Christmastime’s a coming and if you’re a parent, grandparent, educator, or just have children on your gift list this year, you’ll want to know about some of the hottest STEM gifts for Christmas 2018. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) toys help children develop critical thinking and spatial reasoning skills all which having fun. Check out some of our picks below!
STEM Gifts for Christmas
Rami Binary Number Game by Quercetti – Kids can learn binary numbers by Operating the levers and pushbuttons of this game so the colored marbles roll down the tracks in the correct arrival box. There are no loose pieces, so Rami Binary Number Game makes an ideal travel and waiting time toy! Designed for ages 4+
Quercetti Rami Binary Number Game
Botley Coding Bobot from Learning Resources
- Botley is the fun, friendly way to learn coding
- Botley allows children as young as age 5 to take their first step into early coding
- Botley is the only robot on the market that comes with a full activity set, allowing your child’s imagination to run wild
- Botley is ready to use right out of the box
- Botley is 100% screen free – no tablet or phone required
- Botley has fun playful sounds, and secret hidden features to unlock
- Botley grows with your child. They can start off with basic coding commands, and as their skills grow they can try more advanced features
- Botley has many features to discover, including looping, if/then logic, object detection and black line following
Learning Resources Botley the Coding Robot Activity Set, Code for Kids – Toy of The Year Finalist
Poppycock Family Dice Game -Poppycock is a game meant for entertainment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t utilize this time to teach your children. This game can be challenging, requiring a lot of strategizing, thought, and math. This dice set is a great opportunity to teach your children that game night can also be an educational night. They’ll be having so much fun they probably won’t even notice they are playing dice for learning. Poppycock involves 2-6 people. There are no age-specific demographics, so adults and children can play together
Geomag Mechanics Gravity Range -Exploring the world of the magical invisible forces of magnetism and gravity, Gravity represents an innovative evolution of the Geomagworld Mechanics line. The “gravity engine” of the new line is able to exploit the weight of the Geomag spheres to trigger the mechanism of Mechanics constructions, without resorting to electric or battery motors. The activity, based on the exploitation of physic principles such as magnetism and gravity, makes Mechanics Gravity a STEM product able to stimulate all levels of scientific insights. Check out the entire product line.
Geomag 776 Mechanics Gravity Up & Down
Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst STEM Kit -Build & rebuild endless robotic creations with a single kit! This unique STEM toy is listed in Amazon’s top 10 for its category. 8-12-year-olds will enjoy building doodling robots, power electric model cars, adding motors to legos, and more!
Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst STEM Kit
Cubelets Discovery Set – The Cubelets Discovery Set is the perfect introduction to Cubelets robot blocks. The new Bluetooth Hat and companion app help you create more creative, capable, and complex robots regardless of your coding skills. It’s the perfect gift for inspiring kids to explore robotics, coding, and technology. The Discovery Set also includes the Drive, Flashlight, Battery, Distance, and Brightness Cubelets. When combined with the new Personality Swap feature, you can build hundreds of robot constructions with just a few Cubelets.
Modular Robotics Cubelets Discovery Set
Teaching Clock by Owlconic – This beautifully designed clock helps children make the connection between digital and analog time. The clock is also designed in such a way to help children with other math concepts, for example; fractions and the division of time into ½’s and ¼’s, counting in 5’s, past the hour, to the hour. The clock provides the perfect opportunity for families to have fun together learning about time. It helps children with time management and confidence while bridging the gap between digital and analog time.
GeoSmart Flip Bot – 2019 Toy Of The Year Finalist!
If you build it, it will flip, wirelessly! This 30-piece geomagnetic set boasts turbo motors to allow the remote-controlled vehicle to effortlessly zoom, spin, and of course, flip over. At home and in the classroom, this robot makes learning fun. The motors feature a rechargeable battery (Just add 3 AAA batteries for the remote control). Featuring bright colors, strong magnetic pieces and a patented double-safety system, GeoSmart offers unsurpassed safety and durability for endless creative play.
Skele-Tube – Build a T-Rex (or one of 6 other dinosaur skeleton models) with Skele-Tube!
Brainstem Skele-Tube T-Rex Miniature Dinosaur Skeleton Model
Ultimate Vortex Generator – A tornado in a beaker! Whip up kitchen chemistry experiments using a spinning magnetic mixer–just like a real scientist! The activity book contains 20 experiments that explore STEM concepts such as centripetal force, fluid dynamics, vacuums, vortexes, and magnetism.
Botley the Coding Robot – Learning Resources wants to help kids learn with Botely the Coding Robot!
