2020 Cybersecurity Holiday Gift Guide for Kids
Grab some wrapping paper: These STEM toys and games are sure to spark creativity and hone coding and logic skills among a future generation of cybersecurity pros.
December 1, 2020
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This past year has been a real balancing act for cybersecurity pros, who, among their steep work responsibilities have been caring and homeschooling their kids due to pandemic-forced school closures. Yet this trying time also has provided many with the opportunity to expose their kids to to their own day-to-day subject matters.
In that spirit, we offer some creative and fun gifts that can nudge kids toward experimentation, engineering, coding, and the other fundamentals of computer science and hacking disciplines.
Price: $48.99
Ages: 3 and up
Encourage design thinking and creative engineering with this modular tube and block kit that can be used to make epic blanket forts, pretend cars, rocket ships, and more. The plastic design means it can be taken outside to get cooped-up kids some much-needed Vitamin D.
Price: $29.99
Ages: 3 and up
This non-motorized junior erector set can be used to build a range of different robots, dinos, cars, airplanes, and more. Kids will learn how to drive bolts and engineer their creations using both manual and battery-powered tools.
Price: $78.99
Ages: 5 and up
Help kids start their coding education with this introductory toy that combines physical and digital cues to teach logic, coding fundamentals, and the basics of programming. The kit comes with a tablet adapter that interacts with 31 tangible coding blocks that work kids through a number of fun games and puzzles.
Price: $27.96
Ages: 6 and up
This kit encourages grade school kids to pick up the basics of binary codes, encryption, algorithms, and pixilation through a "lab" that's ideal for hands-on learners. They'll make binary necklaces, mystery mazes, pixelated pictures using beads, and ancient encryption devices.
Price: $54.02
Ages: 8 and up
This classic electronics kit for beginners brings the concepts of circuit-making in a building blocks fashion. There's no soldering required, as all the pieces snap into the board, making it easier to teach circuit principles in a physically immediate way at a younger age. Kids can engage in a range of experiments with this particular kit, including building an AM radio, a two-finger touch lamp, and a lie detector.
Price: $29.99
Ages: 10 and up
Get kids off their screens with a board game you can play together. This one helps them develop the kinds of critical thinking and reasoning skills that establish foundational core programming knowledge. The game has participants play the part of coder, hacker, and security engineer to solve 120 challenges that range in difficulty.
Price: $19.98
Ages: 13 and up
When older kids are ready to graduate from Snap Circuits to the real deal, treat them to their first soldering kit. This one comes with a range of accessories, including a soldering pump and multimeter to get budding hardware hackers quickly up and running.
Price: $19.98
Ages: 13 and up
When older kids are ready to graduate from Snap Circuits to the real deal, treat them to their first soldering kit. This one comes with a range of accessories, including a soldering pump and multimeter to get budding hardware hackers quickly up and running.
This past year has been a real balancing act for cybersecurity pros, who, among their steep work responsibilities have been caring and homeschooling their kids due to pandemic-forced school closures. Yet this trying time also has provided many with the opportunity to expose their kids to to their own day-to-day subject matters.
In that spirit, we offer some creative and fun gifts that can nudge kids toward experimentation, engineering, coding, and the other fundamentals of computer science and hacking disciplines.
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