Knex Extravaganaza

When I bought Knex Extravaganaza I was a little overwhelmed by the price but it was worth every penny!  My son has Asperger’s and not only did he love the engineering and physics we learned but it was also a tremendous help in things like patience, perseverance, following directions, etc.  This is a fantastic set with several different smaller sets included so that you really get lots of physics curriculum units plus, the grand reward at the end, building and analyzing the huge structure at the end.  We also used this kit to discuss the cost of construction by assigning each piece a dollar value and each connection a “labor” cost.  A good exercise in money and planning (could we make a better and less expensive model of the same thing). You could really almost do a whole year of homeschool based on this curriculum (math, writing, science, reading, etc).  We have also found the people at Knex very helpful in terms of sending us replacement parts, extra little things we wanted, etc., often at no charge.   Excellent product and worth every penny…. I think that we will save up for the big bridge set next….