Basic Fun K'NEX STEAM Education | Intro to Simple Machines: Gears Building Set | Educational Toys for Kids, STEM Learning Kit, Engineering Construction for Kids Ages 8 78630

Bought for my sons' christmas present - he hasnt looked at it once. However, Engineer husband has not left it alone for 5 minutes making every conceivable thing under the sun! There are so many different combinations, the set is really great and nice quality - suitable for all ages!!!

My class loved this...I have some budding 10 year old engineers and this is the next step in their understanding. They're working their way through the booklet of models before incorporating the pieces in my big box of Knex ready to build the clock tower they're planning.

Bought for my 6 year old, which is clearly below the recommended age, as he loves mechanical things. However, he doesn't have the phyiscal strength to attach/detach some of the pieces together per the instructions. Also, the instructions themselves, while clear for adults, do cover a lot on one page and so small children may miss bits. i.e. I think that 8+ is the right target age if they want to build stuff on their own

Wanted the gear wheels so that I could build some working models, and got just what I wanted.

Great for getting my daughter busy. Used instructions online but better to let the child's imagination do the design and build. Would recommend.

Kids love these and played for hours

This kit can help teach you what you can do with gears. The instructions are really helpful and easy to understand, and the parts are so easy to put together.

Grandchildren got this and pulleys spent hours trying different things

Wer Spaß hat am bauen, für den ist das echt gut

Quando si pensa ai giochi educativi si pensa a cose noiose, questo non avviene quando il giocattolo è pensato per far divertire e incuriosire cosa che questo set è riuscito ad ottenere. Ho apprezzato il montaggio solido, i pezzi con coloritura differenti in base al tipo di pezzo e le istruzioni semplici ma non passo passo che hanno stimolato mio figlio a osservare e cercare di comprendere. Di tutti i montaggi il preferito resta il mulino dove grazie alla possibilità di variare gli ingranaggi abbiamo imparato praticamente come funzionano i rapporti della bicicletta.

All good products 'K'nex, for young minds. The drawings/plans were good to follow - for the six year old.

I bought this for my granddaughter who will be 7 next month. I was not home when she opened it but my wife said she worked with it for an hour without stopping. She was not able to complete the first project she tried, but came close. With a little help she finished the project and was happy. The instructions are good. She was just old enough to connect the pieces together although she had to strain. The use of gears in the design was interesting to her and to me. I believe that the set is worth the money I spent and I expect that it will last a long time. one month update: My granddaughter and I have made three of the machines: a fan, a car window, and a staionary bike. In each case she worked alone and in each case she made a small mistake that kept the project from working. It was not so easy to find the proper solution, but working together we did. I think this is a great set, but it will be a challenge for the younger ages. It is now eight months since I wrote this review and we have completed the seven projects. My seven year old grand daughter needed help on some but not all of them. You might need to explain what a phonograph is!! We have now bought the levers and pulleys set and look forward to doing those projects.

This is an excellent educational building set that my children love to play with for hours. It comes with an educational guide as well. It was one of my son's favourite Christmas gifts and has helped him advance in his science and technology learning. It comes with all the parts you need to build seven different working machines. Included is a guide to building a fan, an egg beater, a chainsaw, an exercise bike, a car window, a blender, and a record player. In addition to this, children can use their imaginative skills to come up with their own building projects and make their own inventions. It helps kids get familiar with the different kinds of gears and how they work. This playful way of learning helps children gain much more insight than they would get from mere book learning or classroom learning, as they are self motivated to investigate, gain skills, and understand scientific and technological concepts. As a homeschool teacher, I am using this set to teach my children about simple machines, movement, force, and speed in a hands-on way.