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Hello!

this is in response to the NYT article on young scientists. We have
been experimenting
with doing open-ended engineering design projects with pre-schoolers and I
think we have so little understanding of how these young minds are
absorbing and assimilating. But one thing I can say for sure is that the
research study in the NYT article is setting the bar deplorably low.

Here is a blog post
<http://iridescentlearning.blogspot.com/2012/07/little-engineers-and-parents-leap-pilot.html>about
the projects we did with some pre-schoolers. We had the opportunity to
follow these students and its amazing how much they retain from the
sessions and how they are able to make connections.

Tara

*Founder, CEO, IRIDESCENT*

Website <http://IridescentLearning.org>, Engineers as
Teachers<http://youtu.be/PQ-3FlOzX9c>,
Family Science, <http://youtu.be/ieWOMS-2Gy0>
Technovation<http://youtu.be/2IV24SB32ag>

310-309-0766, @tarachk <https://twitter.com/TaraChk>

*I IMAGINE. I INVENT. I ENGINEER. *

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