Liberation through literacy
Hey there, people of the world! How are you doing today? I hope extraordinarily well! Today we are writing about cheese! Yes, good ol' gouda and 'em! On the trip to Amsterdam I visited one of many cheese shops owned by the Henri Willig family. Although to this day the company is family-owned, I didn't... Continue Reading →
Buena! Ah...Cuba! Cuba is an amazing place! History is visibly alive in every day life, what with American (U.S.) and Russian cars from the 1950s, and limited access to things we might take for granted. Most of the buildings are old and even though their facade may be worn down, you can tell they are... Continue Reading →
T'was a regular day in January; as regular as a day could be in the month right after the end of 2020! We hadn't performed live in a while, having moved our educational programs entirely online. CDC regulations for physical distancing were changing often and we didn't know when we'd be taking the show on... Continue Reading →
Hello! Ciao! Mambo? How are you doing today? I hope that with whatever is going on in your life, you can take a moment to breathe in deeply & exhale out some of that daily tension & stress. 🤗 Last month we were contacted about our ODDS program by a school in Jacksonville, Florida (see... Continue Reading →
"Can you say Book Beats?" Book Beats! "Book Beats" Book Beats! "Say go Book Beats go Book Beats Go!" Go Book Beats go Book Beats go!"Teachers teach to reach to teach to reach to teach to, teach to reach your mind!" 🎶 🎶 🎶 Hi everyone! Habari? (That means 'how are things/news?' in Swahili) I... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite sounds is of the Hindi okay. It sounds like tikke, or tea-keh, and I always hear it along the visual of an aunty's neck and hand movement. Don and I went to India on different trips and for different reasons, yet both of our experiences there have increased our understanding of... Continue Reading →
The value of education
Find a copy here Hi everybody! Sophia here! After creating stories over the past few years, I decided to put just a few of them together in a book. Sometimes, when our kids ask us to read them a bedtime story, we reach for a book on the shelf and read them a known story.... Continue Reading →
Barefoot Baobab 