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    Fun With Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks & Activities
    Fun With Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks & Activities
    Fun With Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks & Activities
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    Fun With Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks & Activities

    By David King, Katie Weeber and Colleen Dorsey

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    Are you ready to become a world-class spin master? Fun with Fidget Spinners is the must-have ultimate fidget spinner trick book! Hit the big leagues of fidget spinning with this new one-of-a-kind guide. You’ll soar to new levels of fidget skill with awesome spinner stunts and games from YouTube's GeekBite host David King. Impress your friends with pro moves like the hot potato, the no-looker, the hat trick, the high toss, the nose spinner, and more! Check out today’s most popular spinners, and learn how to care for and customize your own collection. Discover why fidgeting is actually good for you, and the cool science behind it. Embrace the fidget spinning lifestyle as you track your progress and tricks in a handy workbook.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCompanionHouse Books
    Release dateJun 27, 2017
    ISBN9781620082867
    Fun With Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks & Activities
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    David King

    David King is the New York Times bestselling author of Death in the City of Light, Vienna 1814, and Finding Atlantis. A Fulbright Scholar with a master's degree from Cambridge University, King taught European history before becoming a full-time writer. His books have been translated into several languages, including Chinese, Turkish, Polish, Korean, Italian, Swedish and Russian. Film rights have been sold in Death in the City of Light.

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      Fun With Fidget Spinners - David King

      Stop Fidgeting and Other Bad Advice

      You’ve probably heard it from your parents or your teachers: Stop fidgeting! Or maybe: Please sit still! When you’re doing something that requires concentration, like studying or listening in class, you’re supposed to sit quietly, focus, and do your work from start to finish without interruption. If you find this way of working frustrating, you’re not alone! Sitting still is hard for lots of people, not just you.

      In fact, we’re learning more and more that trying to sit still and focus is counterproductive, and that most people work best when they have something else to do. Scientists have found that when kids use fidget toys, attention and focus in the classroom setting seem to get better. In story after story, a hyperactive kid finds a new sense of calm and balance when there’s a fidget spinner in his hand. But the jury is still out on exactly how helpful fidget spinners are. This is no surprise, really, since these gadgets are so new to our culture.

      While there might not be a ton of research out there on fidget spinners specifically, there have been studies about the act of fidgeting itself. Scientists who study how adults behave at work have found that fidgeters live longer than non-fidgeters because even a little bit of motion is better than no motion. Another well-established discovery is that taking short brain-breaks actually increases attention. If your parents are supposed to move around at the office and take breathers from their work, why not you! After all, tests are hard and there’s not much downtime at school.

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      The Origin Story

      You probably won’t believe it, but the fidget spinner has been around in different forms since 1993! Many credit Catherine Hettinger with the invention of this toy. At the time, Catherine was recovering from an illness that left her very weak. In order to play with her seven-year-old daughter, Catherine needed a toy that was lightweight and didn’t take a lot of energy to operate, but also something that was fun and would hold her daughter’s attention. Catherine used stuff lying around her house to rig up a little spinny thingy—the first fidget spinner. It was a hit with her daughter, so Catherine continued to refine her design and eventually patented it in 1997. Sadly, toy companies weren’t ready for her invention, and Catherine unfortunately let her patent expire in 2005. Some say that if Catherine had held on to her patent, she’d be swimming in offers for her cool design today. Others argue that today’s fidget spinners differ enough from Catherine’s design that her patent wouldn’t cover them. Check out the research online. What do you think?

      But why is fidgeting so effective for some people in aiding concentration? One reason just might be how we’re hardwired as a species. Think about it. Once upon a time, people spent most of their days hunting, farming, or foraging for food. Fidgeting would have been a waste of precious energy. While we don’t live that way anymore, our bodies are still built for that lifestyle—always ready for action. No wonder we want to stay in motion! Fidgeting is how we modern humans let out some of that bottled up, leftover energy.

      What Is a Fidget?

      Here are some examples of fidgets that adults commonly use, and they may work for you, too. Remember, a true fidget should not distract from your primary task, and it should not be distracting to others in your classroom. Some more active fidgets like walking or spinning

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