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Saturday, January 26, 2013 by Shelley Miles
Book List, February Activities, Science
FEBRUARY 11-National inventor’s Day (Thomas Edison's Birthday), Don't cry over spilled milk day
There’s an inventor lurking in even the youngest among us! Today, spread an array of everyday items on a table. Then challenge your child to invent something using what’s available, and ask him or her to explain what the invention does. Inventing can be as simple as looking at a familiar object and coming up with an alternative use for it. For example, a sponge can become a trampoline for a small doll or figurine; two empty toilet tissue rolls taped together can be a pair of binoculars.
The main objective is to get your little one to look at the world in new and creative ways. Another great idea for celebrating this day is to take all of those broken toys or parts from broken toys and encourage your child to think up a new use of the parts. You’ll delight in their imagination. Here is a monthly competition for young inventors sponsorted by the National Museum of Education. Student Inventions
Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone has accidents. It's important for children to learn that making mistakes is ok. . In fact, as author Barney Saltzberg points out " It’s OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery." He explores how accidents can be wondrous and beautiful in his book "The Beautiful Oops" a one-of-a-kind interactive book that shows young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. A singular work of imagination, creativity, and paper engineering, Beautiful Oops! is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion “telescope”—each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder." Watch Barney explain the wonder of Oops to a group of kids. Beautiful Oops Video
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