As a parent, I should be continuing to work on their skills at home and read more books to them at night than I do. However, whenever I make attempts to work on academics with them, they are resistant. When I am home from work, they want mom snuggles and cuddles and to tell me about their day. They want to share with me the latest thing they "learned" on YouTube while watching their favorite YouTube families.
Over a year ago, my son Wyatt showed me the YouTube video that he found about a family that went on a Disney Cruise. He proceeded to explain to me all the parts of the cruise, gave me reasons as to why we should go there on vacation, and why taking a Disney Cruise would make for a great vacation. How could I argue with his adorable and persistent reasons behind wanting to take the cruise? I found them to be pretty valid and reasonable. Since then that has been my mission. To save up enough money for our family to experience a Disney Cruise and to fulfill his dreams of going.
Disney Cruises are by no means inexpensive vacations. Many would argue that saving that money for their college or making additional payments on my car would be a much better use of the money. However, when it comes to creating memories and experiences for my children, that is where my "teaching" comes into play. They don't want to sit and work on letters or numbers with me when they get home from school so if we can provide them with real-life experiences, then I feel the money is well spent. The knowledge they gain from navigating an airport, watching the clouds pass by through the airplane windows, answering their many questions, engaging their curiosity, seeing a new location and experiencing new things is not something they can ever learn from a book. These experiences help them to draw connections to the real world and realize that there is more to the world than our little town in Illinois. Last summer we went to New Jersey to visit family and we decided to see the Statue of Liberty while we were there. The first time I saw the Statue of Liberty was at 39 years old. My children were 3.5 years old. What a difference! Now every time they see a commercial or sign with the statue on it, they immediately point that out. "There's the Statue of Liberty! We saw that!" Those connections are forever implanted into their little minds and can be recalled when the boys learn about it in school.
When people ask me why I decided to add Disney Vacation Planner to my list of duties I tell them it is for my children and for my love of learning. I want to teach my children through travel and experiences and to help build background knowledge that will stay with them forever. I want to bring in some additional income in order to make their dreams come true and provide those memory making experiences. I want to help other families bring joy to their children and to help create once in a lifetime experiences for them as well.
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