Friday, January 4, 2013

Learning About Electronics with Snap Circuits

Snap Circuits Damien (19 months) tends to be far more interested in Hunter's toys than his own these days.

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For Christmas Hunter got a Snap Circuits kit. The big, giant kit that comes with 80 pieces and 750 projects.

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Hunter has been tinkering with the flying saucer the most.

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Adding circuit after circuit to see how powerful he can get it to be.

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Damien is super interested. If perhaps just with the fact that it's something that his brother is doing more than anything else.

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I have no idea how it all works. I have repaired a few broken wires in my day and can set up a lot of things. But I've never learned the ins and outs of wiring and circuits and whatever else goes into the electronics I use every day.

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Here's to hoping that, through play, tinkering, and experimentation, these boys can go further in learning than I will ever hope to.

"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth." Psalm 127:4

Hunter is 7 years, 9 months old
Damien is 1 year, 7 months old (19 months)

3 comments:

  1. 2013/01/06 at 10:46 am

    Those kits are great. My 3 year old received one as a gift…most of it is beyond him but he does enjoy hooking up the hand crank or solar panel to a fan to make it go. I am hoping he will enjoy it for years to come.

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  2. 2013/03/03 at 5:28 pm

    There’s another product like this called LittleBits that uses magnets to piece together parts, color codes the different aspects like power source and conduits, and has a large open source community of different plans of things to make. Hunter may enjoy that too.

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    1. 2013/03/03 at 8:26 pm

      Thanks for the tip! I will have to check that out, sounds like fun.

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