Earlier this week we unboxed our very first Spike Prime. Now we are starting to become familiar with the major components included in our kit. Namely, the Spike Prime hub, motors, and sensors. Next time, I will share how to download the Spike Prime app on desktop and transfer your very first program ...
Engineering
Getting Started With Spike Prime: The Unboxing
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About 6 years ago, I bought a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 (LEGO's robot kit before the Spike Prime). My kids and I worked together to build a robot using the instructions in the box. We learned how to drive it around like a remote control car. Then it sat in a closet on a shelf where it still sits to this ...
Customizing a Premium Theme
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Recently I have been working on starting a blog for my daughter so she can practice her writing and typing skills while working on her passion project. I thought I would use this opportunity to explain the steps needed to start a blog that could potentially one day make money. I'm hoping these ...
I’ve Setup My Blog! Now What?
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In my last couple posts, I've shown how to set up a blog from scratch for a child as well as how to setup an email address associated with that blog. If you've followed the instructions in those last two posts, you may be thinking, "I've setup my blog! Now what?" These next steps are not strictly ...
How to Setup HostGator Email
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I recently finished writing the post, How to Start a Blog for a Kid, and I've decided to keep going while I'm still motivated. When you have a blog, it is nice to have an email address associated with your blog, using your domain name. This is not at all required, but it keeps you from having to ...
How to Start a Blog for a Kid
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When my oldest was about 7, he wanted to start a blog about playing pool and I told him no. He will likely go to his grave still irritated about this refusal. At the time, I thought he was too young, and I didn't want him out on the internet. I still feel like caution and discretion need to be used ...
Raspberry Pi Computer Building for Kids
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I'll be honest. I'm a little cheap. I wasn't always this way, but I've been with my ultra-frugal husband for almost 20 years now (crazy) and he's rubbed off a bit. An organization in my area that provides STEM classes for kids recently advertised a computer building class for nearly FOUR HUNDRED ...
Homemade Spinning Brushbot
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What better way to get kids interested in science and technology than fun, hands-on projects that move on their own? This simple, homemade, spinning brushbot was inspired by the book How to Build Robots. This book recommends taking apart a battery-powered, electric toothbrush to get the parts for ...
Simple Homemade Robot Car
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Do your kids think robots are cool? I know mine do. We started off with our wigglebot and wobblebot which both moved in fun ways while more or less staying in the same spot. Then I made a propeller car which moved in a straight line by pushing air with a propeller. The supplies for all of these ...
Homemade Inventor’s Box
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I love the idea of open-ended learning. It's fun to do projects with my kids like our homemade wobblebot or propeller car, but I truly believe that kids learn best by messing around and seeing what works and what doesn't. There's nothing like hands-on experience. I first made an "inventor's box" ...
Michelle has a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. 