Hi folks,
As much as I loath the winters in New England here is where I'll be. Outdoor activities, while doable, can only be for short periods of time. Therefore I'm looking for projects that can be completed indoors that are interesting and take 6 months to complete. :) (Long winters up here...)
My son has shown an interest in both electronic and mechanical type projects. He'd like a hammer for his birthday so he can break rocks. Cool, geologist. Can't find rocks too well under the snow and ice, sand and salt, in the wintertime.
He'd also like an electronics kit but I'm not sure what to to get him that will last a long while. I think at this point he's more interested in building something, electronic or not, rather than learning theory. He often mentions robots but to get something that would last for months would cost me more than the budget allows.
I'd certainly appreciate suggestions and I'm sure there are other parents who might benefit from your experiences!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @06:52PM
Get the kid some books for the cold days when he wants to stay under the covers.
I recommend some of these:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics [ala.org]
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top100 [ala.org]
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica [bannedbooksweek.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments [wikipedia.org]
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/banned [goodreads.com]
https://www.ila.org/initiatives/banned-books-week/books-challenged-or-banned-in-2014-2015 [ila.org]
Get some basic/fun non-fiction science/engineering books.
Also consider getting a cheap e-reader or tablet and loading that with pirated or public domain books. Chinese tablet might be better since it can render color PDFs and has more storage. You could probably disable Internet access on it if you want to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:58PM
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