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We were lucky enough to have a prolifically published author visit our school for Wednesday and Thursday. His name in Charlie Wing and he usually writes How-To books like the one above and below. He's published over 30 books. Thirty.
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Here's Charlie going through the very small greeting line. We were missing 7 students out of 12, so it was very mellow.
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We always ask out guests if they're willing to present on a topic. It just so happens that Charlie has written a book on knot tying. How sweet is that? And relevant to our lobstering/boating kids!
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Here's Johnny with his reef/square knot.
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Jayde was really impressive with her quickness. She won the figure 8 knot tying contest.
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Charlie teaching Saylor the bowline. I used this knot a LOT when I working backstage in college. Remember the rabbit and the tree??
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After knot tying, we worked on our Lego track meet robots. Charlie was really into it.
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Actually, EVERYONE was really into it.
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Charlie got RAVE REVIEWS from the Rozenski's! The kids were all thrilled to spend the day with him and enjoyed him immensely. Thanks, Charlie!
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