Best STEM Toys for Kids

Brigitte Nohra Miller said:  K'NEX is the perfect toy for the budding engineer in your household. Kids can first create the this amusement park, break it down and then build something totally from their imagination!

Yoli B said:  How about a kit to get your little engineer's brain turning? The Kids First Automobile Engineer Kit is designed for your preschoolers with large pieces and a storybook manual. The instruction manual is an easy to read educational adventure with colorful pictures. This kit is a great STEM gift for preschoolers and a definite upgrade on Mr. Potato Head!

Jennie Utsinger said:  I spent hours looking through my father's high-powered microscope when I was a child. While you won't be able to look at blood cells with this starter microscope, it has great optical quality for the price, and your children will be just as amazed viewing samples of bugs, onion skin, or pollen. The sturdy plastic Due Scope gives you 40X, 100X, or 400X magnification and the set includes blank slides, several prepared slides, a test tube, and a petri dish.

Tim Ponisciak said:  Teaching physics is a blast when you're dealing with paper airplanes, and Star Wars fans will love this kit. Your kids can learn all about thrust, lift, drag and gravity when building paper airplanes, and can tinker with the planes to see what changes can be made to keep the planes in the air longer!

Beth Wood said:  This kit helps you assemble a 3 dimensional glow in the dark mobile of the solar system. Kit comes with snap together planets, string for hanging, hanging frame, paint, glow paint and paint brush. Finished mobile measures 29.5" across.

Yoli B said:  This 50 foot long solar powered balloon will amaze kids of all ages. The dark surface absorbs heat and causes internal air to heat up and rise. The balloon can be tethered by a string and will provide countless hours of fun in the sun!

Erynn said:  They look like wood blocks, but these are specially engineered pieces that let little creators design scaffolding, ramps, paths, and all kinds of architectural wonders. The sets come with lightweight balls that roll down the specially-made planks, so kids can make endless "tracks" for their balls to run down.

Nancy L. said:  The goal of Circuit Maze is to arrange tokens to form a circuit path to light up the beacons as indicated on the challenge card. The 60 challenges will engage kids while teaching them how circuits really work.

Yoli B said:  Your little explorer can maneuver the inner workings of the body with this plush toy. Unzip the tummy and you will find color coded organs. Each organ and its function can be identified in the accompanying booklet. Underneath an embroidered skeleton teaches kids about how our bones hold everything together. Maybe you will have a future doctor in the house!

Kelly R. said:  This construction kit allows kids to build working miniature models of three of DaVinci's original designs: a ballista (crossbow), a bombard (cannon), and a catapult. Targets and projectiles are included to extend the fun way after the construction is complete.