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Here's where you'll find all the latest news about technology for children. We love to follow cool new inventions on Kickstarter and we hunt out all the latest announcements about tech toys and gadgets for the coming Christmas holidays. You'll also get our take on children's technology stories in the media.
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Our kids technology product reviews are intended to help you work out whether a toy, gadget or kit is a good fit for your child or family.
There's lots of cool stuff available, but is it the right choice for the child or teenager that you are buying for?
We'll help you make the right choices and get the best value for money.
GIFT GUIDES$show=/search/label/gift%20guide
Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends assemble. We create gift lists to help you make good choices for kids technology which helps them develop the right skills for the future. We research the best in Coding Toys and Games, Making / Craft Tools and Kits, STEM/STEAM related gifts, Programmable Robots, Electronics Kits and Gadgets for Tech Age Kids and Teens.
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Get crafty with technology. Here we'll post all our ideas and projects using technology to get creative and making with kids. You'll find anything from making a lemon battery to a glow-in-the-dark Minecraft sword. Our projects are tried and tested on our own kids or at events we run, so we are sure you can have a go at home with your kids. Some of our projects use specific tech gadgets which we provide links for you to purchase.
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STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In recent years there is an increased focus in these areas of study. We like to include Art and Design too, so we often talk about STEAM (A stands for Art). At Tech Age Kids we believe Coding is a new literacy and children need to understand how technology works, practice making skills and grow in their curiosity to make a better future for us all.
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Coding is increasingly being recognised as an important skill for children to learn. Some will learn to code at school or at a coding club, but it's brilliant if they get support at home too.
ELECTRONICS$show=/search/label/electronics
We think it's really important for kids to get hands-on with electronics and learn how to make circuits and write code to control hardware.
Younger kids can start with conductive playdough. For kids who like to combine craft and tech, littleBits are fab. And we love SAM Labs wireless electronics components for making it easy for kids to make Internet of Things inventions.
Lots of electronics kits for kids have support for the Arduino microprocessor environment. The DuinoKit Jr is one of our favourites. Arduino is a fab skill for older kids and teens to develop.
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We love robots at Tech Age Kids, especially programmable ones. We've got lots of them and write reviews and projects that use them.
Our programmable robots for kids buying guide is a good place to start if you're not sure what's available.
Roby the mBot Meccano robot dog is one of our popular projects and has been with us to lots of events. Our Ozobot LEGO trailer is fab for kids who love LEGO and robots.
MAKING AND CRAFT$show=/search/label/making
We're advocates of the creative use of technology, but this needs to be balanced with developing physical skills such as papercraft, woodwork, clay modelling, technical drawing and soldering. If children don't develop these skills as they grow up then physical making projects can become frustrating rather than fun.
The Maker Community uses the term 'making' as a broad term to include all sorts of artisan skills or craft activities. Being able to make things can lead to life-long hobbies or even careers. It's a great feeling to be able to take a project from an idea in your head to a real object that does something.
We're particularly interested to explore products that combine maker skills with tech skills such as electronics but others focus purely on the physical making skills that are still important to modern making.
Simbrix is a fantastic product to keep kids busy and creative for hours on end. This is certainly my experience, as my boys spend hours designing, making and then playing with their Simbrix creations.
With Easter fast approaching we were looking for a chocolate alternative as a small gift for kids. Simbrix is ideal, and we got to work designing some fun Easter motifs.
Easter alternative to Chocolate
Simbrix really lends itself to lots of creative making. Similar to Hama Beads, you build pixelated designs using plastic beads / bricks. Unlike Hama Beads, you don't need a pegboard, and you don't need to iron them. We made our Easter creations using the Simbrix Creator Kit, which includes 3000 bricks in 17 different colours.
- Read our Simbrix Review: Two Dimensional Pixel Art with Simbrix
We spent some time thinking about Easter designs and built out some of our ideas. I created an inspiration design sheet, which we are giving away today as a free download. My kids really enjoy playing with Simbrix and they offer hours of therapeutic fun. They often make up stories breaking up and rebuilding with the Simbrix (Now you can't do that with Hama Beads!)
Stop Motion Animation for Easter
Last week the kids were home for school holidays and we explored Stop Motion animation for the first time. My 7 year old wanted to make an animation using the Simbrix. We used our Easter designs to make a little movie about a rolling Easter Egg that gets gobbled up by a rogue Easter bunny.
Stop Motion animation is a patient and long process with kids - we'll write more in future about stop motion and best options for kids. However, stop motion animation is a fun activity, which touches on so many skills for kids to learn. My 5 and 7 year olds thoroughly enjoyed the process.
Easter Inspiration with Simbrix
The Easter Pixel Art Design Sheet is specifically designed, so you can build on top of the design. I found it worked really well with younger kids to test out their build and stay on track with how many bricks are needed to complete the design. It works best, if you print the sheet (standard A4 sheet) and laminate it.Get our Easter Pixel Art Inspiration Sheet for FREE today.
Click Here to access the Tech Age Kids Resources with Templates and Activity Sheets.
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