Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine Review
Disclosure: I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of the product for review purposes. The opinions are my own, based on my personal experience with the product.
Only occasionally do I discover a toy that is absolutely exceptional in terms of learning and entertainment value. The Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine toy is one of those rare treasures that is one of those extraordinary toy created specifically to empower little girls!
My six year old daughter, Hannah has two brothers and she loves to build alongside of them. Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine is an engineering toy for girls. It features a character named “Goldie” who is a confident girl inventor who loves to build. Hannah’s eyes lit up with excitement when she first laid eyes on the Goldie Blox™ toy and she said, “WOW, this building set is just for me…..maybe I will let the boys play with me and maybe I won’t” (she did let them play for the record and they loved it too).
What is Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine? It is an Oppenheim Best Toy Award winning construction toy for girls. It features an instructional book complete with design plans so that the child can build along with “Goldie” and create a spinning machine and 14 designs too. I enjoyed passively watching Hannah building her spinning machine and appreciate that this toy encourages valuable skills such as problem solving, engineering applications suitable for children and the confidence and excitement that comes when the project is seen in action. My daughter and her brothers cheered and screamed with joy watching their spinning machine in motion. Once it was complete they had fun rebuilding and trying different engineering designs some of which worked and some which didn’t. When the kids found a design that didn’t work, it was wonderful to see them working together to try to solve the problem.
Hannah continues to play with Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine at least once a day and loves her adventures with “Goldie”. She enjoys trying to read the instructions herself as she is beginning to read more challenging text. If she needs help she will ask me to build with her and it is always a lot of fun for both of us.
Goldie Blox™ and the Spinning Machine empowers girls to feel the confidence to tackle areas that are normally reserved “just for boys” and lets her know that when she grows up she too can be an engineer or architect if this is her passion.
This set includes 1 book, 1 pegboard, 10 axles, 5 blocks, 1 ribbon, 1 crank, 5 washers, 5 characters and 14 design ideas. It would be a perfect gift idea for a special occasion or holiday and is great for homeschoolers too.
You are invited to visit Goldie Blox™ to see this product in action and purchase one for a very special girl in your life!
I like that the product is targeted for girls.
you can buy this product in toys r us
My husband is an Electrical Engineer and our daughter is so good at things like this…I like how it is specifically created for girls.
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I learned that Goldie Blox was founded by Debbie Sterling, a female engineer from Stanford University.
I like that Toys R Us carries it! This will definitely give it more visibility.
I learned I can purchase this at Powell’s books in Portland OR.
Toys r us has it!
I am so impressed by this game! I hadn’t heard of it before but I know it would be a big hit around here and teach some great lessons in the process!
I learned on the Goldie Blox website that 89% of Engineers are male.
It was made by a woman engineer!
get it at Toys r us
I learned that Goldie Blox is sold at Once Upon A Time a store in Asheville about 20 miles from me.
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I learned I can purchase at Toys R Us!
I learned that the company was founded by a woman who is an engineer.
I learned I can purchase it at my local Toys R Us 🙂
I love that Time magazine called this toy designed to inspire female engineers!
this is a toy designed for girls!
GoldieBlox, Inc. is a toy company founded in 2012 by Debbie Sterling, a female engineer from Stanford University. Engineers are solving some of the biggest challenges our society faces
I like that they teach a mechanical skill – for example the belt drive on the spinning machine.
I visited the GoldieBlox website and learned the company was founded by a female engineer.
I love that it encourages girls to build.
They have won quite a few awards!
it can be a Choking Hazard. Not for children under 3 yrs.
We can find this at toys r us, how convenient!
I learned that this toy is avaliable at my local Toys r us.
I learned that it was founded by a female engineer!
I read,”Gold is the new pink”.
i like that they sell it at our favorite store toys r us
I learned that you can buy them at Once Upon A Time or Toys R Us.
I learned that Goldie Blox was founded by a female engineer in 2012.
GoldieBlox offers a much-needed female engineer role model who is smart, curious and accessible
You can buy it at Toys R US
I can pick one up at TOYS R US!!!!!
I like this so much such a great way to let little girls think outside of the box.
founded by a female!
I can but one at Toys That Teach
GoldieBlox is now in retail.
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