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Tech Toys and Games
Homeschooling with Technology
English - December 12, 2018 14:00 - 12 minutes - 13.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsCourses Education Kids & Family Education for Kids Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode 12: Tech Toys and Games —> Check out our sponsor, FundaFunda Academy’s Scratch Christmas Coding Contest. This contest is for those who can’t program in Scratch yet, as well as for those who can. There are 2 different divisions, and new programmers can learn along with video tutorials as part of their entrance fee […]
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Episode 12: Tech Toys and Games
—> Check out our sponsor, FundaFunda Academy’s Scratch Christmas Coding Contest. This contest is for those who can’t program in Scratch yet, as well as for those who can. There are 2 different divisions, and new programmers can learn along with video tutorials as part of their entrance fee of $5. The winners will earn themselves gift cards. Registration closes 23 December 2018.
Here are some ideas of STEM toys and games that are likely to be played with for a long time after they are opened.
Subscription boxes – Kiwi Co has ones for all ages: Bitsbox has coding subscription boxes for 6 – 12 year olds
Raspberry Pi – typically used as somewhere between a computer and a robot controller (according to our Python TA)
Trebuchet / catapult kits
Tech board games – Thinkfun Circuit Maze and all these 20 Science Board Games /
Goldieblox – an engineering toy for young girls
K’nex, Lego Mindstorms, Lego Technics all teach engineering
Klutz Lego Contraptions / Gadgets / Chain Reactions
Snap Circuits for younger students and Elenco Electronic Playground for older
Stocking Stuffers: Google Cardboard and the Merge cube for AR and VR fun
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