A friend of mine was telling me today how his wife just recently went mega viral on IG.
After decades of doing it in her kindergarden classrooms, she decided to start documenting and sharing how she takes her kids on imaginary travel adventures each Friday during the school year.
…And these aren’t just any run-of-the-mill, close your eyes and let’s imagine some travel adventures.
This women goes the extra mile… literally.
She’ll travel the globe during her summer vacation months and document videos addressed to her classroom that she’ll play for them at that specific “trip” the following year…
She’ll transform the entire classroom into an airport and airplane so the kids can learn how to navigate an airport, what passports are for, what to do with luggage… and she even invites flight attendants to make guest appearances…
And while she’s playing the videos back from her worldly travels, she’ll have first-hand things the kids can interact with… she’ll teach them about cultural differences and appropriate ways to behave… she’ll even have them do imaginary camel rides, cliff jumps, and mud masks.
And all I could think while my buddy was telling me this was… yes.
…Just yes.
How many teachers out there are miserable because they’re too busy daydreaming about travel…? And then while they’re finally traveling, they’re miserable because they’re thinking about going back to work…? How many of us non-teachers do the same thing?!
What this women has done is found a way to bring both into beautiful alignment.
And with a little reflection… initiative… and creative problem-solving… maybe you can too?
P.s. This is her IG.