Snap Circuits Junior

This is an amazing product. Super fun. The parts have lasted. They work well. The kids love it. Very educational. Keeps the kids engaged and learning. They enjoy learning with this product. There are several options for things that can be built and experiments that can be done. I recommend this for any tech loving kid or even teen. Engineering. Electronics. They'll love this!

The media could not be loaded. This kit has been such a hit in our house. It’s incredibly easy for kids to use thanks to the snap-together pieces—no tools, no frustration. My child was able to follow the instructions and start building simple circuits right away.The educational value is excellent. It teaches basic electronics concepts in a hands-on way that keeps them engaged. Watching lights flash and fans spin after completing a project really sparks curiosity and excitement.Build quality is solid. The pieces feel durable and have held up to plenty of assembling and disassembling. With 100 different projects, there’s plenty of replayability to keep kids coming back for more.

The media could not be loaded. I purchased this as a Christmas gift for my 8 year old. Once we opened it, we couldn’t quit playing with it. The directions start simple and get more complex. We had so much fun seeing what each level would do; from flying saucers to music, lights, and space sounds combined.Not only is this fun, but it’s a learning opportunity. The book explains each part and also has what “not to do”. I do think for young kids this needs to be done with a parent because you are playing with electricity.Overall, I will be purchasing another box of these with different setups. We skipped the beginner box, and I feel like that was a good move.The quality is great, pieces are sturdy and snap easily to the circuit board. Perfect for a different kind of fun.

This was a gift for a child. My kids have used these products in the past, and they are unbelievably fun! They are well-made and worth every penny. They are a great way for kids to learn STEM! The colors are bright, and the product is durable. I would buy again.

I got this today. I will first confess that I bought this for myself for my 40th birthday. I have ALWAYS wanted a big kit like this. I've always been interested in electronics and I thought it would be great to have something to toy around with that doesn't take a lot of work, just snap snap go.The set comes with several components, and they have snaps on them, basically the same type of snap you have on clothing, and you just snap things together according to the diagrams. Included are several project books with various levels of projects in them. For example, book 1 had projects 1-100 or so. Being an adult, I spent the past 2 or 3 hours blasting through book 1. I probably built something like 15 projects out of the 100. There were a lot of projects that were somewhat repetitive and I really was not interested in snapping them all together, even though it is really fast and easy. And I'm always impatient. They give pretty detailed instructions, describing snapping things in stages as things stack vertically. I'm way to impatient for all that. I just snapped it together the way I wanted as long as I knew it was "the same thing". I think it is great that you can follow exactly if you are just learning or "make your own path" if you are a little more advanced. There are several cautions about what NOT to do and of course those should be heeded for safety reasons. But a conductor is a conductor and it isn't really critical how you get from point A to point B to satisfy the basic connections. When it came to building variations, I usually just looked at the change in the diagram and convinced myself that I understood the difference and moved on without snapping anything. Children of various ages would probably take more time and experiment more. I did grab Book 2 and the first few projects did look interesting so I expect there will be several more that I'll want to do. And I may way to go back after I've devoured everything and play a little more. I think kids would want to do the same. I have two daughters, aged 5 and 2 and when I bought it *for myself* I told myself that they would probably be interested in the kit sooner or later, and I do think that will be the case. I'll enjoy doing that with my kids for sure.I do really like how easy it is to snap it together and get the results. Because it was so easy I was encouraged to try some things -- basically "what if" scenarios that popped into my head as I built the projects. I think kids would do that also, and that is one of the high points of how this set works. I do wish that there was a lot more explanation about the projects. The explanations given are kind of middle of the road, not going really deep but not totally devoid of info about the circuit either. Given that I'm an adult and I already know a few things about electronics and basic circuits I feel like I filled in most of the blanks but I would not expect a child to do that. It is my understanding there is some sort of student guide that would go along with the project book and would go into more detail. My personal opinion on that is: Just include it. Selling it separately only reduces the utility of the kit and makes people irritated that they have to go buy more stuff. I can't imagine that the actual cost of a few more pages of paper would make a huge difference. One thing that is glaringly missing as far as I can tell is an explanation of each IC. Each one has several pins which I'm sure have a designated function, and the projects certainly use various pins, but there does not seem to be any explanation of what exactly each pin is for. This would normally be given for any IC that you really bought in the real world and I think it should be given for a project kit like this also. Maybe I just missed it. In summary: Great kit, really fast and easy, enough projects and flexibility to provide fun and learning for a long time. A ding for lack of supporting materials that should be present by default to make an excellent 5 star set.

Absolutely love this! It's so great to teach kids about how things work. The fan speed spins safely so I'm not worried about his safety. It's the perfect size. We got this for my 5 year old even though it says 8+ and he does need help with some instructions because he can't read but most of it he can do on his own. The quality is great. There were no missing parts. It's a great value for the money as it was so much more expensive elsewhere.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:A good companion to 'Snap 2 It' the game, which I actually bought first. Like that, this is a fun, hands on and easy way for a child to learn about mechanical engineering. A good stepping stone to learning more STEM stuff. My daughter is 7, and if I do with her, she can figure it out. If your child is 8 or higher, should be easy to pick up on. However, you'll probably have to help explaining some terminology in the book. It's very technical, so you may have to give a simpler explanation at times, esp for beginners.