U is for Understanding {FREE Printable}

Day 21.

Only 5 more prompts left. Only two more days left.

Wish me luck.

Kid’s Travel Journal: U is for Understanding

Whenever I made the decision to do my challenge with Travel Journal prompts, I wrote a list. I wanted to make sure I didn’t duplicate big ideas, that I covered a nice variety of prompt options, and, most importantly, that I had a prompt for each letter.

U was a challenge.

Six weeks ago, when I made my list, I wrote “understanding.”

When I reviewed it weeks later, I had no idea what I meant.

I didn’t want it to be about language or translating things, because I already had a similar topic earlier.

How could “understanding” transfer to a kid’s journal?

I’ve spent at least a week thinking of “U” replacements.

I even made up words. Doesn’t Olympics kind of start with an “Uh” – Uhlympics?

I tried “umpire” as a starting off to discussions about local sports.

Nope.

So I googled “understanding in travel” and a few other combinations. And it dawned on me.

Understanding is the reason we travel.

To understand other cultures.

To understand ourselves.

To understand our culture.

My greatest epiphanies happen when I travel. My greatest connections happen when I travel. This is why I do it. This is why I travel with my kids. This is why I want them to travel.

So, of course, “understanding” should be the U prompt.

During my google search I came across a great post on the Solo Traveler Blog. Please read it. Her points about respectfully delving into a culture should be Travel 101 – required reading before you apply for a passport.

We’re on the 21st day of the A-Z Challenge. I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but I don’t think I have. If you are downloading these travel journal pages, or using the prompts to create your own journal, for your kid – YOU ARE AWESOME! You are getting your child ready for an adventure. One they’ll never forget. Please take it a step further. Prepare them to go on this adventure with respect.

My download today has some individual prompts to get them thinking about understanding. Click on the image to download.

Update: The download is now only accessible for newsletter subscribers. Subscribe here. Subscribers also get access to the resource library which includes free downloads once a month. If you’re still looking for something to download on this page, I created a one-sheet list of the prompts created for this challenge. Click on the image to download