Kids and Parents Work Together to Solve Problems at Newbridge Road School

Newbridge Road Elementary School students and their parents in the North Bellmore School District made memories together, participating in various hands-on activities for “Sit in Your Child’s Seat Day” on Oct. 6.

Each student welcomed one special guest — their mother, father, a grandparent, and aunt or uncle — to participate in a special activity planned by their teacher. Both sixth-grade classes gathered together in the auditorium for a STEAM project, the Peep Challenge.

Every group of children and adults was tasked with building one contraption, including a Peep launcher, catapult, mobile and bridge. They could only use the materials provided, including marshmallow Peeps and ordinary objects such as cardboard rolls, straws, spoons, rubber bands, tape and glue. The project fostered creativity, teamwork and problem-solving skills as each group built, tested and refined their creations. Students recorded the results, and shared their findings and their finished products.

Other activities that day included a pumpkin sink or float activity in kindergarten, writing and leaf-making in first grade, creating tic-tac-toe boards of memories in second grade, studying the surface tension and chemical makeup of coins in third grade, a study of the Iroquois Indians in fourth grade, and math games in fifth grade.

Photos: North Bellmore School District.