Tag Archives: STEM

K’Nex just never gets old

Posted on September 25, 2019 by ofamily

We have recently been going through one of our K’Nex phases where the kids just seem to build creation after creation. And I realized it was just over 2 years ago that we started with our first K’Nex box – … Continue reading →

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Tara Binns – STEM jobs for young girls

Posted on May 26, 2019 by ofamily

The Tara Binns books are a new series by Collins (part of their BIG CAT reading series) and when they asked if we would like to review them I immediately said yes.  These books have a female character learning about … Continue reading →

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Brick Building 101 Review

Posted on June 2, 2018 by ofamily

My kids love Lego and I must admit I have often seen other people using Lego for STEAM activities and thought Wow what a cool idea we should do that and then I don’t.  Yip totally admitting to this – … Continue reading →

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Colby the Amazing Mouse

Posted on November 12, 2017 by ofamily

My kids have never done any coding activities before so when Learning Resources asked if we would be interested in their introduction to coding set – Code & Go Robot Mouse Activity Set I immediately said yes.  I was not … Continue reading →

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K’Nex everywhere

Posted on September 16, 2017 by ofamily

A few months ago we were sent two Educational K’Nex sets.  They are great sets but little did I realise that those two K’Nex sets were going to set off a chain reaction of K’Nex everywhere.  It appears like those … Continue reading →

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