{"id":142,"date":"2011-08-26T00:57:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2011-08-26T00:57:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:57:13","slug":"another-example-of-natural-kid-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Another Example of Natural Kid Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I posted previously on ways that kids are natural engineers at school with their fairy houses and gnome homes.\u00a0 On vacation at the beach, another one became apparent, sand castles.\u00a0 Such a great way to explore materials and building!\u00a0 You can definitely see the natural interest and enthusiasm for it at the beach!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-147\" title=\"Sand Castle #1\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148\" title=\"Sand Castle #2\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandCastle-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted previously on ways that kids are natural engineers at school with their fairy houses and gnome homes.\u00a0 On vacation at the beach, another one became apparent, sand castles.\u00a0 Such a great way to explore materials and building!\u00a0 You &hellip; 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