in case you were wondering...

While I was doing the research to get away from workbook only homeschool, I found this awesome site by following link after link after link...It's Think! (click to check it out!) We took on this week's challenge to think outside the box. Please remember it's our first time thinking outside the box....


This week's challenge:

Place the following materials on the table:

12 straws
12 inches of tape
scissors (these may not be used in the solution)
an egg (raw or hard-boiled although raw is more fun)

The challenge is to build a structure that will support the egg and keep it at least one inch above the surface of the table. You may not tape anything to the table or the egg. You may not use any materials besides those listed above. Good luck!

I'd like to note that we did in fact stick with the more fun, raw egg.


No one can accuse Mags of being an over-achiever. As soon as her egg perch hit an inch, she was done!


Gracy was struggling. She was a bit confused when her little sister seemed to be beating her in the challenge... I kept asking her what her plan was, she didn't have one...


I love the side rails Maggie put up to protect her egg from falling off. This was an addition after I informed the girls if they broke their eggs, they would clean them up! :)


Take 2! Gracy still doesn't have an idea, but she knows her last non-idea isn't going to work.


The light bulb moment!



Once again...we hit an inch. That's all that is required...that and she ran out of tape.

The girls had so much fun they wanted to do another challenge right away. I told them a new challenge comes out every week. "Why can't we go back and do old ones then???" It's a hit! Can't wait to find out what next week's Think! challenge will be!!!