Dreamaplay

Update 2021: All our kid’s stuff has a new home. Please visit our new website and learn how to turn dreams into reality using our simple 3-step formula 1) Dream It! 2) Map It! 3) Play It!! Dreamaplay.com is full of free downloadable and resources for kids, parents, teachers, homeschoolers and health care professionals.

Rain Barrel

Collect your own water with a rain barrel

Collect your own rainwater with this simple setup. Not only is it free, but rainwater contains its own natural fertilizers.
Garden harvest peppers and tomatoes

Grow food NOT grass

What better way to have a backyard adventure than to grow a garden? We recommend you start with a potted plant like basil.
Are you a flutterby or a butterfly? Don't let life pass you by.

Are you a flutterby?

Do you stop to smell the flowers and sip the nectar of life? Or do you just flutter past everything and let your wings get caught in the winds of life?
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Vamos Chicas Vamos

The Spanish edition of my "Falling Uphill" kids book "Cayendo Hacia Arriba" is being used by the Peace Corp in Paraguay to teach kids how to read and dream.
The Giving Tree redux. A new ending with new pictures. The man sits on the stump with the caption, "And the tree was happy." But was it really?

The Giving Tree redux

I've always been disturbed that the tree sacrifices itself to a greedy old man—so I rewrote the ending and drew new pictures matching the font and style.
Pablo's family

The search for Pablo

Myself, the embassy, the media, and even the Governor of the Chaco all searched for Pablo and his family. Update: I have some new information. Please help find Pablo.
How to fall uphill infographic. A bicyclist falls up a mountain until they are standing on the top.

How to fall uphill

The first part of being a good adventurer is knowing where you are, and this worksheet helps you figure that out. It also gives a hint about what to do if you are stuck. Based on Scott's adventure around the world on a bicycle.
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Falling Uphill in Paraguay with the Peace Corps

Scott Stoll is an author from my hometown who served as the U.S. Embassy’s cultural ambassador in Argentina during the 2011-2012 school year. His time in Argentina and collaboration with Argentine schools resulted in a Spanish language version of his book, Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life, about his 4 year journey around the world on his bicycle.
Scott Stoll age 5 on his first bicycle

Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos

As I mentioned, celebrating the book, meaning feeling a sense of accomplishment, may be the most important step in the whole process. Read more about our goals.
Students from Argentina holding their certificates of achievements and their copy of "Cayendo Hacia Arriba," the book that we created together.

Celebrating the book

Students from Argentina holding their certificates of achievements and their copy of “Cayendo Hacia Arriba” the book that we created together. In my opinion, the celebration of the book is the most important step. It helps the students realize their purpose in life, take a step of action with their passion.
Falling Uphill Teacher's guide for classrooms.

Falling Uphill classroom resources

Designed schools, this free guide to Scott's bicycle ride around the world includes an exercise for turning dreams into reality, a world-travel trivia quiz, exercises for planning and mapping a world adventure, travel writing lessons, class discussions, backyard adventures, and more.
Welcome to Yebrail Matta school

Ambassador to Argentina

A quick summary of my trip as Cultural Ambassador to Argentina with my 5th and favorite video of distributing 2000 books to the kids.