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Heidi, Ellie and Ethan on a Field Trip to Dragonwings.

Field Trip to Dragonwings Bookstore

Students from the Learning Cottage Daycare and Preschool went on a Field Trip to Dragonwings Bookstore last week.  They each wore hand-decorated sun visors and carried slings for their water bottles.  At Dragonwings they hunted for dragons, raced cars on the Ramp Racer, set up the train set, held a Fastrack competition, and prepared and [...]

Read More » | August 1, 2011 | Category: Events, Fun Photos, News | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , ,

Zoomer

Zoomerby Ned Young His brothers, Hooper and Cooper, may be getting ready for a day at school but Zoomer has other plans for the day. Ned Young tells a fun family story with bright, cheerful illustrations and great details. While the puppies play a game of baseball in their father’s bedroom, the birds have started [...]

Read More » | April 24, 2010 | Category: book-reviews | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

World Records Quiz Game

Challenge yourself with this week’s summer game at Dragonwings Bookstore – the World Records Quiz Game. This is a stop-in-and-play-anytime all week game. Pick up a game card at the front desk, search for the quiz questions, guess the answers, and report back for prizes. The quiz questions come from one of our favorite books: [...]

Read More » | July 18, 2009 | Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

SET Game Challenge 1

SET is one of our favorite games at Dragonwings. I have a little demo deck that I use to show people how to play. In the summers my young friend Erin and I play a game or two nearly every time she stops in. Don’t worry, she lives in St. Louis, so I’m not spending [...]

Read More » | June 4, 2007 | Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Try this game challenge.

Here is a set-up of Labyrinth, one of my favorite games. See if you can create a path for each marker to its chosen “treasure”. This isn’t an interactive gameboard, so you will have to visualize your moves. This is good practice for the game, because you have to visualize all of your possibilities before [...]




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