Give your curious, creative little girl a great source of hands-on “edutainment” with GirlCratery’s Gadgets and Gizmos crate. The kit uses colorful, dynamic tools and materials to help kids learn about the laws of physics and how to build contraptions of their own design.
You may have heard about the negative effects of excessive screen time on children's cognitive and physical development. It's been linked to a wide array of issues, from obesity and irregular sleep to social and emotional problems and impaired academic performance. If you're a concerned parent in search of non-screen-based forms of edutainment for your child, GirlCratery may have the solution you've been looking for.
The Gadgets and Gizmos crate, the latest addition to GirlCratery's monthly series of hands-on activity boxes, will inspire your tween girl to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) themes with confidence and creativity. The crate contains gadgets sure to stimulate your young learner's imagination, as well as tools and materials to help her build her own creations.
You can check out this and other GirlCratery craft boxes at https://www.girlcratery.org
Your subscription box will come with DIY kits to build a scribble bot and a catapult, a light-up LED bracelet, an invisible pen, a light-up gyro wheel, a bendable fidget spinner, 2 themed stickers, and an exclusive fun patch. The stickers feature STEM-themed inspirational slogans to help your child share the spirit of educational adventure. She can also earn a fun patch, like earning a Girl Scout badge, for completing all the activities in the box.
According to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), parents and teachers today still underestimate girls’ STEM abilities. The Association has also found that women make up only 28 percent of the STEM workforce and that many more men than women choose college majors in these fields.
GirlCratery's kit represents a step toward correcting this gender gap. It's designed to help your child discover how to think like an engineer by developing her analytical skills through hands-on construction challenges. Creating scribble bots by hand, for example, will develop your child's ability to think in 3D and to approach problems from multiple angles.
The kit also includes fidget spinners, whose repetitive motion can aid your child's concentration and provide relief for anxiety and attention disorders. The kit’s light-up gyro wheels can serve a similar purpose while teaching your child how potential energy is converted to kinetic energy and how open and closed circuits work.
Inspired by the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, GirlCratery’s mission is to help girls build character, confidence, and courage by exploring and striving to improve the world around them. Their subscription boxes encourage young learners to make a meaningful difference in their lives by stimulating their natural curiosity and developing their problem-solving skills.
GirlCratery lives its mission not only through its customers but through the local community as well. Through their partnership with ARC of Onondaga, a non-profit service provider for people with developmental disabilities, volunteers visit GirlCratery on a weekly basis to help label, count, and sort crate contents. The partnership is a win-win for both ARC members, allowing them to contribute to their community in a meaningful way, and for curious, growing girls across the nation, allowing them to "unbox their potential" through quality education.
But you don't have to just take our word for it. Here's one from among many satisfied parents' testimonies: “I loved the creativity that was sparked by the crate that arrived on our doorstep! My daughter used it as a jumping-off point for many projects. You can totally tell this was created with girls in mind!”
Give your fun-loving, adventure-seeking girl the quality of education she deserves! Find out more at https://www.girlcratery.org
