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Young Inventor Challenge
The Chicago Toy & Game Fair brings together imagination, play and inventive thinking in our second annual Young Inventor Challenge! Students age 18 and younger may enter original game and toy inventions to be judged by popular vote.Top toy and game industry and media representatives will provide advice and recognition and encourage all young inventors to dream big and "Discover Play!"
Visit www.highcontentgames.com/chi-tag to download the official rules and an Inventor's Guide suitable for classroom use.
National-Louis University Summer Enrichment Program for Kids Uses Games and Simulations
12 year old Ellyn teams up with 11 year old Amartya to unite the Roman Empire under themselves as Caesar. They discussed the merits of building roads from their Macedonian power base to Italia versus improving the cities they control in Sicilia. Meanwhile, their opponents across the table, 12 year old Grant and 14 year old Mordechai were influencing the Senators in Rome to allocate funds for their navy. They engaged in a spirited risk-benefit analysis of the effects of taxing the populace so they could increase their army. Each team carefully weighed their options and decided on a strategy designed to give them the title of Caesar of the Roman Empire. Would economic development and construction projects produce a stronger civilization? Or was it really better to just conquer and exploit?
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Block Play Jump-starts Children's Language Acquisition
Findings from an independent pilot clinical research
study released today by the University of Washington indicate that children who engage
in block play benefit from improved language acquisition. The study validates a growing body of research that supports the benefits of block play for a childâs development.
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Board Game Played in Classroom Not Just for Entertainment
Ms. Jeannie Wind, 3rd grade teacher at Elsie Elementary School in Hanover Park, IL., is taking an unconventional route to educate her students; she is playing the board game Celebrity with them.
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Educators Speak...
"Games engage a student at the highest levels of thinking â problem solving, decision-making, interpreting and justifying.â
Joan Franklin-Smutny
Director, Center For Gifted
National-Louis University
Chi-Tag 2007
Mark November 17 - 18 on your calendar now for the Chicago Toy and Game Fair. Preview, play and purchase the newest and hottest toys and
games from all over the world, presented by the actual inventors.
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WorldBee Geography Challenge
Young Inventor Challenge
Visit the Chi-Tag website for more information.
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Do you use games in your classroom? Do you run a game club at your school? We want to hear your story! Please and tell us how you are using games at your school. You may be featured in a future newsletter!
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