Do you want your child to grow as a mechanical engineer or electrical engineer? What about the profession of a programmer or application developer? In the modern world everyone is trying to look into the future. While many parents feel an urgent need to hire their child a math tutor before they send him to kindergarten, there is an alternative: toys! However, some toys are better than others in terms of stimulating children's curiosity.
Toys that incite curiosity and create a foundation of knowledge in the field of programming and problem solving are robots, model boards, and design kits for computer modeling. Such toys not only make children think about complex tasks, they force them to work in a team, they enthrall and develop technical skills.
Here are the best, at our glance, toys of 2015, broken down into categories according to the skills being developed: Mechanical Engineering ')
Goldieblox Age: from 5 years Description: Book Series and Designer
The best product on the market for the development of engineering skills among GIRLS! This toy develops a number of engineering skills and problem solving skills. The company plans to add circuit building and programming in the near future. This is a very exciting designer, developing imagination and creativity. The attached text contains great role models and exciting descriptive instruction to the designer.
Engineering mechanics and programming
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Age: from 10 years Cost: $ 350 Description: Creating your own robots and managing them
The EV3 LEGO series is great for studying engineering mechanics and programming. The visual programming language that is used to control robots is easy to use, and the components of LEGO are intuitive. This project has great development prospects; it provides entertainment and educational experience for many years to come.
Computer programming Dash and Dot Age: from 5 years Cost: $ 199 - $ 349 Description: Programming a robot using a visual programming language (even for children who cannot read!).
Learning computer programming is akin to learning a language (with a lot of math)! The earlier the child starts, the easier it will be for his mind to accept new words and the structure of sentences. Visual programming can give children the basic skills of solving software problems, at the same time leaving syntax errors to professionals. Robots give students a tangible result of what they can create with programming.
Computer Engineering and Programming Kano Age: from 7 years Cost: $ 150 Description: Creating and programming your own computer
This computer designer is excellent! If you are going to buy your first computer for your child, this will be the first thing I will recommend. To give a child a computer designer means to invest in it the concept of creating and repairing things that he uses. If your child already has a computer, having bought or brought an old “iron” from work in order to finish it at home, you can give him an excellent learning opportunity. Creating, destroying and repairing are excellent ways to comprehend the principle of the work of surrounding things.
This toy can give a lot. It allows you to create different electrical circuits, disassemble them, start over, and do it all over and over. This constructor contains objects that the child uses every day, for example, door bells and signaling devices that are able to stimulate the child’s interest in understanding how things around him work.