]> http://timothyweber.org/taxonomy/term/21/0 A set of simple electronic building blocks, easy to work with for little hands. en http://timothyweber.org/cblocks <p><a href="http://6sys.no-ip.info/~tjweber/gallery/cblocks"><img src="http://6sys.no-ip.info/~tjweber/gallery/albums/cblocks/Lights_in_parallel.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="113" border="1" align="right"/></a></p> <p><a href="user/2">Clara</a> has always enjoyed playing with electronic components and breadboards. But putting them together to make an actual circuit is still a bit tough for her at 3, even with lots of coaching - getting the leads into exactly the right hole takes a bit more fine motor coordination than she&#8217;s got. So, I was inspired by an article in MAKE magazine* to make her some chunky blocks with screw-eye terminals that she can wire together using alligator clip leads. We&#8217;ll see how it goes! <br clear="all"></p> circuit blocks kids Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:02:09 -0400