent Wi-Fi service on your website and social media accounts. Ensure that staff members who can help with any connectivity issues have their contact information listed.
Establish Learning Areas
Do you have a pavilion, meeting room, or rec center? Set aside certain areas for families who are roadschooling to use for schoolwork or homework. This provides them with a space to stretch out and work on educational material.
Stock Your Camp Store with School Supplies
Stock your camp store with necessary school materials, like paper, glue sticks, tape, markers, pens, pencils, and crayons. Families that roadschool will be spared the inconvenience of having to travel into town whenever they run out of supplies.
Customize Your Activities
Consider alternatives to typical activities. Provide entertaining and instructive programs including stargazing sessions, nature walks, and DIY environmental scavenger hunts. Organize guided nature hikes where kids can learn about local plant and animal species, lead birdwatching excursions to identify various species and their seasonal living patterns. Make instructive coloring pages with local wildlife and plan life for younger children with fun and informative facts about the tours the older children are taking. Learning in nature can help establish a close, intimate relationship with the outdoors. For children to develop a lifetime love and respect for the environment, this relationship is essential.
Emphasize Local Educational Possibilities
Give roadschooling families a list of local historical sites, museums, nature centers, and other attractions that provide different kinds of learning opportunities. This can tie in with customizing your activities allowing a wide variety of unique learning. They’ll be grateful to know about all the local educational options.
Use Social Media and Your Website to Promote Roadschooling
Make sure to emphasize your park’s roadschool-friendly features on your website and social media platforms to draw in families that are interested in roadschooling. Share the experiences and recommendations of roadschooling families who have stayed at your park, emphasizing the ways in which your amenities and educational offerings have aided their schooling. Utilize engaging images or even videos to make these experiences realistic.
Provide Resources and Classes Onsite
Think about providing tools and classes on-site designed especially for roadschoolers. Collaborate with educators or specialists in the area to offer courses covering a range of topics, including science, art, and nature studies. You may even want to connect families with local homeschooling groups that the children can participate in group learning with. Roadschooling families can use these programs as an opportunity to enhance their courses while having fun at your park or the surrounding area.
When it comes down to it, your guests have to know in what ways your park supports roadschooling. By proactively promoting how your park does this, you can establish your park as a premier location for families who want to travel and educate at the same time. So, make sure if you are already doing any of these things or decide to implement a few of these ideas that you have the details on your website and you promote it in an engaging way on your parks’ socials.
