Win 4 Tickets to Louisville LEGO KidsFest

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The Louisville LEGO KidsFest event is next month, starting April 5, and Classroom Antics Tech Camps has four tickets (up to $80 value) to give for the Friday Session on April 5, 2012 from 4pm-8:30pm! The contest is at the bottom of this web page. What is LEGO KidsFest? The LEGO® KidsFest is a giant traveling LEGO® expo coming to Louiville’s Kentucky Exposition Center April 5-7, 2013. This hands-on, educational, all-ages LEGO® extravaganza features millions of LEGO® bricks, not to … [Read more...]

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Pirates! Movie Made with Stop Motion Pro … Your Kid Can Do It

Pirates Movie Made with Stop Motion Pro

If your kids are like mine, they love going to the movies and seeing the latest animated release. Well this week-end they will be in for a real treat with the latest stop motion animation feature Pirates! Band of Misfits. The film was created using Stop Motion Pro the same software we teach in our Stop Motion Animation Tech Camps. This film is an Aardman production, the same makers of Wallace and Gromitt - which was also made with Stop Motion Pro. Pirates! Band of Misfits is the most … [Read more...]

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LEGOLAND Through the Eyes of a Non-LEGO Lover

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Written by our fabulous guest blogger, Alicia Wozniak. Follow her @littlewoz. Simply put, LEGOLAND Florida is way cool. It’s no Cedar Point or Disneyland, but there’s a lot to see and do with more than 50 rides, shows and attractions. The park hours are limited and they are closed some weekdays, but it was under a two hour drive from Tampa and my daughter, Weez, had the day off school. So, I took the day off work and we made a day of it. We stopped at Starbucks first, of course, for a … [Read more...]

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Cincinnati LEGO KidsFest Ticket Giveaway

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The Cincinnati LEGO KidsFest event is next month, starting March 23, and Classroom Antics Tech Camps has four tickets (up to $80 value) to give for the Friday Session on March 23, 2012 from 4pm-8:30pm! Where and When for Free Tickets Duke Energy Convention Center 525 Elm Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Friday Session, March 23, 2012 4 pm - 8:30 pm (the raffle is for this session) Other Purchasable Time Slots Saturday, March 24 Session I: 9 am – 1:30 pm Session II: 3 pm – 7:30 … [Read more...]

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Win Tickets to Cedar Point and K’NEX Competition

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Win 4-Pack of Cedar Point Tickets Cedar Point has donated a family 4-pack of admission tickets, valid during Math & Science Week, May 14-18, 2012. This giveaway is to help promote the K'NEX Roller Coaster Build Competition (details below). We are very thankful for Cedar Point and their generosity in donating these tickets for this raffle. Each +1 in the competition gives you another chance to win. There will be only 1 winner in this drawing. The raffle ends February 15, 2012 at 12:01 … [Read more...]

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LEGO KidsFest Coming to Cincinnati in 2012

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LEGO KidsFest is a fun day out with the LEGO lover in your family. The event takes place at convention halls throughout the country. Each year, about 5-6 cities host this event. If you have the opportunity to attend one in your city, I recommend you go. It's a lot of fun. The event coming to Cincinnati will be at the Duke Energy Center. Kids will have the opportunity to build with LEGO at about a dozen stations throughout the event. The event will last for 4-hours, and then the next group of … [Read more...]

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National STEM Video Game Challenge

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Classroom Antics believes technology education should inspire, excite, and enrich the lives of children, and we are very excited when such a large number of respected organizations band together to give children an opportunity to show off their skills in events such as the National STEM Video Game Challenge. Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the National STEM … [Read more...]

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Win Tickets to Cleveland LEGO KidsFest

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LEGO KidsFest-Cleveland is next weekend, starting November 4, and Classroom Antics has four tickets (up to $80 value) to give for the Friday Session on November 4th, 2012 from 4pm-8:30pm! LEGO KidsFest will have dozens of activities covering 150,000 square feet of the I-X Center. LEGO KidsFest brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in one activity-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interest. Read … [Read more...]

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How to Start a FIRST LEGO League Team

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What is FIRST LEGO League FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international competition organized by a non-profit group called FIRST for kids (ages 9-14 in the USA and Canada, ages 9-16 elsewhere). In September of each year, FIRST announces a robotics challenge to which a team of kids must find an answer. Each team must use LEGO bricks and robotics to demonstrate the answer. Students then compete against each other in regional competitions, compare ideas, and display their robots. As a LEGO Team … [Read more...]

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Lester Rail Trail family event in Medina Ohio

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Down in Medina county (Ohio) is one of the best kept secrets, and perfect pre-Halloween family events. It's the Lester Rail Trail, featuring little steamer rideable trains. This event is sponsored by the Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers group. My kids, which are currently 8-years old (boy) and 5-years old (girl), both love this event, which happens only two days per year, in early October on a Friday and Saturday. The Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers group allows residents to ride their … [Read more...]

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