My son is invited to a friends party... this kid is really really smart... what would be a great gift to get him?
2007-02-28 05:00:00 · 9 answers · asked by ઈтєlly 7 in Games & Recreation ➔ Toys
A really good atlas of the universe. I got a terrific one from Reader's Digest and it was a greatest gift. It has a lot of information and doesn't dumb things down.
2007-02-28 05:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by mel m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tangrams are really good. If you havent' heard of it, it is a puzzle set that includes a set of geometric shape pieces that the kid uses to recreate a shape presented on a card. Its the same exercise used in some IQ tests for children. I had a set growing up that came with about 20 geometric pieces and 50 puzzle cards.
2007-02-28 13:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by I'm a Dasein 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could check out some trivia games, both PC (or other gaming console) and board games. Some good ones include Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy, Planet Hollywood (movie trivia), any of the Scene It games, and Dr. Brain (I think Sierra still makes those for PCs).
Number games, like sudoku and kukuro, are also really popualr now; you might consider getting some puzzle books like that and I think there's PC/video games like that, too. Another good puzzle-related video game is Brain-Age, which is a trivia/memory game.
Cheers!! :)
2007-02-28 17:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a good gift would be some kind of triva game that asks a lot of different questions or a puzzle or a book of riddles/word problems.
2007-02-28 17:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Janeen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are all sorts of cool kits at all sorts or price ranges (and I wouldn't pay too much attention to the age thing, if he's smart and his parents are involved). Toy stores, hobby shops, and/or science/discovery based shops should carry them. I'm not advocating you buy off any of these sites -- I'd definately shop around, but these are just general ideas of what exist, starting at about $10.
There are some model buiding kits (cars/airplanes/robotics): http://www.electronickits.com/robot/robot.htm
Electronics kits:
http://www.kitsusa.net/phpstore/index.php?OVRAW=simple%20electronics%20project%20kit&OVKEY=electronic%20project%20kit&OVMTC=advanced
http://www.hobbytron.com/ElectronicsforKids.html
http://www.hobbytron.com/Surveillance.html
Magnets:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_8?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A165793011%2Cn%3A166269011%2Cn%3A166294011%2Cn%3A166304011&page=1&tag2=sciencemadesimpl
Chemistry:
http://www.discoverthis.com/chemistry.html
Biology:
http://www.physlink.com/estore/cart/CarryingCaseMicroscopeKit.cfm
http://www.learningthings.com/items.asp?Cc=SCOPES
2007-02-28 13:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by contemplating 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an educational toy, like a talking globe or mega magz or knex..good luck
2007-02-28 15:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by Hill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jig saw puzzle 3d
2007-02-28 15:17:17 · answer #7 · answered by jobees 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some kind of lego, mindstorm, technical, etc.... let them explore different ways to create things.
2007-02-28 13:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Knex. :-)
2007-02-28 19:59:41 · answer #9 · answered by Q 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