Sarasota News Leader
"It's a fun way to learn," said Ali.
March 8, 2013
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their own free will on a bright and beautiful
Saturday, a clear indication of how much fun
Nicholas Trent of Johnson Middle School in
they truly were having.
Manatee County was busy making a complex
structure out of a flat piece of paper. He said "We got so many emails" from students who
he really was enjoying the fair — almost as attended last year, asking when it was going to
much as the Rick Riordan book he kept close be, Hunsader said. "The kids got so excited."
at his side.
And judging from the results, next year should
Amazingly to those perhaps not so math-in- bring even more youngsters, eager to be at a
clined, all the youngsters came to the fair of crafts fair — and maybe learn a little math. %
Tricia Hunsader/Photo by Scott Proffitt