Thinking about home-schooling long term

Parents have limited choices for schooling during the pandemic, and now parents are thinking more about home schooling for their children.

SCHOOLS ARE NOW EITHERREOPENING - PARTIALLY REOPENING- OR STAYING SHUT ALTOGETHER.THAT HAS SOME NOW THINKINGABOUT HOMESCHOOLING FOR THELONG-TERM.SCRIPPS REPORTER MAYA RODRIGUEZINTRODUCES US TO ONE MOM...WHO HAS BECOME AN EXPERT ABOUTWHAT IT TAKES AND IS SHARINGTHE LESSON SHE'S LEARNED.IT MAY LOOK LIKE A REGULARHOUSE FROM THE OUTSIDE((NATS)) BUT INSIDE MEGHANBUSELLI'S BUSTLING HOME((4050)) MEGHAN BUSELLI,HOMESCHOOLING PARENT: "I'LLHAVE LANDON WHO'S EIGHT.SAWYER WHO'S SIX AND LEVI WHO'SFIVE AND THEN I HAVE TWO LITTLEGIRLS THAT I FIT IN THERESOMEHOW." ONE ROOM LOOKSJUST LIKE A REGULAR CLASSROOM.((3938)) MEGHAN BUSELLI,HOMESCHOOLING PARENT: "I HAD MYDEGREE IN ELEMENTARYEDUCATION." A DEGREE SHEINITIALLY THOUGHT SHE WOULDUSE BY GOING BACK TO TEACHIN THE CLASSROOM.BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR HEROLDEST CHILD TO GO TO SCHOOL((3945)) MEGHAN BUSELLI,HOMESCHOOLING PARENT: "THE AGEOF FIVE CAME SUPER FAST --QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT -- AND IWASN'T READY TO LET GO OF OURTIME." SO, SHE DECIDED TOHOMESCHOOL HER CHILDRENINSTEAD.A DECISION THAT - AT THE TIME -SHE HAD NO IDEA WOULD END UPATTRACTING ATTENTION FROMAROUND THE COUNTRY.((4128)) MEGHAN BUSELLI,HOMESCHOOLING PARENT: "I THINKPARENTS THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,WE NEED TO THINK OF DIFFERENTOPTIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN."WHICH IS HOW MEGHAN - VIASOCIAL MEDIA - ENDED UP IN THEROLE OF HOMESCHOOLING HELPER -TO PARENTS LOOKING TO DO THESAME IN THE WAKE OFCOVID-19.((4259)) MEGHAN BUSELLI,HOMESCHOOLING PARENT: "THEYSAY, 'OH, WELL, I DON'T HAVE ADEGREE IN THAT.'

AND I SAY,'YOU KNOW WHAT?

THINK OF YOURGRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITE RECIPETHAT YOU USE YEAR AFTER YEAR.DID SHE GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL?NO.'

SO, I ALWAYS SAY THAT YOUKNOW AND YOU'RE MORE QUALIFIEDIN THIS THAN YOU KNOW AND IF IDIDN'T HAVE MYDEGREE I COULD STILL DO IT."((GFX GOES HERE)) IN THE YEARRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC ABOUT2.5 MILLION STUDENTS WEREHOMESCHOOLED IN THE U.S.MEGHAN OFFERS PARENTS TIPS ONHOW TO DO IT SUCH ASCHALKBOARD OR BEHIND A DESKSHE'S LEARNED IT'S LESS ABOUTTRYING TO MIMIC A CLASSROOMAND MORE ABOUT BEING FLEXIBLE--LESS IS MORE WHEN IT COMES TOLESSON PLANNING - FOCUS MORE ONCONCEPTS, NOT BUSY WORK --SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS HER KIDSHOMESCHOOLING IS HELPINGSTRETCH OUT THEIR CHILDHOODSJUST THEM SEEING HOW WE CARRYON A HOUSEHOLD, HOW WE CARRY ONBEING THE GLUE THAT STICKSPENNSYLVANIA, I'M MAYARODRIGUEZ.IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING TO SCROLL