Learning Resources STEM Explorers Sun Catchers for Windows, Gifts for 5 Year Olds, 30 STEM Challenges, Reusable Craft Kit, 422-Piece
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30 STEM CHALLENGES: Creativity meets learning as children use the 3 crystal frames and 400 jewel cubes to solve 30 STEM challenges and make colourful sun catchers they can admire and enjoy.
BUILD CODING SKILLS: As children solve the challenges to complete the designs, they’ll be building early maths, coding, critical thinking and problem-solving skills through creative pixel arts and crafts activities.
SUN CATCHERS FOR WINDOWS: The crystal frames and jewel cubes are see-through so children can hang their creations up in windows for everyone to admire and enjoy as sunlight shines through.
GIFTS FOR 5 YEAR OLDS: Children ages 5 and up will enjoy receiving this reusable craft kit as a birthday or Christmas present. They can build creations, display them, and then build more designs over and over again.
INCLUDES: 3 crystal frames with display strings, 400 jewel cubes, 19 cards with 30 design challenges, and Activity Guide. The packaging and Activity Guide are multilingual. Pieces store inside the packaging. Frames measure approximately 12cm x 12cm.
LEARNING IS WHERE WE PLAY: Learning Resources has 40 years’ experience in making quality educational toys that help children learn through play. Our company is also the home of hand2mind and Educational Insights toys and teaching resources.
13 reviews for Learning Resources STEM Explorers Sun Catchers for Windows, Gifts for 5 Year Olds, 30 STEM Challenges, Reusable Craft Kit, 422-Piece
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Lewis –
Easy to build
This suncatcher set is really great. It comes with 3 plastic suncatchers, a bag of coloured cubes that attach to the suncatchers and a pack of pattern/code cards to help create different designs. The whole set is really good quality, the cubes are really easy to attach and take off, making it accessible for younger children. It is a really fun activity for children to learn about reflecting, coding, maths and art all in one which is great value for money.
Boop –
May find some square cubes a bit loose and fallout, so be careful.
Small plastic cubes with a translucent esk finish allows light to mix and filter through. Like a mini rainbow when the suns catches them. There are three board pieces to attach your designs to however you wish, or if you want some structure use the flash cards with pre-made options.
I found the multicoloured cubes are really light weight, the boards have a raised bit for the cubes to push fit into. Though you may find some cubes don’t sit firm and are loose. So be careful if you have other young children around.
You can hang up your desing using the string pre-attached to the boards. Though I found Blutack was just as effective if you want it to stick to glass as the boards have a flat finish to them.
Rachel Louchart –
Exceptional quality STEM learning resources
I ordered the Learning Resources STEM Explorers Sun Catchers set for my 5 year old son.
Learning Resources are a well-known and superior quality brand for a wide variety of learning games.
The product arrived well packaged and in immaculate condition.
The set includes 400 pieces to construct STEM learning activities from any of the 19 cards.
Simply follow the instructions to place each piece in the plastic housing and display.
The designs give off a beautiful array of colours against the sunlight.
Each piece is well manufactured with no defects, marks or discolouration.
Such an exceptional set that has already kept my little boy entertained for hours.
This is much better than having to succumb to allowing screen time.
The set teaches children invaluable skills around problem solving, creativity and critical thinking, analytical skills and coding basics.
Overall, an amazing gift option competively priced compared with similar products on the market.
INGA3 –
Engaging STEM activities
This kit is fantastic for encouraging creativity and problem-solving in children. The variety of challenges keeps my kids engaged for hours, and the transparent frames make their creations even more impressive when hung in windows. The materials are durable and can be reused, providing long-term value. It’s an excellent gift for young learners, fostering a love for STEM subjects through hands-on play.
MBeve –
Curious but suffers from a major flaw
How do you get the blocks back out again?
It’s supposed to be reusable, but this comes at the expenses of your fingers or your plastic. There is no tools included to help break this back up again, and a few design changes could have done it, such as making pin holes on each block and make the blocks without a full hole, we could have perhaps pushed them out from the back.
