Television.  Water skis.  Earmuffs. The Popsicle. 

What do they have in common? 

All were invented by kids!

500,000 children and teens invent gadgets and games each year. 
These innovations help make our lives easier – and more fun! 

Celebrate the ingenuity and value of young brainstormers on
KID INVENTORS’ DAY!

See the K.I.D. listing in the 2008 edition of Chase's Calendar of Events
Available from McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., in late September, 2007.

	K.I.D. – Kid Inventors’ Day
	Annually on January 17th, the birth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin, who invented the first swim flippers almost 300 years ago at age 12!
	To acknowledge past and present accomplishments of kid inventors; To encourage the creativity of future kid inventors.
	Read about it.  Write about it.  Host an Invention Convention.  Start a Young Inventors’ Club. Enter a contest.  Keep an invention journal.  Or, better yet:  design your own invention!