Joel saw this at Costco for $14.97 and bought it today. What an excellent choice! He put everything together himself, nearly without directions. It was just the right level of difficulty to stimulate him to try and to see the end results quickly and with great satisfaction.The Mars Rover model is a little flimsy. Some of the parts needed some reinforcement tape because he was a little aggressive with the pieces initially.
The Glow moon is perfect for his wall right next to his bed.
The cards are instructional and colorful. After reading about the lunar phases, he asked what phase the moon was in right now and when the next new moon would be, which led us on a little hunt for info which was fun.
The solar system model is so cool, but a little small. Probably fine from his perspective. And I would have liked to have an option to mount it to the ceiling, though perhaps we can figure that one out on our own later.
But the creme de la creme was the rocket. He couldn't wait to get it home and ready to launch. It didn't go too high to get stuck in trees, but has a remote launcher that involves him in the excitement just the right amount while the grownup safely sets it up for launch.
I highly recommend this toy. What a great afternoon of fun for us all.
2 comments:
Makes me wish we had access to that Boston Museum of Science, that had those planets distributed around Cambridge, a proportionate distance and size.
Blake just lost her first tooth. She cried to keep it and didn't want the tooth fairy to take it away. I almost clued her in to the tooth fairy. So many fictional characters; the tooth fairy. santa, easter bunny, candy fairy (she takes away all the halloween candy and leaves a small toy). It's amazing that we don't grow up resenting our parents and all the lies they fed us!
but yes the science kit looks fantastic!
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