Other Kid Related
Here are some blog posts with the focus on young kids.
This is Better than Recess
"This is Better than Recess" Back in the day one of my sons was not doing so well in school, I wanted to see what school was like for him, and see if there was anything I could do to help so I volunteered at his school. Although I didn't realize it at the...
It’s not much, but it’s a NUF!
When my cousin Carl's daughter was little he designed a 30 pound boat built from one sheet of 10 foot plywood and two 10 foot fir 1 X 4s. It was a clever design meant to get kids out on the water under their own power. I built two of these boats, one for each...
Builder Boards as an Eagle Scout Project
Boards ready for notching. The pattern for 10 notch, 6 notch, and 4 notch boards are on top of the proper length boards.
Kids: Take It Apart
This is an electricity board made from parts taken from a VCR and a tape deck. It is powered by and electric train transformer. It got a lot of kids interested in electricity.
Go Carts Verses the Science Olympiad or Third Grade Engineering
When I was in the third grade, my sister and I and a couple neighborhood kids designed “go carts”.
The Electricity Board for Kids
Electricity is a slippery subject. Its hard to wrap your mind around something you can’t see.
A Dollhouse from a Recycled Drawer
My wife got the idea to build a doll house for our grandkids and got a big drawer from the restore.
Free plans: The Mirror Steeror
Children can steer themselves from short and fat to tall and skinny.
Solar Energy with Kids
Solar cooked hot dogs really do taste better
A Rube Goldberg Machine from a Treadle sewing Machine
when it quit working I’d say, “can you figure out what’s wrong?”
Free plans: The Marble Roll
Make this magnetic marble roll with the kids, then watch them enjoy constructing infinite paths for the marbles.