Dr. Stacy Carlock welcomes her young students at LaDue Early Childhood Center in St. Louis, Missouri , in a rather unconventional way ... on roller skates.

This type of greeting isn't new — in fact, Carlock has been skating at school for almost four years — but when the school staff encouraged her to post a skating video on social media, "it blew up overnight!" Carlock tells TODAY.com, even leading the "edu-skater" to an appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show."

"I get tons and tons of messages every day, and I'm so humbled by it and grateful that I am inspiring somebody because that's what I really love to do," she says.

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When one of Carlock's teachers asked her to join her on a

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