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John Lewis was a Black American civil rights activist and one of the original Big Six leaders of the nonviolent movement along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He said his hero was Rosa… Read More →

Ellen Ochoa was selected by NASA in 1990 to join its astronaut program, and she became the first Hispanic female astronaut when she completed her training in 1991. Two years later, she flew… Read More →

Helen Keller was an American author and educator who was blind and deaf. Even though she could not see or hear like most people, she finished college and became a powerful writer and speaker Read More →

Jackie Robinson broke barriers as the first African American to play baseball in the modern major leagues. Today there are many great Black players in the MLB, but this pioneering moment in… Read More →

Jim Thorpe, an Oklahoma-born Native American, played pro baseball in New York, Cincinnati, and Boston, but he was an even better football player. In the 1912 Olympic Games, he won gold medals Read More →

Born in Washington, DC, in 1970, and raised in Miami, Florida, Ketanji Brown Jackson developed an interest in law at an early age. While in grade school, she sat with her father and watched… Read More →

Rosa Parks was a Black American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus became the spark that started the civil rights movement in the United States. Rosa's… Read More →

Will Rogers was the most famous American entertainer, writer, and actor of the early 1900s. He was best known for making fun of politics and the US government. His humor endures, with today's Read More →

The fall season can be truly amazing with colorful leaves in big soft piles, Halloween pumpkins and pumpkin pie. Oh my, what an Amazing Autumn. Read More →

Winter is the time for bundling up, playing in the snow with a new snowman friend. And catching snowflakes on your tongue before they disappear as Wonderful Winter fades into Spring. Read More →

Daniel Inouye was born in Hawaii to parents who came from Japan. He had a happy life as a child until 1941 when the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in his hometown. As war broke out,… Read More →

Maria Tallchief was inspired to dance while watching Osage dancers as a child in Oklahoma. For tribal ceremonies only men were allowed to dance. But, Maria went on to become America's first… Read More →

Come along to the beach. How many letters of the alphabet can you find in the sand and sun? Remember your sunscreen! Read More →

Do you like to take a walk in nature? The forest is a great place to find all the letters of the alphabet. Be sure to look high and low! Read More →

It's a beautiful winter day to spend on skis. Can you find all the letters of the alphabet on the slippery slopes? Read More →

Come along to the haunted house. Let's see how many letters of the alphabet we spot along the way. Beware of the cobwebs! Read More →

The color of an apple, the colors of trees in fall, the sky so blue. Let's discover what other colorful surprises nature has all around us. Read More →

The number of points on a starfish or on a snowflake, the number of moons in the night sky. Let's count how many surprises nature has all around us. Read More →

The shape of the moon, the shapes of the stones all around. Let's see what other shapes we can discover in nature. Read More →

From small ant hills to tall mountains. Ants to elephants. Let's discover what other big and small surprises nature has all around us. Read More →

Suddenly the Earth warms up from a long winter nap. Green appears all around. Nature comes alive and spring surprises us all as robins hatch and flowers bloom, beginning a new cycle of surprises. Read More →