Science for your Kids

STEM/STEAM Ideas to give fellow parents ideas for science related learning.

Items that are worth having around:

Cheap Microscope
Cheap magnifying viewer with SD-Card
Art Supplies and Books for coloring this is easy to find on amazon

Lego Mindstorms

Lego and the SPIKE/ Mindstorms hands on learning and logic programing and physics/motion. Starts with Scratch and moves to Sketch and then uPython which is very approachable language

https://education.lego.com and details on education platform

Osmo Learning Tools

The Osmo system is a good alternative to school programs for reading, math, programming, physics. look for the hardware used as its reuseable to save cash. https://www.playosmo.com/en/

Kiwi Crates

This company provides all age ranges of kits and ideas for monthly or one time projects https://www.kiwico.com

Computers and IT

RaspberryPi is a powerfull PC and worth learning its use to learn linux etc. Virtual machines and spinning up copies of windows server etc

Shopping Ideas

The following is a little list of boutique suppliers of toys and stuff

https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com
https://www.fatbraintoys.com/index.cfm
https://www.teachersource.com
https://www.smarterkids.com
https://store.flitetest.com/stem/ - Aircraft related learning
https://shop.elenco.com/consumers/brands/snap-circuits.html - Early electronics look for them used!

I also like lakeshore in bellevue/factoria

https://www.lakeshorelearning.com In Wenatchee there is https://hookedontoys.com their buyers are very good at keeping educational products in stock

Just got these the other day I think they are getting common with people for helping with ideas to draw or write about, cheap and easy fun

https://www.storycubes.com/en/games/rorys-story-cubes-voyages/

If you ever need ideas on how to have STEAM/STEM lesson ideas happy to help Comment to Github or contact on KellyKeeton.com

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