Have you heard about GoldieBlox and The Spinning Machine? It’s an interactive books and construction toys with the main character called Goldie. Goldie is a child inventor that solves variety of problems by building simple machines. The goal here is to inspire all those little girls out there to become female engineers, yeah, engineering has always been a boy’s club, let’s change that, shall we?
This toy teaches your little girl about spatial skills, some basic engineering principles, and confidence in problem solving. Designed and developed by Debbie Sterling, a female engineer from Stanford university, this toy comes with 1 story book, 1 pegboard, 5 animal figures, 5 wheels, 5 blocks, 5 washer, 10 axles, 1 crank, 1 ribbon, and 14 design templates. Girls are usually not interested in science or math as young as age 8, if we can keep them interested in these field, they are more likely to go into those fields as adults. This toy set will gently guide little girls to get to know about engineering field.
Goldie will take your children to a new adventure, especially all girls with the love of engineering. This character encourages children to build and develop spatial skills which are crucial to engineering, her journey with friends will take her to face problems which can only be solved by building simple machines.
Do you know that only 11% of engineers in the US are women? Yeah, we definitely need more of them as female perspective is valuable to provide balance and innovation in our world. Engineers are basically builders and designers of our world, from the products we use till the cities we inhabit. [CLICK HERE to get further details about GoldieBlox and The Spinning Machine]
From : Newegg [Buy It Here]
