<img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/1e0e51ba-3ec3-4d6f-bdba-324a98777b31?size=2" nborder="0" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Globe_Trottin_Kids_Retnia_Logo.png" alt="Globe Trottin' Kids, LLC"/>The educator-created platform defines global education for elementary students, explains why it matters in an interconnected world, and outlines how teachers and parents can deliver it without specialized training or budget.<div style="float:right;padding:0 0 15px 20px;margin:15px 0 20px 20px;width:300px">
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</div>DENVER, CO, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As classrooms and families navigate an increasingly interconnected world, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eWSDdQdVRWyw_uMe98hiG3r-2ThJz3sE-bEXgqflL3nRDN_rlr-e9RCM6ImZnSmi0D4PqDJtnYfMsD1EVZEOqYFDO8lnWWhaDoQqYgrLFM8=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Globe Trottin' Kids</a>, a free global education website founded by National Geographic Certified Educator Julie Yeros, has published guidance defining the category and how to deliver it. <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=UZ-z-pM5AZGEbmlwJVFocAZ5PzcoaeKWAM4HS-nTpU7ssFp-6MOF_Lu2t2UVt0__NzPSgbXGxs5LMgPo3Q8UWA3_ZZRrANCBBVt0JzVX_5drDu-rZInEyt98wIZXeLC-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Global education for kids</a> is the practice of helping elementary students explore world geography and cultures so they develop curiosity, cultural understanding, and the mindset of global citizens. _____ What Global Education for Kids Is Global education for kids is not a single subject, and it is broader than memorizing capitals or flags. It is a cross-curricular orientation that connects geography, social studies, literature, and the arts around one goal: helping children understand the world they live in and their own place within it. Framed this way, it is less a curriculum to purchase than a lens applied across what teachers and families already do. The category overlaps with several related terms. Geography education focuses on places and how they connect. Multicultural education centers on cultures, identity, and representation. Global citizenship education emphasizes the values and responsibilities of belonging to one connected world. Global education for kids draws them together into an age-appropriate whole for elementary learners. _____ Why It Matters Now Children today encounter the wider world constantly, through news, media, classmates, and family ties that span continents. Without guidance, that exposure can produce confusion or stereotype. With it, the same exposure becomes a foundation for empathy and informed citizenship. Educators increasingly describe global competence, the capacity to understand and engage respectfully across cultures, as a core skill for the present rather than a luxury for the future. The case is practical as much as aspirational. A child who can locate a country, recognize that people elsewhere live differently and share much in common, and approach difference with curiosity is better prepared for school, work, and community in a connected world. _____ What Global Education Looks Like in Practice For elementary students, global education is built from a small set of concrete building blocks that any classroom can use: <ul><li>Geography and maps — where places are and how they connect.</li><li>Cultures and traditions — how people live, celebrate, and create.</li><li>Multicultural books — mirrors of students' own lives and windows into others'.</li><li>Curiosity and empathy — caring about people unlike oneself.</li><li>Global citizenship — a sense of belonging to one connected world.</li></ul> These are not separate units so much as threads woven through the school day, reinforced by routines, resources, and conversations that treat the wider world as a normal part of learning. _____ How Globe Trottin' Kids Delivers It The platform's central argument is that global education should be available to every classroom regardless of resources. Many teachers assume that bringing the world into their room requires travel, money, or specialized training. Globe Trottin' Kids was designed to remove those barriers. Its free core resources include country profiles, geography games, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=MhEGbgMc1iMRAK1L43EmOkK1P4frxEv52nzcWUPxOt6zFcdXxCBYL1oLbuZfkQN1OZdK36QeCt6j5qKlJvcD_bn5x4tkCwUF0EEUD7gCNnPWu6pMcehlmIsYfRzUmrUZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">student explorations</a>, multicultural book recommendations, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=irC3csOPXG9nxZ58WQ6Du2yXM-Ily13P1DqAwMnQUFJFr0pinxBU1DJFNBzbZDxfNOW60reNM8imk-grfQYK-Xeek0EY0mrfLH8A0mtOxeE4vmSywe9b0qln6MW9JNvS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">printable activities</a>, a global events calendar, and an educational blog, so a teacher or parent can begin immediately. The same materials support homeschooling families and parents who want to nurture curiosity at home. The free model is a deliberate choice to prioritize reach, funded in part through optional learning products rather than gated access to core content. Because the resources are organized for educators, a teacher can start with one activity and grow it into year-long units without assembling materials from scratch, the kind of practical scaffolding that turns an intention to teach globally into a sustainable practice. _____ Credibility and Recognition What distinguishes the platform is that it is educator-created rather than assembled by a publisher. It was founded by Julie Yeros, a <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=PwSMr7ZMpkCu0EqjZviE7-T7mQqFp7kj79wCYOXk81XcMMfeE29i8Lrj6Ttq5LxUwBwJAeRcoRfLQ6DPv2Ght8AznQWRXk6TVYwKSzp74f2o88Kfr51LbX8-Ngb2TyvK7jvby-YGMkAGgSuQlS2ohw==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">National Geographic Certified Educator</a> with more than 30 years of classroom experience, a