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The One Minute Rocket Ship Your Child Will Absolutely Love only on Spaghetti Box Kids.

Tinker, fidget, fix. Where's your science today? Make a catapult out of household items...it only takes a few minutes. Catapult Designs for Kids only on Spaghetti Box Kids.

When considering whether to expose your toddler to rigorous scholastic instruction, consider this: Finland enjoys the highest standard of education in the world and their children don't start school until age 7.

The Amazing One Minute Crane Your Child Will Love on Spaghetti Box Kids

$Math Games with Dice$

Math Games with Dice
Simple, fun, effective. Games for all levels. . .on Spaghetti Box Kids.

Structured vs Unstructured Play:
Is That What Really Matters?

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Kids' Art: Open Composition
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Entries from October 2009

Word Association with Kids

October 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Most kids are tickled by the idea of playing word association because it’s new and interesting and they receive lots of attention during play. Here’s a method for interpreting the results that may be unfamiliar to you.

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Kids’ Art: Fun with Circles

October 14th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Here’s a circle art project for kids that introduces the idea of open vs closed composition. It’s easy to do and looks great around the house.

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- Campign for America's Kids Short article illuminates poor frustration tolerance resulting from constant instant gratification (via elctronic gadgets).
- NPR: Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills Research compares very different styles of play.
- Old Time Radio- Cinnamon Bear Free 1937 radio series for kids (opens with default media player). Wonderful, wholesome stories. Thoroughly enjoyable.
- Play=Learning- Free Pdf Book This publication emerged from Play=Learning 2005 converence at Yale University. Recommend at least reading the Prologue.
- Reading is Fundamental Reading List Reading is Fundamental and American Library Association recommended reading list.
- Standardized Testing Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch offers insight.

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Jody ran into the kitchen. “We got a letter!” he cried.

His mother looked up from a pan of beans. “Who has?”

“Father has. I saw it in his hand.”

Carl strode into the kitchen then, and Jody’s mother asked, “Who’s the letter from, Carl?”

He frowned quickly. “How did you know there was a letter?”

She nodded her head in the boy’s direction. “Big-Britches Jody told me.” Jody was embarrassed.

His father looked down at him contemptuously. “He is getting to be a Big-Britches,” Carl said. “He’s minding everybody’s business but his own. Got his big nose into everything.”

Mrs. Tiflin relented a little. “Well, he hasn’t enough to keep him busy. Who’s the letter from?”

-John Steinbeck
The Red Pony
Chapter Four:
The Leader of the People

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Entries from October 2009

Word Association with Kids

October 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Kids’ Art: Fun with Circles

October 14th, 2009 · 8 Comments

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