11 Awesome STEM Toys for Kids
These STEM toys for kids will facilitate learning and critical thinking and strengthen kids' interest in STEM.
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Shashibo
Recommended ages: 7 and older
Tap into a child’s imagination with Shashibo, which is just as interesting as the name suggests. The shape-shifting box (that sort of resembles origami?) transforms into more than 70 shapes. If you have the opportunity to get more than one, your child will be able to combine several cubes to build even larger shapes, sculptures, and structions.
K’NEX Education: STEM Explorations Roller Coaster Building Set
Recommended ages: 8 and older
K’NEX Education: STEM Explorations Roller Coaster Building Set allows kids to build exact replicas of real-world machines and contraptions and understand the principles that make them work. This is great for a family with siblings, since it’s recommended that a team work together to build and exchange ideas. Once the ride is built, an accompanying activity book guides the kids through three hands-on experiments. Ages 8 and older
Code Cube Wearable Tech
Recommended ages: 8 and older
For children in third-fifth grades, Code Cube Wearable Tech gives them the opportunity to code things to wear. Using a programmable LED screen, students use block-based programming to create artistic animations, colors, and patterns that can play sounds or change as they move around. Ages 8 and older
Circuit Maze
Recommended ages: 8 and older
Thomas Edison would certainly approve of Circuit Maze, a single-player circuit building game that traces the concept of electricity. As challenges become more complex, the child really needs to use reasoning, logic, and problem-solving to think about how to make the circle work.
STEM Games for Kids Ages 9 and older
Celestron Kids Microscope with Smartphone Adapter
Recommended ages: 9 and older
For the older kids who may already have smartphones, the Celestron Kids Microscope with Smartphone Adapter is all the rage. With 50x-200x magnification, the microscope allows children to examine their specimen, while the smartphone adapter lets them capture and share images with friends, or keep for themselves.
LINGO’s In the Driver’s Seat Kit
Recommended ages: 13 and older
The LINGO coding kit was created by a former NASA rocket scientist, so if that doesn’t sell you, let’s keep going. The self-paced, home-learning coding kit enables learners to explore and enhance STEM skills in a way that’s fun and engaging: by building a backup sensor for an autonomous car. So find someone with a Tesla, and put your kids to work!
