STEAM Gift Ideas for Christmas 2021: Ages 7 to 9
We believe that everyone should get acquainted with STEAM (including coding!) – and that it should be fun for everyone. Here are some presents that can help you with that, and maybe even jazz up learning for your young ones:
Wild Singapore Comics from Piqolo Kids
What better way to discover Singapore and STEAM than through a local comic series?
June Techtivities - Piqolo Kids STEM Comic Book
For the ones who love to read, do activity books or collect cards, Wild Singapore comic series will keep them occupied! Join little space explorers Peppy and Lili on a mission and learn about local wildlife, wilderness and explore Singapore. Recommended for ages up to 9, they even have a Young Explorer's Journal with over 50 curated and open-ended exploration activities.
Find out more here.
From $8 at Peppy and Lili. Get 5% off all products when you use the code CODINGLAB2021 (valid until 31 January 2022).
Snap Circuits JR
Introduce your children to electronics with this exciting, hands-on box with more than 100 projects to work on!
Easily create working circuit boards by sliding switches, snapping wires, an alarm circuit, a speaker and more to recreate what you would find in televisions, doorbells, and other everyday electronic devices. Your children will get to experiment and witness first-hand how electronics work (without soldering or tools) – it’s just a snap.
Find out more here.
$56.83 from Amazon
mBot
Looking for a fun and affordable robot for a beginner programmer? You’ve got the mBot.
This four-wheeled STEAM education robot lets children learn about machinery and electronics, fundamentals of programming, and develop their design and logical thinking skills. The cute mBot comes with an instruction manual (so it's easy to set up and pair with the app, Scratch and Arduino) and also motivates kids to experience the joys of making, which is why we have it as part of our Young Computer Scientists curriculum.
Find out more here.
From $109.90, available in blue and pink, from Toytag and Playhao.
Read: Tech Gift Ideas for Christmas
(Written by Cheryl Tang)
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