[sdiy] Books for young ones

[Timothy Daugard]

On 4/18/2014 3:49 PM, Kylee Kennedy wrote:
> Buy on of those 300-in-1 electronics kits, they usually come with some 
> fun projects you can do with the little one before having to teach 
> them soldering.

Too late. . . I taught her to solder at six. She built a blinking 
Christmas Tree kit. She did all the soldering until she decided that it 
was too much work after the second set of LEDs. We need to add a battery 
connector and a switch to the tree, if she brings t over. Now she's 
asking for a book to learn about electronics.

The Forest Mims book is an idea, I'll have to check it out at a Radio 
Shack. I don't have a copy because:

1) When it came out I was already past it.
2) I've never seen it at a flea market or garage sale.

I though about one of the xxx-in-1 electronics kits for her, but I 
suspect her mother would put it away somewhere she couldn't get to it 
after a week or so. Also I have a completely stocked lab so I can 
provide all the parts needed to do the projects in those kits. Most of 
the kits have instructions along the lines of connect A to B but are 
kind of light on the whys.   I think I have the book from one of those 
kits . . . somewhere . . .

BTW thanks for the responses, y'all.

Tim Daugard

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