Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100
by Elenco Electronics Inc
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Toys and Games Reviews of Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100
Customer Review: ADHD son loves this
Summary: 5 Stars
My son has a thousand motors working without this kit, I rarely can slow him down. I bought this and he loves it! He will sit and play with it. This kit stimulates his brain enough that he doesn't have to run around, tearing down the house, chipping the walls, screaching, teasing and peeling paint. Anyone with ADHD kids out there know what I mean? Gotta have something like this, for kids like these!!! It doesn't contain a huge amount of pieces like a box of blocks and after a few tries with adult help, I would say an eight year old can do this alone. It isn't dangerous. There are a couple of parts that can be torn easily by rough kids but a lot of stuff can still be made any way.
Make lazer sounds, sirens, make songs come out, or fans, a ufo spin off toy (launches in the air),several types of games to play, a doorbell, a couple of computer part thingies, other light blinkie things, even stuff your kid can only dream up. Has lots of noisy sounds that will drive you nuts so send the kid somewhere else. LOL.
Customer Review: What a great toy!!
Summary: 5 Stars
My son got this for his 5th birthday. It took him a day to figure out how to follow the diagrams. Within 3 days he was creating his own circuts. I heard him teaching his 4 year old brother all about electricity. He said. "No John don't lay that across the battery it will short circuit. and, "The circuit has to make a complete circle from battery to battery for the electricity to flow through it." Never put water anywhere near anything electric." etc...... He just started Kindergarten. I know they are not learning about elctricity yet, so he had to of learned all of this from this toy. I was impressed. He is impresssed with himself. He's taking it into school for show and tell so he can show his teachers what he can do. This product is completely safe too. Think of it like legos with electrical parts. They will not get a shock. Just don't give it to a kid that will swallow the pieces.
I buy the snap circuit sc-100 for his classmates when he is in invited to their birthday parties too. What a great gift!
Customer Review: My son loves this toy!
Summary: 5 Stars
My son received this toy for his 5th birthday. I had never heard of it before, and since the age limit was 8+ I was concerned about it. But my husband took it out and did it with him, and he loved it. He is now almost 8 and takes it out himself and does it. He brings it out when he has friends over and they do it. He really enjoys making the lights light or making it make sounds. He can follow the directions and tries different things himself. For kids that like to put things together, or take them apart, it's a great toy and very interesting and makes them think as they put things together of what the outcome will be. As in our case, a younger child could use it if you were going to do it with them. We've not had any parts break and everything seems very sturdy, and the box has specific places for things to be stored, which I like, although makes independant cleanup when they are younger a little more difficult but keeps everything together and neatly organized. We really enjoy this toy!Customer Review: Ideal for your budding scientist - easy to set up, lots of fun, educational
Summary: 5 Stars
We picked this up for my daughter for Christmas, and she's been using it ever since. She started building the circuits described in the handy guide right away, and with every new design she was able to finish she would smile and exclaim and bring it over to myself and her mother and say "Look what I made" and then show us how it worked. It's a very nice starter set for budding young minds, that can very quickly introduce the basic concepts of how an electric circuit works: positive and negative poles on a battery, switches, resisters, capacitors, etc. Each component is built into a safe and sturdy block that snaps into a plastic grid, easy as Legos, but with clips that conduct electricity, so that you can put them together in sequence or in parallel to create a wide array of electronic "gadgets." There's a mini speaker with sound effects, there's a "fan" that doubles as a propeller that can fly up into the air. It's fun, and easy, and will entertain the curious kid for many hours on end.Customer Review: Learning Electricity was a SNAP!
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading numerous reviews in various homeschooling circles, I decided to see if the Snap Circuits Jr. set was as good as promised. It is! Even having gained a more than adequate understanding of the concept of electricity and the way it travels, that light bulb of understanding shown even brighter after working just the first project included in the set. And yes, the pun was intended. For those not realizing how this set works, the set includes a project booklet with easy-to-follow instructions, snap-on pieces of different shapes that provide the electrical path, and a plastic base of a grid with the counter-snaps for the pieces. The instructions were easy enough for my 7 year old to follow on her own with thought-provoking questions of the activities. We were so excited about the fun element to the set, we purchased other sets for children of close friends and family members. We love Snap Circuits Jr. and can't wait to purchase the larger sets for the next gift-giving occasion!