Gummy Bear Explores New Zealand by Sea and Shore
affiliate program Gummy Bear zoomed half-way around the world this fall to discover New Zealand during the annual conference of the Society of American Travel Writers. Gummy travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. Gummy found herself in–or at least near– some hot water at Havana [...]
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Gummy Bear Explores Ohio Statehouse with ‘Pawsport’
affiliate program Gummy Bear, the new SATW Traveling Teddy for St. Joseph Consolidated School, is gearing up for National Passport Day Sept. 17. “Have pawsport, will roam” is the Traveling Teddy motto! Gummy travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ohio. The class named her in their first Traveling [...]
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Johnny X Splashes into Fiji
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Johnny X the SATW Traveling Teddy crossed the International Dateline to explore Fiji–the two-day odyssey felt a bit like a mini-hibernation. Johnny flew across the US and the Pacific Ocean, took a bus and then hopped two boats to get to Beqa Island, pronounced “Mbenga”–that word took some practice! Johnny [...]
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Johnny X’s New Year from Pretzels to Surfboards
Traveling Teddy Johnny X ran hot and cold on travel early in the New Year—heading north to frozen Michigan and out west to sunny San Diego. Johnny X is the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. Right after he tossed confetti [...]
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Johnny X Gets an Angle on Cubist Prague
By Betsa Marsh Johnny X, the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, recently toured Prague. He enjoyed walking the narrow, twisting paths of Old Town and The Jewish Quarter, exploring Prague’s unbroken millennium of architecture, but after a few hours, he [...]
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Spirits of Famous Germans Meet Traveling Teddy
Johnny X’s head is still spinning—globespinning—from all the famous spirits he met recently in Germany. Johnny X, the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, started by meeting Martin Luther and his wife, Katharina von Bora in Nimbschen. Katharina was a nun [...]
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Falling for Irresistible Thai Artists in a Big Way
Are you a mad shopaholic when you travel? I’m usually pretty resolute about just buying tiny trinkets for friends back home, but when I’m confronted with a darling 12-year-old art prodigy in Northern Thailand, well, I lose all control… Ashley the Traveling Teddy also had a big day at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, and [...]
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Ashley Explores Dubai – Have Camel, Will Travel
Ashley the Traveling Teddy learned about the United Arab Emirates during her quick trip to Dubai, where she came very close to a camel and met some students from an international school. Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach [...]
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All That Glitters: Ashley Prospects for Welsh Gold
Ashley the Traveling Teddy became a deep thinker on a recent tour of Wales–very deep, down 70 steps into a dark shaft once worked by Romans 2,000 years ago. Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of [...]
Keep Reading...Ashley Savors the Sweet Side of New York
Ashley the Traveling Teddy indulged her sweet tooth in New York City’s Lower East Side, popping into Economy Candy and Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery. Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of the Society of American Travel [...]
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