Kids Collect: Amazing Collections for Fun, Crafts and Science Fair Projects

By Dan Hubley

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970726716
• ISBN13: 9780970726711
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Bluefish Bay Pub Inc
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Particularly appropriate for inquisitive adolescent minds

Kids Collect offers young readers, (as well as their parents, teachers, and caregivers) a compendium of fun and educational crafts, science fair projects, creative activities, which are particularly appropriate for inquisitive adolescent minds. Step-by-step techniques are provided for buying, trading, and selling collectibles; preserving and displaying perishable items; a variety of artistic endeavors; as well as everything from pressing flowers and leaves, to searching for rare coins, to decorating with stickers. An enjoyable and engaging resource for young people, Kids Collect is enthusiastically recommended for family, school, and community library do-it-yourself activities collections.

Guidance for Packrat Kids

"Kids Collect" is not a statement. It's a title. It's a title that states the obvious. Because I once owned collectible gift stores, I know-without the benefit of formal research-that most humans are genetically coded to be packrats. Our history shows that we were once hunters and gatherers with the emphasis on the gathering. Though we also saved the efforts of our hunt, at least the parts we didn't eat. We saved and used the bones, the quills, the fur, the teeth and tusks. It's in our bones so we might as well know how to turn that fact to our advantage. It's much easier to train our children up to be effective collectors instead of trying to break them of a habit that is only the outcome of their natural curiosity. Dan and Mary Hubley's book, "Kids Collect," will do that. As a former teacher, I especially liked the chapters on using collections for science fair projects and the teacher's guide. There is another that serves as an aid to parents and an excellent index as well. As the author of two books based on my own genealogy, my very favorite chapter is on collecting family history. This one will not only encourage a child to organize all the photos and souvenirs her family has collected but may also be a source for journaling or creative writing projects in the future. ...--------- Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of "Harkening"