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By Amanda Boyarshinov 21 Comments

Goldie Blox Encourages Girls to Engineer – FUN STEM Activities!!!

*This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own.*

Getting kids (especially girls) excited about engineering through play is definitely a win in my book! We are a hands-on, minds-on kind of family.  

Just last week, we hosted a Goldie Blox Bash for friends to test out the building materials.

Read on to find out more!

What is YOUR favorite toy that encourages building???

My kids are big builders.  We have many different sets and I would like to say that I encourage all of my 3 kids (boys and girls) to think like an engineer.  My daughter even attended Camp Invention, an awesome week long invention camp that teaches STEM through modules. I WANT my kids to think like inventors too!

Really, I just want my kids to think!!!

I was over the moon when accepted to review and host a Goldie Blox Bash with our friends, courtesy of MomDotMedia.

What is Goldie Blox

GoldieBlox is designed with the intent of encouraging girls to become involved in STEM activities from an early age – to fill the pink aisle with construction and chemistry sets. It is a toy designed with my 8 year old daughter in mind.

She LOVES princesses and dolls.

I’ve never seen her in a pair of jeans – only dresses or skirts.

She is a creative thinker who plays pretend will small dolls.

Her favorite colors are purple and turquoise.

She is also a scientific thinker, curious about the world.

The minute we opened the box at the door – it was love at first sight.

My kids got busy building and building and building some more!!!! In fact, in the 7 days before our GoldieBlox Bash, the kids spent at least 1 hour each day building, creating, designing, and inventing.

Building tray with Goldie blox = and invitation to play and build!  #education

Goldieblox Review

So what did our friends think of GoldieBlox? They thought the building materials were AWESOME!

We had 12 kids and their parents over to test them out! The kids ranged in age from 2- 10 years old. There was one 2 year old, two 3 year olds, 2 four year olds, 2 five year olds, a six year old, a seven year old, 2 eight year olds, and a ten year old.

What I was surprised is that ALL of the children played and interacted with the materials, building and designing.  Some worked independently and other built with their parents.

Goldie Blox Invention: A Girls Building Toy

Mom of 4 year old, “These are sooo cool.  We need to buy these for Sarah for Christmas.”
Dad (in the middle of building), nods his head in agreement.
Mom of 4 year old, “And for my husband too!”

Goldie Blox Invention: A Girls Building Toy

Other Dads chimed in that this a really neat toy for them to build with their little princesses.

Goldie Blox Invention: A Girls Building Toy

One friend (a 10 year old) said she was too big for little kid toys.  We showed her the different designs at the back of the book and she stayed building the longest, making each project shown!!!

Kids Try GoldieBlox Toys

The accompanying book didn’t receive as rave of reviews. Several of the girls read it and said, “way too girly.” They skipped to the back building diagrams.

A couple parents commented that it was way too pageant oriented and princessy for their tastes.

I giggled when one of the girls thought that the dolphin didn’t make a very good villain. “Everyone LOVES dolphins,” she commented. Other kids thought it was really cute.

Would I recommend GoldieBlox toys to other parents?

YES – Most Definitely!  The kit is well thought out and provides for not only the building of the featured activity, but more independent play as well.  The blox look very well made and should last for a while. It also was a good mix of colors that was visually appealing.

Would you like to learn more about GoldieBlox?

Visit their website GoldieBlox.com
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Follow along with the hashtag #unbloxing on your favorite social media to see more pictures of engineers discovering GoldieBlox and #LookatGoldie for more ways parents and teachers are using GoldieBlox with their children.

Goldie Blox Bash and Review! Girls STEM activities and toys

Don’t miss the article from The Educators’ Spin On It:

3 MUST Read Tips for Raising Engineers

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About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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Comments

  1. Vanessa Vargas Wilson says

    September 10, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    Both my kids would love these sets! They enjoy building all kinds of things and these sets would be a perfect addition to our homeschool classroom. Thanks for the chance to win!

    Reply
  2. Samantha says

    September 11, 2014 at 10:16 am

    My kids would love building with these!

    Reply
  3. clc408 says

    September 11, 2014 at 10:55 am

    These would be nice for my niece.

    Reply
  4. beth says

    September 12, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    My niece

    Reply
  5. Kristen says

    September 15, 2014 at 3:06 am

    My friend's 5 yr old daughter would have fun with these.

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    September 19, 2014 at 10:06 am

    My 6 year old daughter would love these sets. Thanks for the opportunity
    Jill M.
    [email protected]

    Reply
  7. Emily says

    September 19, 2014 at 10:06 am

    This would be great for my constructing daughter! She loves to use anything and everything in our recycle bin to make constructions. We have the most unusual cardboard box pet apartments and jewelry all over our house!

    Reply
  8. ReggieMann says

    September 21, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    my 7 year old niece would like these sets

    Reply
  9. Susan Smoaks says

    September 25, 2014 at 5:49 am

    i would love to win this for our daughter.

    Reply
  10. Lisa Voyce says

    September 28, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    I would like to win for my granddaughter.

    Reply
  11. iggysaysno says

    September 28, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    My niece would love these.

    Reply
  12. Jill Myrick (jsc123) says

    September 29, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    My daughters would love these sets.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

    Reply
  13. Linda Bradshaw says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    My grandbabies or my nieces would love to have these.

    Reply
  14. Sand says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    My niece would love this!

    Reply
  15. laurasloves says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    My daughter would love these sets.
    Laurie Emerson
    lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  16. tina reynolds says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    this would be for my daughter

    Reply
  17. Amanda Vollmer says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    My daughter got the Spinning Machine set last Christmas and loves it. It would be awesome to have the 2 additional sets!

    Reply
  18. Kimberly says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:57 am

    My daughter would love this! Thanks for the opportunity!

    Reply
  19. Donna says

    October 1, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    my daughter

    Reply
  20. Cheryl Reinhardt says

    October 1, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    My Grand Kids and Myself would love to play with these sets.
    [email protected]

    Reply
  21. Louida Martin says

    October 4, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    Oh darn the giveaway is over! My girls would love this Goldiblox because they love to build things for their dolls. Great review Amanda! #ProductReviewParty

    Reply

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