Google Ads: We use cookie tracking to help us understand how effective our digital marketing campaigns and to tailor ads to you. It removes the frustration of wire stripping and soldering or twisting bare wires onto boards and components. The connector parts are numbered for ease of use and there are many parts such as lightbulbs, speaker, finger sensor, buzzer, switch, LED lights… the list goes on to the extent that once you get the hang of it you can come up with your own creations.

Miss M can use it independently and create some amazing things that both children enjoy looking at and playing with. She believes that having a culture of positive behaviour in school, where the whole community works together, holds key to success. To find out more about cookies, including how you can disable/enable them in your browser, visit www.Everything fits together easily, making experimenting and rebuilding and (we particularly love this as we are geeks) all of the components have the circuit symbols on!

No safety issues and all the pieces are sturdy enough to hold up to being misaligned or misconceived on occasion. Educational toys should be age appropriate, otherwise they will not be helpful in developing skills or learning concepts. Four AA batteries, not supplied, are needed to power the circuits so we made sure we had a fresh pack before starting.According to our reviewer, the Hot Wires electronic kit offers just that, plus plenty of opportunities to do a bit of hands-on teaching. The experiments are very good and the children love my teenager creating and showing of electronics.

The favourite experiment the kids have completed so far is experiment 3 where they power a spinning disc causing it to fly up in the air. He didn't understand the workings behind it so trying to explain electronics and circuits to a 6 yr old was fun! It is sturdy, spares are available and it is likely to last for generations of children (and their adults) despite the move to electronics being more 'micro' orientated now.Each card even includes interesting facts as well the chemical symbol but is bright, colourful and fun.