On Sunday our kids started the morning by telling us things that they find awesome…  Books! School! The Sky! The Clouds! Sunsets! Cats! Dogs! Animals! New Shoes! Pink! Nature! The Community! WOW! I think all our kids are AWESOME! Then, Dick Beeman led us on a tour of some awesome cave art. He shared some … Continue reading UU Travelers… Art Tour

On Sunday Scott Tanona led us on a tour of California. We saw huge redwood trees (12 of us linked hands and could barely reach around the trunk of a tree!), the fertile central valley (we stomped grapes to make wine), the steep hills in San Francisco (our cars nearly got stuck!), viewed the sea … Continue reading UU Travelers… Tour of California

On Sunday we talked a lot about water and it’s many forms. We started with… the river! Everyone agreed…the river is up! After talking about water, ice, snow, hail, steam (and the many flies in the room) we ventured outside for some water fun.  With our squishy, squirty fish we drew pictures with water on … Continue reading UU Travelers… Tour of Water

On Sunday Mark Moser and Terri Franz taught us all several folk dances. We learned dances from as far away as Israel! Here we are moving and shaking!    

Saturday we had a great family fun event at the Splash Park…. only…. it rained all day and the thermometer didn’t even get to 70 degrees! Here’s the splash park… minus children. 🙁 Maybe next time!

On Sunday Sylvia led us on a Nature Scavenger Hunt! We all search high and low.  We found heart-shaped leaves, crickets, spiders, beetles, birds, moss, flowers, sticks, rough things, smooth things, smelly things, and a host of other treasures. Thank you Sylvia! After the scavenger hunt, some of us got a lesson in juggling. (Thank … Continue reading UU Travelers… Nature Scavenger Hunt

Sunday we continued our tour of sound by using our ears to differentiate a variety of familiar sounds. Among other things, we heard…  popcorn popping (and got to eat some)…  a can of root beer opening (and got to drink some)…         And when a student pointed out that the tour “was … Continue reading UU Travelers… sound & boredom

Sunday we created many fascinating sounds with bottles, flutes, pipes, and wood.  Many thanks to Tom Manney for his skills and woodworking shop. He designed all the pieces for the instruments we made.      

On Sunday we started in the sanctuary and Lily told everyone about her memories of the very first UU World Traveler’s “trip” to “Australia”.  Then we gathered in the RE rooms and had a grand time telling stories about our various real-world travels. Lot’s of lessons learned on those trips! We learned that COMPLETE COMMUNICATION … Continue reading UU Travelers… story telling

Sunday we had a delicious global tasting tour using our Fair Trade GeoBars as a jumping off point. The bars are made with rice from Thailand (so we had to taste rice), blueberries and honey from Chile (so we had to taste dried blueberries and honey), raisins from South Africa (so we had to taste … Continue reading UU Travelers… Global Tasting Tour