My Favorite Toys - Learning Resources Playground Engineering & Design STEM Set

I bought this Playground Engineering & Design Set by Learning Resources a few years ago in Amazon for a present. I wanted something fun but very heavily STEM related for a 5 year old girl, and this seem like a great idea.

When she opened the present, she was fascinated to see a playground, and a bit disappointing when at opening the box she saw she had to build it :D That's ok, I told her it was part of the fun and I would help her. Once she started playing with it and realized she could build it however she wanted, combine the pieces however she felt, she was so excited.

We played for a long time, building the set, making the play people use the playground, undoing the set and redoing it again. Her younger sister either trying to add some extra pieces, or using the second play person to use the set. She was having fun and learning Engineering concepts without even knowing!

I love this play set, it's great quality, it's fun, it's very smartly created to let kid's creativity flow, and the price is on point. Three years after, whenever I need a new gift for a new kid I still come back to this one as one of my first options, and I'm just waiting for my son to reach the right age to buy it for him.

If you are looking for a fun STEM project for your 5-6 year old, give this one a chance, you won't regret it!

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