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Everyone loves to travel. I do not know a single person that would not love to see the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, or Niagara Falls. There are certain places that you hear about for the longest time and long to visit them to experience the culture, food, and life. The great thing about travel is that it is an educational experience, too. A lot of people claim that travel is the best kind of education you can get and I have to agree with them. Huffpost says, “The Earth is filled with infinite experiences, wonders and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Imagine hiking through the verdant, kaleidoscopic Amazon rainforest, camping out underneath the aurora borealis in the Canadian tundra or meandering through an enchanting Kenyan village. Much education is experienced in a classroom or through a textbook; those avenues do get the job done, but they aren’t nearly as fulfilling or effective as traveling the world is. See the world, and broaden your cultural, intellectual, and spiritual education like you could never have imagined.”
Find educational sites
There are so many educational sites around the world that will allow you and your children to learn about history and culture. Named as a New Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu is a fantastic place to learn about Inca civilization. The Great Wall of China is a sight where you can learn more about Chinese, their war, and their culture. The Vatican is a must-see when you are visiting Italy. All of these places are learning experiences that will stick with you and your children forever. Most children learn best with hands-on experiences, and this is more hands on than a class could give you.
Learn about culture and language
Culture and language is very hard to learn about until you are immersed in it yourself. Travel forces you to learn other languages and cultures, but allows you the flexibility to still speak some English a lot of the time (depending where you are traveling). There are small cultural things that you would not know about until you travel to that area of the world. For example, in Italy, most stand to drink their coffee. If you sit down, you will be charged extra. You also pay for water in Italy and most of the time when you pay, you just round up instead of tipping. Yes, you can read all of this online and you can learn Italian through an app, but if you do not experience it in person, you cannot put your skills to use and you will never actually master it.
Time management
Oh, time management is a funny thing. Most say they are good at it and fail in the end. It is a hard skill to master, but travel helps master that skill. Between all of the flights, trains, and appointments, you have to learn how to master managing your time, or you will end up stuck in a city that you do not want to be in. Traveling isn’t constantly about making flights and appointments, though. It is also about smushing in as much as possible in a small amount of time. You have to learn how to best plan your days in order to fit in everything you want. Once you are done traveling, you can use those skills in your daily life, as well.
Improve social skills
We already talked about how traveling can help you learn or master another language, but did you know that travel can also help improve your basic social skills, as well? Traveling in places that you are not familiar with requires you to branch out and ask questions and talk with other travelers and locals. If you are traveling with a group of people (lets say your family), travel (especially family European travel) will help improve your communication skills, as well. Social skills are necessary for educational and non-educational purposes, so you could always use an improvement in social skills!
Although traveling is one of the best educational experiences you could ever ask for, some sort of schooling is needed. Homeschooling is a fantastic option for travelers and it allows for flexibility, which is perfect! If you notice that your child is having trouble with schooling, definitely consider reaching out for help. Empowered Learning Transformation Centers, located in Hazlet, NJ works with homeschoolers and other children to assess and correct the underlying causes of a student’s inability to efficiently learn. It is the perfect enhancement to a child’s homeschooling instruction and it is customized based on your child’s learning style and skill level. “The Empowered Learning™ Program is an exclusive combination of “outside-the-box” educational and medical technologies that works on the brain’s processing abilities, directly affecting underdeveloped cognitive, visual and sensory-motor functions and literally changing the brain physically as it eliminates barriers to learning.”
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