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Another Use for Amazon Boxes
Many of us are receiving boxes this time of year. They are a great tool for engineers! Create something with boxes as a family or assign the activity as a virtual assignment. Use the following books for inspiration:
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Because she isn’t able to purchase a dollhouse like her friend, this young girl decides to make her own with cardboard.
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There are many ways to attach cardboard with minimal tape and glue.
Check out a kit called makedo. The kit includes screwdrivers, screws, saws, and a variety of other items to build with cardboard. Click here for more information about makedo.
Click here to learn about five tools to cut cardboard safely. Children can easily and safely make straight cuts with Klever Kutters.
I have found canary scissors a useful tool for home and school. If cardboard boxes are too difficult for little hands to cut, use cereal and other food cartons.
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December
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Did You Catch the Palindrome?
Did you catch the date on December 1st? It’s a palindrome! In fact, all the single digit dates this month are palindromes.
Palindromes are words, numbers, or phrases that read the same way forward and backward. Bob, dad, did, mom, peep, radar, race car, pop, toot, eye, Anna, madam, civic, and level are all palindromes. Can you think of any others? Try to write an entire palindrome sentence: Dee saw a seed.
When you add two palindromes together, the sum is another palindrome! 232 + 141 = 373