SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME FOR KIDS’ HANDS-ON TOY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH. Here’s some stuff that’s done well with my geeky nephew over the years:

1. The GeoTrax Train Set. My nephew loved it at 2, and for quite some time after.

2. The Snap Circuits Electronics Kit. (Also this one.)

3. Penny Norman’s Inventions Kit.

4. The Snap Circuits Radio Controlled Rover.

5. The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle.

6. This Trebuchet Kit.

7. This radio-controlled helicopter.

8. The Dangerous Book For Boys.

He’s a pretty geeky kid. For his birthday last week I got him the Arduino Starter Kit.