Educational Forum For FamiliesOf Intellectually Curious Students

New Canaan, CT
Sunday, January 27, 2013
10:00 am-4:00 pm
New Canaan Country School
~Presentations and discussions
~Exhibit hall showcasing local and national resources
~Interactive sessions and mini-courses for grades 3 and up

Visit the link below if you would like to attend.
http://www.scholarsearchassoc.com/media/com_acymailing/upload/fairfield_forum_poster.pdf

Something to work on over the break:)

Let's see who can get it first!

Below you will find 9 well-known five letter words, with only their endings remaining. Once you have found the words, their initial letters can be anagrammed into a 9-letter word. What is the word?

..XIC
..IEN
..NRE
..PPO
..PIL
..LOO
..DAY
..UIP
..ELF

Good Luck, and have a WONDERFUL break!

Brainteaser Alert!!!

Try out this classic brainteaser called The Towers of Hanoi. 
The game called the Towers of Hanoi was invented by the French mathematician Edouard Lucas in 1883 and since then it has been both a popular puzzle and a well-known mathematical problem that is an excellent illustration of the general concept of recursion. This puzzle is known by most mathematicians and a very large number of people who like either puzzles or elementary mathematical problems. The problem is that you have to move the tower of wooden wooden circles - one at a time- from one post  to another without placing a larger piece on a smaller piece. Sounds easy enough until you try it.  Here is the link to play it online:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/towerofhanoi/index.html

Let us know what you think!!!

Imagination & Creativity:
Which is louder- a WINK or a SMILE? Please explain your reasoning!

Penny Questions!

Check out these rooms with penny floors!  Come up with a question you could ask about these penny floors, for example, "What year has the most pennies on the floor?".  Let's see how creative we can get!!

Thanksgiving Trivia!

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City in 1924.  It featured Central Park Zoo animals, people in costumes, and floats.  Here is your question:  What was the very first Large helium filled balloon to take part in the famous parade, and in what year?

Wishing you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Are YOU ready?

Classes begin this week!

We are so excited to begin our classes with our students!  We have so much we want to explore, learn, and discover together with you.  Here is our question for you:  What do YOU want to explore, learn, and discover in our classes this year? 

Post your comments below.  See you soon!

CALLING ALL BARDS!

Check out the link below to a great Poetry Contest.  Let your creative juices flowing and enter some of your work!  Good Luck!
http://www.poeticpower.com/poetry.php

A real -life example of thinking outside the box and PROBLEM SOLVING!

This video is from the 1995 movie Apollo 13.  Here we have a real-life example of using lateral thinking to solve a problem when it REALLY mattered.  THINK DIFFERENT!

Welcome! Let's Go Above and Beyond!