Presented by Chicago Toy and Game Fair and Lund and Company Invention, L.L.C. Prizes provided by Hasbro and Inventors Digest.

THE YOUNG INVENTOR CHALLENGE

RESERVATIONS & CONSENT FORM DUE OCTOBER 31st, 2009

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• Age 18 and lower• Prototype and Poster Display Required• Winner Determined by Popular Vote at the Chicago Toyand Game Fair November 21

» Send in reservation and consent form to:Chicago Toy and Game FairAttn: Young Inventor Challenge6842 N. Kilpatrick AveLincolnwood, IL 60712

Bring your ﬁnished prototype andposter to the Chicago Toy andGame Fair to:Festival Hall A at Navy Pier

{volunteers will direct you where to go}

Contact:mcouzin@chitag.com

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“Playing and designing games teaches children problem solving,brainstorming, cooperation and creativity.”

– Beth Sagett-Flores,

Principal, Lincolnwood School, Evanston, IL

Welcome to the Chicago Toy & Game Fair Young Inventor’s Challenge! We believe imagination andplay are crucial to healthy development and community well-being. Inventive thinking has beenidentied as an essential Twenty-First Century Skill by the U.S. Patent Ofce and educationalinstitutions. Now we bring together imagination, play and inventive thinking in our second annual Young Inventor Challenge!Use the enclosed Inventor’s Guide and Ofcial Rules of Entry to create your greatest invention!1. Chi-Tag Inventor’s Guide 3a) Imagineb) Brainstormc) The Idead) The Prototypee) Testing f) Poster Display 2. Ofcial Entry Rules 14a) Important Datesb) Age and Entry Requirementsc) Parental Consent & Verication Formsd) The Prototypee) The Poster Display f) Winning 3. Parental Consent & Verication Form 17

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The Young InvenTor Challenge

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What do you imagine? Have you ever spent time dreaming about a really cool idea you had? If youcould pick only one game or toy to play with, which would it be? What is it about that game or toy thatappeals to you so much? Do you make up new rules to the games you already own? Do you make upgames to play with cool bits and pieces of stuff you have laying around? Do you play with yourtoys in new and entirely different ways? Could you make a better game or toy? A large part of invention is seeing old things in new ways. What do you imagine? ACTIVITY Ask a friend or family member to make a doodle on a piece of paper. Something like this: Now tell me what it is: