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Yes, puzzles are wonderful. Which made me think of Kapla
blocks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapla>.
Good for long term play, family/group engagement, etc.

Maria Mortati

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:06 PM, David Smith <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Logic and other puzzles are great, even the classic tangrams.  We have a
> set
> of these and visitors never seem to get tired of them, even when they have
> done them before.
>
> Dave Smith
>
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Daniels, Alissa <
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> > we have a counter where we do science activities, but when we're
> > short-staffed we try to have simple activities on the counter that
> visitors
> > can figure out themselves. I'm looking for new ideas. They need to be
> > a)simple and self-explanatory  b) free of scissors, markers, crayons or
> > other things with which our visitors could damage the building or
> themselves
> >  c)cheap and easily restockable (since visitors will take anything that's
> > not nailed down)
> >
> > successful stuff in the past:
> > building towers with cups
> > making shapes with pencils
> > using cardboard tubes to listen to various sounds
> >
> >
> > thanks very much for all your fabulous ideas! (see? I know they'll be
> > fabulous)
> > AD
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> > Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator
> > Boston Children's Museum
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> > "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
> > discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."  "
> --Isaac
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