Never underestimate a curious 7 year old. One of my grandsons built a soldering kit for a FM radio at about that age. He had a fair amount of supervision but learned really quickly.
Bob, N6CM On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Bill K9YEQ <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok you are asking for it... in 1956 or about, I got a two transistor > multi-kit, very expensive at the time for Christmas. That was after my > Elmer who built great stuff and was 2 years older took me under his wing. > I > was ~ 11 at the time. Whatever you do, solder something and make it work! > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -----Original Message----- > > I had one of those 200 in 1 type electronics kits that you could insert > wires into spring coils (that are soldered to components underneath the > board). You can probably search Amazon for Elenco Electronic Playground > for > them, there's a bunch from 50 in 1 to 500 in 1 kits. I can remember making > very simple AM radio receivers with them when I was around 9 years old... > > > 73 > ./ben > W6MCM > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ON4WIX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi group, > > > > So, my question to this knowledgeable group is this: are any of you > > aware of electronics teaching kits aimed at the 7-10 yo age group? I'd > > think these would be some sort of breadboard assembly kind of kits, > > using spring-tension terminals to build some nifty projects like > > sirens, chaser lights, maybe an Xtal receiver (although medium wave > > has become rather quiet over here in EU)... > > > > Any hints will be greatly appreciated. > > > > 73 > > Glenn ON4WIX > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
