Betsy Bailey

B totally digs the Fantastic Contraption physics game. I started thinking she needed to be doing some hands-on building in real life, so I bought her this K’Nex roller coaster kit:

It took her 1-2 hours per day over four days to accomplish this project, but she did it! She is SO proud of herself!!

I’m so proud of her. It was a roller coaster (harrrr) of despair-triumph-despair… and ultimately triumph! She didn’t think she could get it done (and, frankly, I was starting to think she was going to need a lot more help myself – some of the connections were not designed as stable as they need to be, so her frustration was legitimate), but she stuck with it and even declined help when offered. Her excitement when that little car started zipping around the track was profound. Hopefully this was a real confidence-booster for her.