Awesome project. I&#39;m always impressed and get inspired by what you produce :-)<div>Karl<br><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Steve Thomas <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sthomas1@gosargon.com">sthomas1@gosargon.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><font face="&#39;comic sans ms&#39;, sans-serif"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:20px">&quot;Stencils allow children to explore the math behind the patterns. It is difficult for them to perceive the difference between 1/8 and 3/8 without visual aids in the beginning. Unlike charts, Etoys is interactive. Unlike paper or cardboard, it allows children to repeat any number of times without waste.&quot;</span></font><br>

</font><div style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:15px;line-height:20px;text-align:right"><font face="&#39;comic sans ms&#39;, sans-serif">- K.K. Subramaniam<span style="font-size:x-small"> (who created the Stencil code in squeak to make this possible) </span></font></div>

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<font face="&#39;comic sans ms&#39;, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><a href="http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/2011/07/fraction-day-day-33-half-spongebob.html" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(51, 170, 255)" target="_blank">Fraction A Day - Day 33+ H</a></span><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><a href="http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/2011/07/fraction-day-day-33-half-spongebob.html" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(51, 170, 255)" target="_blank">alf a Spongebob</a></span><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"> allows kids to create there own fractions using stencils and a line drawing tool. </span><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><a href="http://youtu.be/OZEZW9Er_9A" target="_blank">Video demo here</a></span></font></h3>

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<span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font face="&#39;comic sans ms&#39;, sans-serif"><br></font></span></h3><div><font face="&#39;comic sans ms&#39;, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Also there is beautiful use of the stencils by </span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:15px;line-height:20px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Susanne Guyader, <b><u>an 80+ year </u></b></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><u>old artis</u></b><u>t</u> who used Squeak/Etoys to guide art teachers in France.</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:x-small"> </span></span></font></div>

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</tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>A big thanks to Subbu for the squeak code to make this possible.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:20px">Stephen</span></div>

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