Seven year old Hezekiah spent his morning putting together these little wind-up Robots ordered from Timberdoodle.
Made of cardboard and plastic wind up motors, this kit was sturdy enough for his little hands and easy enough for him to build himself. The kit comes with stickers that go on the robots so each is individualized.
The kit makes five different robots which are adorable, and most importantly, actually work!
{By the way, when I went to link over to product I noticed the kits are on sale for $10! Quick, grab one or two, I can almost guarantee your little boy or girl will enjoy them}.
Enoch’s been working on this Brooklyn Bridge Model, also ordered from Timberdoodle. It is also made of cardboard and is surprisingly sturdy.
Enoch spent an hour or so putting this together. It led to plenty of questions about the Brooklyn Bridge in particular and suspension bridges in general, which will lead to some good books and internet research.
Hands on homeschooling and blogging have both been difficult this year. Apollo has been cranky since his last visit to Children’s and affords me very little time for school planning and blogging. I was glad to have these pre-made kids to add a little fun to our day.
I hate it when you buy a kit and it doesn’t work. My brother was given a solar powered robot kit for Christmas (he is 10) and it didn’t work. It was also incredibly hard to build! It’s possible he made a little mistake, but I can’t be bothered pulling it apart step-by-step to find the problem. I’m glad Hezekiah’s robots worked
Enoch’s bridge looks awesome! I think the Statue of Liberty and the White House models on Timberdoodle look cool too.
What do you do when you cannot do hands on school? we tried to homeschool on our trip to Ak and it was super hard, it seemed sort of miserable. We do use books, I use a curriculum for certain subjects. It just wasn’t any fun though without the hands on stuff, manipulatives and maybe space. Maybe they just were tired of the truck. I have to say its hard to help someone with decimals from the front seat, the neck wears out pretty soon! glad we are still now, it helps, but we are still short on hands on stuff in the RV until we find a house. My son isnt loving the lack of stuff for school.
When we’re not doing hands on work, were hitting the books, textbooks, and more textbooks….
“Pre-made kids”………I love when typos make me giggle……
Lisa
Lisa, I guess those are the adopted one
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I was laughing at the “pre-made kids” too. But making them usually isn’t the hard part!
In our case, no… That has always been the easy part. But apparently we misplaced the instructions when it came to Apollo
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Oh I just read the comments after my own! Too funny…misplaced the directions. Yeah creating the kids isnt too hard, though it can be disappointing when the same instructions used correctly dont actually create the MORE kids you had hoped they would. Wonder if I am missing a step???