Another great educational gift I received came from Radio
Shack. If their service were better, and
their prices comparable to my local hobby shop, I would probably have given
them quite a few of my hobby dollars. As
it stands, they only got a couple from my Mom and my Grandparents--and I did my
best to recoup some of these expenditures where "battery club" was
concerned.
The gift was a 75 in one Electronics Kit. It was pretty cool, well organized and fun to
put together. I completed pretty much
all the projects in the kit (there are bound to be a few that just didn't
excite me) and got my full value out of the toy. I have seen modern versions of the toy, but
it just doesn't fill me with any great warmth--maybe it seems too easy.
Sadly, it did not imbue me with a great love for electronics
and that is one thing that holding back my progress on my railroad. I solder only when I have to, and there isn't
anything overly fancy or complex on my railroad.
As I have written, I received lots of educational toys and
enjoyed most of them. These days I have
to go to stores that specialize in this kind of thing. I find them fun and I encourage all of you
parents out there to do the same. There
are lots of great educational toys--but they work best when you get involved in
doing/building/experimenting with your children.
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