EEME / Electronic Projects for Kids - A Mosaic Review

Looking for some fun science projects?  As a part of Mosaic Reviews, I was asked to try out one of the projects from EEME.  Jack Pien, the founder of EEME, was dissatisfied with all the educational toys out there and wanted something that not only could children build themselves, but also learn about what they were building.  We got to try the Genius Light project (scroll down almost to the middle of the page).

The contents of our Genius Light Project kit

EEME offers hands-on project kits with video references for kids ages 7 - 12 years old.  I do think older kids (and even younger kids - with parental guidance) would also enjoy and be able to use these kits.  They have two choices when it comes to the monthly subscriptions:

• Builder (Basic)  -  $18.95 / month
• Builder (Pro)  -  $29.95 / month

We enjoyed working on this together and my husband was even able to join in on the fun.  I loved how the videos walked us (especially me - one with little knowledge and understanding of putting these things together) through the entire project.  It was a GREAT step by step learning experience.  All of my children enjoyed putting this together - even the "not so interested in much of anything educational" 16 year old.

Our version after watching the video

Video reference

The kids all got to do something - the videos had us changing things up a few times to see how different ways of arranging the wires & resistors had different outcomes on our finished project.

An screenshot of one of the videos included in this project

Showing different ways to build

The light is working!

Redoing the wires

Changing things up again

Our finished project was pretty neat!  The kids were excited to see it work and they enjoyed, even more, knowing how it worked.  They had the basic concept of the circuits and electricity down before this project, but they really did learn some new things.  I enjoyed the video portions of the lessons.  EEME does have the option to sign up to watch FREE online lessons to teach your kids electronics.

Finishing Up!

Finished Project!

EEME is offering my readers their first month FREE towards a subscription (meaning you would get the Genius Light project - that I received) by clicking here to sign up.  This offer ends on September 16, 2013 - so, act quickly!  If you have any questions - you can reach the founder, Jack, by email :  info@eeme.co

You can view other reviews of EEME  by visiting Mosaic Reviews.

Review - A Blog Planner

As our first review for the Mosaics Review Team we were given a choice of FREE printable blog planners to try out and review.  I'll admit - it took me forever to choose which planner to use, but I finally decided on this Yearly Blog Plan"her" by Homeschool Creations.  I am SO glad that I decided on this one!

I'll preface this review by saying that I have never really planned my blogging.  In fact, my blogging hasn't been timely in any sense.  I've been more of a sporadic blogger with exceptions to that rule when I feel I have something to say or something that needs to be heard.  Now, I'll continue by saying that I plan to blog much, much more.  The long term goal of using a blog planner is, in every sense, to help you organize your thoughts and ultimately end up being able to schedule your posts.  Now, I am headed down the right track and much of it is because of this planner.

The first thing I did was go through all of the printable options.  That helped me decide exactly what I would print.  From there I simply used my "handy dandy" three-hole puncher and prepared my pages to fit into my folder.  You could, also, take your pages to a place like Office Depot and have them spiral bound.  I wasn't 100% sure that I'd be using this for long so I didn't take that route.  However - NOW?  Well, now I will be doing that.  I use this planner more than I ever thought I would!

I LOVE the fact that when Jolanthe of Homeschool Creations created this planner she included everything I would need or want.  The 60 page planner includes a pretty cover page (this is what first caught my eye), 12 month at-a-glance pages with a focus list, pages to track reviews & giveaways, space to jot down some ideas, weekly post tracking pages, and tons more.  I printed tons of the additional planning help pages!

 

I won't take a photo of my websites & blogs page (complete with a place to put your passwords - hence why I'm not posting the photo), but I use it for everything!  It's really helped me organize myself & all my pages.  Other optional pages include twitter hashtags, blog statistics, income & expense sheet, and EVEN a mileage tracker.  I don't, personally, have the need for the mileage tracker just yet - but, I did include it in my planner for future happenings.

The last thing I'll mention about this planner is the color scheme - it's a pretty pastel green & pink.  I was looking for something "easy on the eye" as well as something that wouldn't take up too much printer ink - after all, I knew I'd be printing a lot of pages!  You could certainly print it out in black & white to save on the ink usage.

You can't go wrong with this planner.  Give it a try - even if you think a blog planner isn't for you.  It sure made my blogging much easier and I know I'll be using it for a very long time!