Learning About Bridges and Tunnels As a Young Tike

How can we teach our children about the importance of infrastructure in our nation? How can we get them to respect the engineering feats of days gone by? We, owe to ourselves and our children's future to pass on this knowledge and they are never too young to start learning. Thus, I'd like to recommend a good children's book to you;"Bridges and Tunnels; Technology Craft Topics" by Chris Oxlade; Franklin Watts Publishing, New York; 1994. Illustrated by Raymond Turvey and Photographs by Martyn Chillmaid.This book has facts, activities, and things to make to help children learn about bridges and tunnels, as well as get a better understanding of how things are built and made, and how it is so vital to our transportation infrastructure. It is a great book for the classroom, school library or for young people who want to make a huge difference.There are chapters on the various types of bridges, fully illustrated with samples of activities so kids can make small models to better unde
rstand how these bridges are actually made in real life. There are also chapters on channel tunnels, train tunnels and underwater modern marvels of engineering. Want to learn how to build an Arch Bridge, Suspension Bridge or Causeway; this book shows them how.There are also sections on the history of bridge making through-out this book and this makes it a total learning experience, just the kind of book to get your little creative genius's mind working and thinking. I highly recommend that any parent of children ages 4 through 7 buy a copy of this book and just leave it in the house for them to discover and explore. Then offer to help them make a bridge themselves with the easy instructions in the book. Think on this.

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