Comments on: Getting Hands On http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/18/getting-hands-on/ 2 parents, 5 kids, organised chaos Tue, 22 May 2012 06:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Everything Family Issue 5http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/18/getting-hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Everything Family Issue 5 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:59:06 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=276#comment-1914 [...] presents Getting Hands On posted at Planning with Kids, saying, “Discussed the importance of children creating and [...] [...] presents Getting Hands On posted at Planning with Kids, saying, “Discussed the importance of children creating and [...]

]]> By: Planning with kids | Play-Activities.comhttp://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/18/getting-hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Planning with kids | Play-Activities.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:48:54 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=276#comment-1446 [...] Getting hands on [...] [...] Getting hands on [...]

]]> By: katefhttp://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/18/getting-hands-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 katef Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:56:12 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=276#comment-1295 Oh I remember as a kid playing with this simple electronics kit - it gave you instructions to connect this wire to this battery to this switch to this motor to make x happen... very cool! A much simplier version of this, cheaper and more 'beginners' (so maybe not for your older kids) is to give them a set of small screw drivers and an old computer or electrical appliance and let them take it apart... old clocks (you know the ones that actually have hands and a wind up mechanism) are really cool inside if you can get them.... katefs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/picklebums/~3/338487434/" rel="nofollow">Flickr Friday - Winter.</a> Oh I remember as a kid playing with this simple electronics kit – it gave you instructions to connect this wire to this battery to this switch to this motor to make x happen… very cool!
A much simplier version of this, cheaper and more ‘beginners’ (so maybe not for your older kids) is to give them a set of small screw drivers and an old computer or electrical appliance and let them take it apart… old clocks (you know the ones that actually have hands and a wind up mechanism) are really cool inside if you can get them….

katefs last blog post..Flickr Friday – Winter.

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