Original Posted By: Joe & Marian Beck
My son is only 2 now, but I for one am REALLY looking forward tohearing him say "Are we goin to work on the plane tonight, dad?"
---mboynton(at)excite.com wrote:>> Hi Brent:> > My story is more earth-bound. My two youngest daughters (eleven andseven)> are helping me get started in building my Piet. They now have aspart of> their vocabularies, words like cap strip, chuck key, strut, brace,gusset,> and they now actually know that a wood screw is not made of wood! Last> October, we three played hooky and spent a Friday at the EAACopperstate> Fly-in, where they joined the Young Eagles program and took theirfirst> flight in a small aircraft (Piper Cherokee). When they landed, theywere> all smiles and eyes like saucers. We can't wait till next year andin the> mean time, I come home every day from work and answer the samequestion from> both of them, "Are we going to work on the plane tonight?" I'm surethey> are informally learning some of the science, and we get to spendgood time> together. No complaints from my wife, so far.> > Mark Boynton> Phoenix, AZ > > > > >That front 'pit is one of the best classroom / labratory the kidswill> ever> > >experience. Geography, meterology, physics, math.... the list is> endless.> > >> > I think that is an interesting comment. Anybody got a story oftaking up> a> > kid and having them come down with a new understanding ofsomething (Good> to> > have these kinds of stories to share with my wife when she doubtsthe> value> > of the project)?> > > > Brent Reed> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________> ==
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