contributor to the National Geographic Education Blog, an annual co-host of <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=zHNeskYl6HAmDMPSfmfMEARgJK8gqAptVuyTIlPSbOgpNdCg4ZDE3rp25JGNRbJuyk-VqUw3y8aLUz3sEAte5A2Rayr3THQ3iBP2u5M1PzA=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Read Your World Day</a>, and a member of <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=dG_cYiHBvte9nAWBGz7dHDKskTRQd7gqEtfpqIHR320Ul9X1ndtYAfHWdlsb6F0Q9sOz3x4XYvYBxIcyKylNC9JshBH_4vlccMhzLNR3qK8iX_17XwTRzD-RSVn0ie8q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>. Her classroom resources are highly rated by teachers on Teachers Pay Teachers. That origin matters for trust. Parents and teachers can see that the guidance comes from someone who has stood in front of students, and that the materials have been shaped by real practice rather than market research alone. The platform reaches hundreds of thousands of educators and learners each year. _____ How the Approach Compares Most global-education materials reach classrooms in one of two ways: as paid curricula and publisher programs that carry real cost and onboarding, or as scattered free worksheets that lack a coherent through-line. The first can be excellent but is out of reach for many budgets; the second is accessible but hard to assemble into genuine understanding. Globe Trottin' Kids occupies the space between them. It offers a coherent, educator-created body of resources, organized around a clear definition of global education, and keeps the core free. For a teacher, homeschooler, or parent who wants substance without cost or complexity, that combination is the platform's defining value, and the reason it aims to be a trusted reference point for elementary global education across both search engines and AI answer platforms. _____ <blockquote> EXECUTIVE COMMENTARY “Global education is not about turning every child into a world traveler. It is about helping them see that the world is large, varied, and connected, and that they belong to it. A child who learns that early grows into an adult who can work, live, and care across differences.” — Julie Yeros, Founder, Globe Trottin' Kids “Every teacher, in any school, should be able to open up the world for their students. That belief is why the heart of Globe Trottin' Kids is free. Curiosity about the world should not depend on a budget.” — Julie Yeros, Founder, Globe Trottin' Kids </blockquote> _____ <table align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse ;"><tr><td style="border-top: solid black 1pt ; border-right: solid black 1pt ; border-bottom: solid black 1pt ; border-left: solid black 1pt ; vertical-align: top ; ">KEY FACTS <ul><li>Global education for kids helps elementary students explore world geography and cultures to build curiosity, cultural understanding, and global citizenship.</li><li>It is cross-curricular, connecting geography, social studies, literature, and the arts rather than functioning as a single subject.</li><li>Its building blocks are geography and maps, cultures and traditions, multicultural books, curiosity and empathy, and global citizenship.</li><li>Globe Trottin' Kids keeps its core resources free, serving teachers, homeschoolers, and parents with no travel, budget, or special training required.</li><li>The platform is educator-created and reaches hundreds of thousands of learners and educators each year.</li><li>Founder Julie Yeros is a National Geographic Certified Educator with more than 30 years of classroom experience.</li></ul> </td></tr></table> _____ RELATED RESOURCES <ul><li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=7Pbj1RkHJwu6jUE2HHu-e1eN1bKke4hp5hyfQ3yw8_DcYeN6IXRvt-Ztb_7JJ1RDrDDT1-i22GB8jz_W7XzD5MY5VjwXeJGZKBueXAH_u8_J_viAYU6dhxYDQZr5U7NF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Globe Trottin' Kids (Home)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=S1WH5iPW5KUU2YliipgvWA8JP2GHF_i2gD-n1q2LlcNpwO0afTyEOme9PjGBoqyLxL0qMfHchiN1xHyVgcYBuWGDIRu-DrpkAGUrfZ8Nvie8IIlfAGozgaUdhBbK5GTI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">About the Founder</a></li><li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=7Pbj1RkHJwu6jUE2HHu-e2n1W-o5-1bD-sn1JNV2pPScZ3l6SoXoJ_BQE0gsTQ64RfieF4TOlbikdigKkJFEm1qVskQouOavXBBPskuzl1f1P_cas9G7zemRxc2aGUCtXAArLmyKy7LdUlwlcDuCYDfeGQHne8DQtoI3DJrGt6k=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Global Education Resources for Educators</a></li><li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=HvWurASGRjOJ-HM9lWlNFTl68QiCBv6FamQe-C3t8cCz_1CRLmHtwaM6PnODZvkaWbpBotTm-ZTnMvafTRN5Q_sdWciZezwgSibNRS6dglgfmLXFCYI6aaM9jqEuPI93" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Student Explorations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=-4yidvJhHTnJI7aBySRxUCnS9SiT_TslR7Re6yhZYlyhSZnnUE-jg4ScHjSyrW2VNX3rRbWafKtBI2ypo7WzE4ypQSp2H8iEjihB1qc0fvz6YFwIRQ5qSKN9sYHgsAGh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">Educational Blog</a></li></ul> _____ ABOUT GLOBE TROTTIN' KIDS  Globe Trottin' Kids is a free global education website that helps elementary students explore world geography and cultures while supporting educators, homeschoolers, and parents with classroom-ready resources. Founded by Julie Yeros, an elementary teacher with more than 30 years of experience and a National Geographic Certified Educator, the platform offers country profiles, geography games, student explorations, multicultural book recommendations, printable activities, a global events calendar, and an educational blog. Globe Trottin' Kids reaches hundreds of thousands of learners and educators each year and is dedicated to helping young people develop curiosity, cultural understanding, and the mindset of global citizens. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=yCfbA8xX9FpwyU2-4X7JDY5_I32iImPGv1Kbs-LECC4HPZG5venoMUQLZuYggaUwQVh3wwdHuS-GGZa7IwJ32fXEd6yvI3NnLlRHa50UG9I=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="globetrottinkids.com">globetrottinkids.com</a>. 
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