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For 2006-2007 Click on a month to jump to it:

September October November December January February March April May June

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September
 

TBD

October

October 2nd - Yom Kippur, October 9th - Columbus Day, November 7th - Election Day

October 2nd, 9th and November 7th - 1:30-2:30pm - 3 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Bubbleology - Become a Bubble Scientist!  at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua.

 What makes a bubble?  Find out how to make magic bubble solution!
 Would you like to learn bubble secrets?
 What do bubbles have in common with trees, honey bees and snowflakes?
 Can you make a pyramid bubble?
 Children will discover chemistry, physics, nature’s phenomenon and have tons of fun!

October 2nd and 9th  - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Science Magic - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. Can you boil water in a paper cup? Light up a bulb without wires.  Blow up a deflated balloon without untying it.  See how you can blow up an 8 foot long balloon with only one breath!  Find out why you don’t fall over on bicycle. Make a water fountain out of a balloon without squeezing it! And more! Come and learn the secrets of science magic and how you can do your own science at home.

November

November 7th - Election Day

November 7th - 10:30-11:30am - 1 session - Thinking Fun Session - Eggcellent Safety - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. Can you build a crash safe car?  Sam and Ed are two eggs who can help you out with your design.  Build your own crumple zones and crash absorbent bumpers on model carts that will carry Sam and Ed down an 8 foot long ramp into a brick! See if you can keep Sam and Ed from cracking or loosing their yolk!

November 7th - 1:30-2:30pm - continuation (3rd session): Thinking Fun Session - Bubbleology - Become a Bubble Scientist

December
 

Saturdays: December 2, 9, and 16th, 2006, 10:30am-11:30am, - 3 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Bubbleology - Become a Bubble Scientist! at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua,

 What makes a bubble?  Find out how to make magic bubble solution!
 Would you like to learn bubble secrets?
 What do bubbles have in common with trees, honey bees and snowflakes?
 Can you make a pyramid bubble?
 Children will discover chemistry, physics, nature’s phenomenon and have tons of fun!

Holiday Break: December 26th, 27th, and 28th - 11:00am-12:00pm - 3 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Ancient Egypt - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua.  What is a Pharaoh? Cleopatra was a Pharaoh. How did the Pharaohs live?   Come and learn how to read hieroglyphs, the language of the Ancient Egyptians. Do an archeological dig of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s city. Make your own floor plan of a Pharaoh’s temple complete with walls made of mini fire kiln bricks and make your own painted limestone frescos, add columns and statues.   Make your own Egyptian jewelry with glass beads and real Ancient Egyptian amulets!   We will have much more.

January 2007
 

Saturdays: January 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th - 10:30-11:30am - 4 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Medieval Castles Siege Craft and Defense - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua.  Turn back the clocks to the 14th century, you’re now in the land of Kings and Castles. You are a King (or a Queen) and want to take over your neighbor’s castle or you must defend your own. We have no gun powder so there are no guns. How would you do it? What makes a real castle?  Why was the trebuchet the ultimate castle smasher? How would you defend against it? Learn about arrow loops, moats, drawbridges, machicolations, crenellations, and that people in the dark ages were actually quite smart!

January 15th (MLK Day) - 10:30-11:30am - 1 session - Thinking Fun Session - Eggcellent Safety - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. Can you build a crash safe car? Sam and Ed are two eggs who can help you out with your design. Build your own crumple zones and crash absorbent bumpers on model carts that will carry Sam and Ed down an 8 foot long ramp into a brick! See if you can keep Sam and Ed from cracking or loosing their yolk!

January 15th (MLK Day) - 1:30-2:30pm - 1 session - Thinking Fun Session - Medieval Banquet Cooking - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. What did people eat in the 15th century? Did they eat turkey legs?  No, turkeys actually came from America in the 16th century.  Did they eat potatoes?  No, potatoes. So what did they eat?  Where did they get their food from? What’s good for you and what’s not good for you? How did they cook? How did they eat? Come and find out!  Their food was sweet and savory, flavorful and fresh. Medieval food is quite delicious.  Come and make your own medieval tart!   See what the Kings and Queens of Medieval Times enjoyed in their meals!

February 2007
 

Saturdays: February 3rd and 10th - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Medieval Illuminations - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua, Create your own illuminated paintings with paints you make from crushed gemstones, water and egg yolk.  Egg tempera paints of the Medieval and Renaissance times were highly luminescent, exquisitely beautiful and easy to make!  Egg yolk actually makes ordinary water based paints richer in color.  Children will paint medieval pictures and their own names in calligraphic fonts that they can later frame!

