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More Than Up and Down

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Inventors and Inventions

More Than Up and Down
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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 2 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.27

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    bandalore, incroyable, pottery, history, inventor, design, brake, rocket, outer, simple, factory, company, enter, space, metal, also
     content words:    Duncan Yo-Yos, In Great Britain, In France, Pedro Flores, Duncan Yo-Yo

More Than Up and Down
By Jody Williams 		  
1     What toys did children play with long, long ago? Some played with the yo-yo. Duncan yo-yos are popular today. Many people think that D.F. Duncan invented the yo-yo. He didn't. Yo-yos have been around for thousands of years.
 
2     Yo-yos probably began in China and then traveled all over the world. The first record of a yo-yo was found in Greece. A piece of Greek pottery from around 500 B.C. shows a picture of a young boy playing with a yo-yo. Early yo-yos were made of wood, metal, or pottery.
 
3     The yo-yo has had many names throughout history. Some have called it a bandalore or an incroyable. The word yo-yo is from the Philippines. It means "come come."

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