Learn empathy through real life wordless videos and human stories
Learn empathy while practicing real life math, literacy, global awareness, curiosity, purpose, and cultural understanding — with wordless videos and stories to bring empathy into learning.
We’re a nonprofit on a mission to humanize learning.
We create real stories about the lives of unique people.
Stories to learn empathy in a human way.
Authentic.
Awe inspiring.
Aligned with academics.
WORDLESS VIDEOS
Teach curiosity before judgment. Wonder beyond words. Globally adaptive. Globally inclusive.
HUMAN STORIES
Make math and literacy relevant.
Real life, humanizing stories to reweave our social fabric.
LESSON PLANS
Build connection and belonging.
Purpose and meaning. Better world math & literacy.
Students, teachers, parents, and you(th)
will be able to:
Apply math and literacy
in a real world, relevant way.
Practice wonder, empathy, and understanding
to bridge divides and build belonging.
Love learning about
self, others, and our world.
Learn to love
self, others, and our world.
Reweave the social fabric
of our shared humanity.
Bring humanity into education
and life.
BROWSE, SEARCH, AND FILTER WORDLESS VIDEOS AND REAL LIFE HUMAN STORIES
Wordless videos and human stories from around the world.
Globally adaptive, culturally relevant, and language inclusive.
Design your own global learning journeys with custom playlists.
Wordless Videos
Language inclusive videos. Inspire wonder beyond words. Globally adaptive.
Global Literacy
Real stories about people around the world. Culturally inclusive.
Meaningful Math
Respond to “how does this matter in the world?” Authentic academics.
Work On Bias
Confront biases and challenge assumptions together.
Real Life Learning
Weave math, literacy, empathy, and global awareness together.
Build Belonging
Stories to bridge divides while building empathy and connection.
Globally Relevant
Explore essential global topics in a human, relatable, relevant way.
Inspiring Videos
Hook learners and think critically with real life human stories.
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Starter
- Access 20 Written Stories and 20 Lesson Plans that pair with 8 of our Global Wordless Videos!
- Bookmark stories & create your own playlists!
Standard
- Access 50 carefully chosen Written Stories and 50 Lesson Plans that pair with many of our unique Global Wordless Videos!
- Bookmark stories & create your own playlists!
- Priority Support!
All Access
- Access ALL 50+ Wordless Videos, 150+ Written Stories, and 150+ Lesson Plans from 14 countries!
- Access ALL upcoming and future learning journeys and units!
- Access unique lesson plans designed to adapt across ALL of our stories!
- Broadest & deepest content diversity!
- Best search & browse experience!
- Bookmark stories & create custom playlists!
- Premium Support!
We are lifelong learners, educators & storytellers weaving together authentic human stories that we wish we had as kids.
Why? Without curiosity before judgment, our ability to see one another as unique, whole, beautiful humans starts to tangle.
This leads to knots within and between us. Knots that lead us to treat other humans and our planet in a way that is not kind and compassionate.
Our real life human stories help us untangle these knots and bring empathy into learning.
We believe deeply that every single challenge we face is indeed addressable. If and when we reweave.
LEARN EMPATHY IN A HUMANIZING WAY
Each story we create weaves math, literacy, empathy, wonder, global awareness, and cultural understanding together through:
WORDLESS VIDEOS about unique humans all over the world. Teach and learn curiosity before judgment at every age.
Lifelong wonder. Deep belonging.
HUMAN STORIES & QUESTIONS from our new friends in the wordless videos. Reweave empathy, math, literacy & belonging.
Meaningful understanding. Language inclusive.
INTEGRATED LESSON PLANS weave the videos & stories with relevant academics. Activities, art, movement, play & more.
Compassion conversations. Creative collaboration.
Real life human stories to help us grow our awareness, curiosity, empathy, and compassion.
Creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and connection.
For LIFE. Early Childhood, K-12 & Adults.
REAL LIFE STORIES TO BRING PURPOSE INTO LEARNING
To seek diverse perspectives. Challenge assumptions. Confront bias. Suspend judgment. Celebrate questions.
To embrace our emotions wholly.
To revel in our complex, beautiful differences.
To see one another. To understand each other.
To reweave our social fabric. To reweave community.
Global and inner immersion to love learning about self, others, and our world.
To learn to love self, others, and our world.
LEARNING CONTENT TO BRING PURPOSE INTO LEARNING
Education to untangle our knots and reweave our social fabric.
For our heart, mind, body, and soul.
For healing, unity, and living with ubuntu.
Purpose. Meaning. Dignity. Belonging.
Global stories to become mindful humans untangling the knots within and between us. To reweave humanity into our education.
Real stories to bring humanity into learning.
To Be WE.
WATCH EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FINDING PURPOSE IN LEARNING
Let’s bring purpose into learning.
Let’s bring purpose and meaning to life.
Let’s learn empathy in a meaningful way.
Too many of us grew up without support to practice understanding.
Understanding diverse people, cultures, feelings, mindsets, perspectives & ways of life.
Understanding ourselves.
Understanding our shared humanity.
Without support to practice curiosity before and beyond judgment.
Without support to deeply sense.
Instead, we were told we’re too sensitive.
Too many of us grew up without support to love learning for life.
To learn to love in life.
Too much instructing.
Not enough guiding.
Too much stress on “knowing”.
Not enough love for questions.
Too much solving.
Too much apathy.
Not enough empathy.
Too much “don’t show emotions”.
Not enough embracing feelings.
Too much “be strong”.
Not enough healing.
Too much “you can’t change everything”.
Not enough “WE can change anything”.
Too much brainstorming.
Not enough heartstorming.
We all need education for our hearts. To learn empathy.
Without building our empathy and curiosity muscles, our ability to see one another as unique, whole, beautiful humans starts to tangle.
That leads to knots in our chests, bullying, prejudice, and bias.
Judgment. Discrimination. Dehumanization. Conflict.
Violence and war in our hearts and minds.
In our thoughts, words, and actions.
Trying to address our world’s challenges with wit and new ideas can feel good, but only for so long.
We can innovate to re-distribute all of our food and all of our funds, but how long will this last and what peace will it bring if we still hold on to bias, judgment, prejudice, ignorance, or hate deep in our hearts and minds?
That’s why humanizing stories are necessary for every one of us, ages 2 and up:
To love lifelong learning about self, others, and our world.
To learn to love self, others, and our world.
To understand ourselves and each other through all of our complex and beautiful shared humanity.
To learn to resolve conflict. To be at peace with ourselves and others.
To suspend judgment and truly see one another. To humanize. To apologize. To heal together. To bring humanity into education.
Let’s learn through authentic human stories and big life questions that open our hearts and minds.
Early in life, every day, and everywhere.
Let’s untangle the knots within and between us.
Let’s reweave humanity into classroom and home learning.
Let’s move from head to heart.
Let’s be peace.
Let’s Be WE.
Right here and right now.
Starter
- Access 20 Written Stories and 20 Lesson Plans that pair with 8 of our Global Wordless Videos!
- Bookmark stories & create your own playlists!
Standard
- Access 50 carefully chosen Written Stories and 50 Lesson Plans that pair with many of our unique Global Wordless Videos!
- Bookmark stories & create your own playlists!
- Priority Support!
All Access
- Access ALL 50+ Wordless Videos, 150+ Written Stories, and 150+ Lesson Plans from 14 countries!
- Access ALL upcoming and future learning journeys and units!
- Access unique lesson plans designed to adapt across ALL of our stories!
- Broadest & deepest content diversity!
- Best search & browse experience!
- Bookmark stories & create custom playlists!
- Premium Support!