My kids have enjoyed playing with an electronics kit for years, so I am including it as #10 in the countdown for the best open-ended toys ever. I’m judging open-ended toys based on the sheer number of hours my kids have spent with them, and the fact that they learn a lot while having fun. Because I have 3 boys and only one girl, I’ve used my top two favorite open-ended toys for girls in the countdown, from when I was a child growing up with 3 sisters. I spent literally hundreds of hours as a girl playing with my top two favorite toys. No other toys compare to those two girl toys, in my mind.
I’ve included toys for younger as well as older kids. This electronics experiment, for example, is for slightly older kids. This video shows the most fascinating experiment I’ve seen with the electronics kit, which is a piano made out of pencil lead. The circuit is completed because the lead of the pencil conducts electricity. Depending on where you place the wires, you hear a different sound!
This year all three of my boys played with their electronics kit more than any other toy.
Tags: electricity, electronics, Homeschooling, open-ended toy, science, toys
THAT is what my 12 year old needs!!! He has one very small electronics kit, but nothing like what you have there. He would absolutely love that kit. I’m going to have to try to find one of those for Christmas! Thanks for sharing this!!
My kids really love it!
Where do you get this toy? I would like to price these.
We bought it online by Googling it. The exact electronics kit number is on the screen of the video, where my husband typed it in.
Great ideas. I wish I had small ones to give them to. Thanks for sharing. Anita
I recommend these to kids of all ages.
That’s so neat! My son is a little young but I will have to keep that in mind for when he’s a bit older!
My sons have an electronics kit and it seems to be something they return to when compared to other toys! Thanks for sharing!