Imaginary World Traveler

One of the many activities i love at Tobin’s school are their imaginary trips to countries around the world. Often fueled by grandparents visiting from overseas, the kids each get their own passport issued and pretend to board an airplane or boat to get to their destination. They experience some of the local culture – music, language, history, and actual food specialties – before they return “back home”.

Tobin took his first trip yesterday – to Lebanon. When Mika and i went to pickup, Ms. Ela had a special surprise: she found Mika’s old passport from 3 years ago (!), with all the visa stickers that she accumulated from her trips to Germany, Sweden, New Zealand, Japan, Austria, and France. Her picture is the very first portrait her teachers took when she started school … probably on the first or second day, thus the skeptical expression.