Saturday: February 17th - 10:30-11:30am - 1 session - Thinking Fun Session - Medieval Banquet Cooking - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. What did people eat in the 15th century?  Did they eat turkey legs? No, turkeys actually came from America in the 16th century.  Did they eat potatoes?  No, potatoes. So what did they eat?  Where did they get their food from? What’s good for you and what’s not good for you? How did they cook? How did they eat? Come and find out!  Their food was sweet and savory, flavorful and fresh. Medieval food is quite delicious.  Come and make your own medieval tart!   See what the Kings and Queens of Medieval Times enjoyed in their meals!

Winter Break: February 19th, 20th, 21st - 1:30-2:30pm - 3 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Ancient Egypt - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. What is a Pharaoh? Cleopatra was a Pharaoh.  How did the Pharaohs live?  Come and learn how to read hieroglyphs, the language of the Ancient Egyptians.  Do an archeological dig of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s city.  Make your own floor plan of a Pharaoh’s temple complete with walls made of mini fire kiln bricks and make your own painted limestone frescos, add columns and statues.  Make your own Egyptian jewelry with glass beads and real Ancient Egyptian amulets!   We will have much more.

Winter Break: February 22nd, 23rd - 1:30-2:30pm - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Geometry Goes 3-D - Create 3-D Cool Shapes,  at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua.

Octahedrons, Dodecahedrons, Tetrahedrons - the shape of a carbon atom, the building block of nature
Create Polyhedra out of paper and Zome, the best construction toy for serious scientists and engineers. 
See how Nature uses 3 Dimensional Geometry. 
Make "Sliders" which are 3-D creations from simple 2-D shapes.

Saturdays: February 24th and March 3rd - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Geometry Goes Wild - Cool Shapes, Polygons, Dodecahedrons and Tessellations! at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua

You know what squares and triangles are, you may even know what a pentagon is, but did you know what a dodecagon is? Or a polyhedron?
Do you know what you can do with them?
Nature uses them all the time, let’s see if you can see them all! Let’s create some!
Can you tessellate? Tiling or putting the pieces together to cover a surface. Did you know that tessellations are around us all the time? 
Children will discover geometry, mathematics and wonders of nature.

March 2007
 

Saturday: March 3rd 10:30-11:30am - continuation (2nd session): Thinking Fun Session - Geometry Goes Wild

Saturdays: March 10th and 17th - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Geometry Goes 3-D - Create 3-D Cool Shapes, at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua.

Octahedrons, Dodecahedrons, Tetrahedrons - the shape of a carbon atom, the building block of nature
Create Polyhedra out of paper and Zome, the best construction toy for serious scientists and engineers. 
See how Nature uses 3 Dimensional Geometry. 
Make "Sliders" which are 3-D creations from simple 2-D shapes.

Saturdays: March 24th and 31st 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Vehicles and MagLevs – at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. How does a car engines work? What makes one car faster than another?  How do the  hydraulic brakes on a car work? See what will make the fastest vehicles of the future. Find out what a maglev is. Make your own Maglev vehicle and race with your class mates.
 

April 2007
 

Spring Break: April 2nd and 3rd - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Medieval Illuminations - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua, Create your own illuminated paintings with paints you make from crushed gemstones, water and egg yolk.  Egg tempera paints of the Medieval and Renaissance times were highly luminescent, exquisitely beautiful and easy to make!  Egg yolk actually makes ordinary water based paints richer in color.  Children will paint medieval pictures and their own names in calligraphic fonts that they can later frame!

Spring Break: April 4th and 5th - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Vehicles and MagLevs – at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. How does a car engines work? What makes one car faster than another?  How do the  hydraulic brakes on a car work? See what will make the fastest vehicles of the future. Find out what a maglev is. Make your own Maglev vehicle and race with your class mates.

Saturdays: April 7th and 14th - 10:30-11:30am - 2 sessions - Thinking Fun Session - Science Magic - at St. Mary’s in Chappaqua. Can you boil water in a paper cup? Light up a bulb without wires.  Blow up a deflated balloon without untying it.  See how you can blow up an 8 foot long balloon with only one breath!  Find out why you don’t fall over on bicycle. Make a water fountain out of a balloon without squeezing it! And more! Come and learn the secrets of science magic and how you can do your own science at home.

May 2007
 

TBD

June 2007
 

TBD

The Bright Kids Resource, Inc. calendar of events are listed here for your convenience.  All attendees must submit a Registration and Payment Form to reserve a seat (except for Parenting Bright Kids Teas and Parent Chat Room - please just let us know you are coming).  You may do this by filling out both the Annual Registration and Payment Form for the event you wish to attend, printing them out and mailing it in. You can find these forms on the Registration Page.

If you have any questions or want more information on something you see on the calendar, please send us an e-mail at info@brightkidsresource.com or give us a call today at 914-589-4749. We look forward to assisting you.