Sep 28, 2006

Up, up and away! Visit the Museum of Flight, learn about Leonardo Da Vinci and his plans for a flying machine, and hear the story of "Zoro, the Flying Apprentice".

This week we survived a 27 mile bike ride which took us across the floating bridge and up the hills of Seattle (both ways).

Visit The Museum of Flight

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Sep 21, 2006

Seeking geocaches and "The Most Beautiful Thing in the World". This week the Activated Storytellers come to you from Olympia, WA with a story from China.

"The Most Beautiful Thing in the World" from China

This is one of the stories we use when we conduct one of our weeklong Artist-in-Residency programs in schools. We...

Sep 14, 2006

From the End the Oregon Trail, we discuss pioneers and tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Also Zephyr gives a report about "Not Back to School" camp and find out a bit about roadschooling.

Back in 1843 families started heading west. They heard the stories of a better life. They saved up about $900...

Sep 7, 2006

Visiting Eugene, Oregon - home of University of Oregon and the jogging and bicycling capital of the country. Zephyr is away at a camp for homeschooled teens this week, while Dennis (dad) and Kimberly (mom) are visiting relatives and learning the nearly lost craft of food canning. After spending an afternoon picking...