Join us for Benjamin Franklin's Birthday Celebration!
January 17th will mark this
special occasion as one of
America's favorite founding
fathers reaches 300!
What better way to celebrate
than to make a kite. Won't you
join us by creating and
displaying your students'
special kites in Ben's honor?
Every School Can Participate!
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 - January 17, 2006
Just send a fax to the Imagination Celebration office (817) 336-7947 or call (817) 870-1141 and request the Benjamin
Franklin Birthday Celebration Packet.
Select from a year-long list of celebration ideas. (Details are in the packet.)
Invention Convention has a special kite design category this year for students in grades 3 to 7. Ask your
school's Invention Convention coordinator for more details or call 817 871-2392. District Invention Convention is
December 1, 2005
Read one of the great biographies of Benjamin Franklin, such as Ben and Me by Robert Lawson.
Ben Franklin wrote many words of wisdom. Read some of his thoughts from "Poor Richard's Almanack" and decide
what you think they mean.
Participate in a national Mail Art Contest in honor of the father of our postal system. Create mail art and enter by
November 8, 2005.
Come to a special January program about Ben's inventions at the Museum of Science and History.
Find out more about these events and other ideas by requesting a Benjamin Franklin Birthday Celebration Packet!