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Kindergarten's Gingerbread Baby Scavenger Hunt

December 15th, 2023


It's time for the beloved Gingerbread Baby Scavenger Hunt! Each year, Mrs. Tucker does a one-of-a-kind STEM challenge with our Kindergartens. They bake gingerbread babies and design traps to catch them using the engineering process. Then when their mischievous babies run away, they're taken on a hunt around the school to get them back!

Posted in the categories School Stories, Lower School, Academics, Videos.

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PreK-8th Grade independent education in Charlotte  

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