Welcome to Bedtime History. Hello, this is Brake.

Growing up, one of my favorite childhood memories was using my imagination to build new things.

I'd take apart old, unused electronics or appliances in our home, and then try and rebuild them into something new and interesting.

They usually didn't work. They were more like works of art than functioning inventions, but I had a blast doing it.

What's great about a product like KiwiCo is the things you build as part of the engineering kits actually work.

My kids and I have built a few different projects together, including a ukulele, a pinball machine, headphones, and a speaker.

These projects include detailed instructions and also explain the science behind how the devices work.

As a parent, it can be hard to find creative ways to keep your children busy, challenged, and off screens.

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Other subjects are science, art, engineering, crafting, and design. KiwiCo also has crates designed for kids and adults of all ages.

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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, to Mary and Augustine Washington and Westmoreland County, Virginia.

If you've noticed, President's Day is in February, and this is one reason why.

George's family was not extremely wealthy or poor, but were in what was called a middling class, which had been growing in Virginia.

George's ancestors were from England and had moved to the British colonies in America.

They were called the British colonies because they were still ruled by Britain, not yet their own country.

George's father Augustine had a farm along the Potomac River and worked hard to make it a success.

On the farm they grew tobacco and had a mill for grinding wheat.

When George was five, the family moved up the Potomac River to the little hunting creek plantation, and then later to the fairy farm,

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