- Botley allows children as young as age 5 to take their first step into early coding
- Botley is the only robot on the market that comes with a full activity set, allowing your child’s imagination to run wild Botley is ready to use right out of the box
- Botley is 100% screen free – no tablet or phone required
- Botley has fun playful sounds, and secret hidden features to unlock
- Botley grows with your child. They can start off with basic coding commands, and as their skills grow they can try more advanced features
- Botley has many features to discover, including looping, if/then logic, object detection and black line following
Stinky Science Lab – Raise a big stink for science! “Whiff” up 20 experiments that give your nose a workout with this wacky chemistry lab, featuring a pump-activated Smell-U-Lator machine and a kid-friendly book with 20 odorous experiments.
Boxy Bot – Boxy Bot is an electronic companion for the budding engineer. Look inside for your Boxy Bot blueprint which includes the name of your Bot along with scientific fun facts! Boxy Bots come in red, blue, green and white. They are fully posable, and have 11 points of articulation, plus a diecast metal body and touch sensor! Press for authentic robot sounds and lights.
Available in-store at Target!
Tiny Science – A perfect STEM stocking stuffer! Tiny tools, BIG science! This adorable miniature science lab features 20 precision science instruments in a custom case. Mix up tiny chemistry experiments in itty-bitty beakers, test tubes, and flasks. Peer at tiny specimens through the teeny-tiny magnifier. Everything stores back in the case, and the small size makes it perfect for sleepovers or on-the-go exploring.
Marbleocity -Marbleocity is a line of laser-cut wooden STEM kits, and the intricate and beautiful designs of each module fit
together to form a weaving and winding marble machine. Marbleocity was designed to be a satisfying building experience, and the included graphic novel teaches each kit’s STEM lesson through a cast of characters called the Tinkineers, who help children and parents understand the concepts and feel connected to the lessons.
Marbleocity Archimeded Screw Maker Kit
My Fairy Garden Windmill Terrace -My Fairy Garden is the first of its kind: A toy that’s also a real, live garden! Children love kits that allow them to grow plants at home because it gives them a connection to nature and a sense of satisfaction at having nurtured a living thing. Windmill TerraceTM goes above and beyond by bringing solar energy to My Fairy Garden! The garden’s main structure is an eye-catching gourd that boasts a moving windmill that is powered by the sun! When the windmill rotates, it also activates a water wheel below that scoops and circulates water in the pond! It’s the first My Fairy Garden to feature powered movement and adds a bigger STEM component to the brand. This set includes the fairy Saffron and her swans Grace and Beau, along with seeds and soil for the garden.
My Fairy Garden Windmill Terrace
SmartGames Cube Puzzler PRO and Cube Puzzler GO – Can you build a cube from the 7 colorful puzzle pieces? Put your logic and deduction skills to work as you create cubes to solve each challenge! Ready for the next level? Try building a cube with the 6 colorful, ball-shaped puzzle pieces. Put your spatial insight, logic and deduction skills to work as you create cubes to solve each challenge! Like the Cube Puzzler GO, this PRO case doubles as an attractive tray to play and solve up to 80 real 3D-challenges.
SmartGames Cube Puzzler PROSmartGames Cube Puzzler GO
SmartGames Sleeping Beauty – Discover the magic of the classic fairy tale with this original puzzle game. Can you help the prince reach Sleeping Beauty’s castle? Or maybe you’d prefer to help Sleeping Beauty escape on her own? The Sleeping Beauty maze draws on various cognitive skills as players solve challenges. Check out the game box where brainy benefits are clearly marked from logic and concentration to problem solving and spatial insight.
Little Passports Science Expeditions – When you think of the Little Passports brand, you probably think of the social studies subscription box that so many children know and love. But did you know they also have a monthly science box? Order by 12/19 for holiday delivery for your little scientist and save 15%!
Learning Wrap-Ups Multiplication
Learning Wrap-Ups Division
Discovery Toys – I have a Discovery Toys wishlist a mile long, but two of our favorite STEM toys from this company are Connectix and Mosaic Mysteries. Both help with spatial reasoning and Sweet T can feel she’s doing art when she’s really doing a bit of engineering and math. We keep our box of Connectix in the car and bring it to restaurants for the kids to play with while we wait for our food instead of begging for their tablets or our phones. They love it!
Cube 3-D – Twist and lock from Block 2 Bot to create your very own figure or design. Join the BLOCK party and collect all 3! Find this STEM stocking stuffer at Target stores
Available in-store at Target
Pump It Move It Hydraulic Crane by Smartivity – Introduce your children to the fundamentals of hydraulic machines in a playful and engaging way! This kit contains a step- by-step instruction manual and all the elements needed to build your very own fully-functional Hydraulic Crane. Once assembled, children can use their handmade simple machine to lift objects and move them around.
Smartivity Pump It Move It Hydraulic Crane
Which one of these STEM gifts will the little ones on your list love the most?