Look out for the Five Photos that if Clicked go to Video!
There are Spaghetti bridge contests that take place all over the world. The goal being to build the lightest bridge that will hold the most weight. Click on the picture above to see a video of the reigning bridge as it breaks the record and bears the greatest weight. Impress us and make one at home like we did with spaghetti and a glue gun.
Are you or your child a RESILIENT LEARNER? This spaghetti bridge project can be an ideal activity to convey some great characteristics of living life to it’s fullest. Check out what it means to be a RESILIENT LEARNER.
What is a cantilever? Come Thursday to learn more about this engineering feat and ways to build and understand them. Or do it at home. 
Dan, the Construction Dad will be returning to help us build bridges. Last month he took us into the world of cement, concrete and the magic of how compressive and tensile strength works for us and against us. Hopefully everyone’s cement handprints have found great homes in gardens or grandma’s house.
M&B Adventure Day with Powertools & Construction!
First Dan brought us back in time when there were NO bridges and people had to wade through rivers to get to the other side. 
Please bring your favorite rocks and gems for MudPies & Butterflies First Rock & Gem Fair. As with the 
Due to the kindness, of one family, we will get a chance to smash open some roundish rocks called Geodes in order to reveal their treasures inside! We don’t have enough for each person, but thanks to M&B Mom Victoria, groups will be able to work together to open up some geodes. (Email me if your family has some they can share!) I have a dozen safety goggles for kids, as they will take turns wearing them. But bring any extra pairs of Safety goggles if you have them.
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…I am also hoping to find and dust off my spectrometer to help everyone who brings a rock, crystal or gem to determine the hardness of each stone or gem you bring. A Spectrometer sends a beam of light into an object. If it’s translucent or transparent, the light will pass through the object and depending on how little light touches the back wall – the machine tells you exactly how dense the object is. THis is one of the tools that experts use to determine if a gemstone is real or a fake. So owners of fine gems are encouraged to bring a few baubles of different stones and semi-precious stones to prove if they have been substituted by Cat Burglars and Jewel thieves.
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In addition to the New Years Ceremony I created for my family on New Years Eve (see bottom photo), we are attending at least 2 of these four festivals: 
The story goes that the 4,000 years ago, the first Vietnamese King, Hung Vuong 