Instead what you end up doing is trying to wiggle it free which can take ages even for one block. Want to remove one in the middle and change it? Probably going to have to take them all out.
Using something metal scratches the plastic, a plastic tool of tweezers could have possibly fixed this very very easily.
The rest of the set is fine, though I would say this is on the younger age of key stage one and perhaps the beginning of key stage two.
Happy 2025 –
Good educational tool
The STEM Explorers Sun Catchers kit is a fun and educational gift. My child enjoys the creative challenges, and the pieces are reusable. However, some of the parts are a bit fragile, hence the four stars.
Mick The Brick –
Fun and educational craft
Creating sun catchers with this set has been a hit. The challenges are engaging and help build coding and problem-solving skills. The frames and jewel cubes make colorful and beautiful displays when hung in windows. It’s a wonderful gift idea for kids who love arts and crafts.
AyJay –
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This is cute in theory, but in reality it fails to hold our little one’s attention for more than 5 – 10 minutes per session.
Such a shame: it is well-made and has a solid idea. A sad miss for us.
Alison –
This is a great accessory for a classroom light table!
Maria Lazarev –
Great ideas for play. There are cards with 3 different types of games. The size is good for little fingers as well.
The only thing is I wish that as it’s put on a window in the sun that we would see a colourful reflection on the floor, but you don’t see any colours just a shade…so really, it’s pretty when it’s in the sun because the colours of it are bright but there’s no reflection like in a true sun catcher.
Davide –
Prodotto ricevuto nell’ambito del programma Amazon Vine per una recensione personale ed imparziale.
Questo giocattolo è adatto a bambini a partire dai 5 anni e consente giocando in libertà di fare i primi approcci con la codifica dei colori, le forme geometriche ed i numeri, e grazie alla presenza di un adulto può essere un valido strumento per l’avviamento alle conoscenze scolastice di base in modo naturale, semplicemente giocanco.
Il prodotto è conforme alle specifiche STEM di primo livello (Scienza, Teconologia, ingEria e Matemtica), le direttive europee per l’apprendimento scolastico.
Il kit è composto da un manuale inlingua inglese, un sacchetto di nylon contenente 400 cubetti colorati, 3 tavole di plastica trasparente dotate di cordicella, 19 schede contenenti 30 tipi di esercizi differenti bssati sulla creazione di figure basate sull’uso dei cubeti colorati dove bisogna trovare le corrispondenze dei colori, sulla codifica dei colori e sulla scelta dei colori basata su coordinate.
Il prodotto è interamente in lingua inglese, quindi almeno inizialemnte è necessaria una minima competenza da parte degli adulti, ma suoerato questo scoglio iniziale saranno gli stessi adulti a restare stupefatti per la velocità dell’apprendimento degli schemi e della corrispondenza fra i termini in italiano ed in lingua inglese.
Al di là della lingua inizialmente lo scopo è giocare, quindi costruire delle figure e delle forme a partire dai cubetti colorati.
I 3 telai accolgono i cubetti che vanno ad incastro, sarà quindi difficile che questi possano cadere durante gli spostamenti, in quanto una volta completato è possibile appenderli alla finestra per far si che la luce del sole possa far brillare la composizione fatta.
Se poi lo si vuole la fase successiva sarà quella di utilizzare le schede progetto per procedere con esercizi con livello di difficoltà crescente.
Nel complesso, a parte il problema della conoscenza di base della lingua inglese e di una certa ambiguità nella spiegazione di alcune schede progetto, mi è sembrato un bellissimo giocattolo educativo e divertente.
C.J. –
I love this brand as their toys are generally very high quality. This is a fun set that provides educational fun. Only complaint is that some of the pegs seem to be a bit short to hold the beads and therefore they fall down when you pick up the closed frame
Jessica –
Loved this concept so we gave it a try. We tried the coordinates cards first and so far every design from 1-5 has an issue. The coordinates do not match the answer key. I’ve reached out to learning resources to see if they can provide the correct print of the coordinates, or another way to resolve the problem, but I may have to return this activity to Amazon because of it. Too bad, my kid loves this.