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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Paper Airplane Design Experiment

Have you ever thought of varying the weight of the paper when making paper airplanes? With this week's activity on http://www.afterschooltreats.com/, kids are encouraged to try all different kinds of paper in launching and measuring paper airplane flights. Do you think the lightest papers will make planes that go the farthest? Or the heaviest?

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Welcome to After School Treats!

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I hope you will send us comments, questions, criticisms and suggestions to make our website the best it can be.

More than anything, I hope you will share your own great ideas for creative enrichment activities to do with kids. The website lists 35 categories on the left-hand column. Which is your favorite? Send us your idea, with a picture attached, and we just might post it on the website and give you a byline!

Of course, as a nonprofit corporation, we're always grateful for donations of any size to use as mini-grants to provide after-school enrichment activities for disadvantaged children and youth, which is our mission. Won't you help that way, too?

After School Treats, Inc.
P.O. Box 995
Elkhorn, NE 68022
Donations are tax-deductible, and you will receive a kid-written thank-you note -- the best kind! :>)

Happy creativity, and keep up the great work you do for kids!

-- Susan Darst Williams, After School Treats, Inc., 501(c)(3)