Best STEM Toys For 6 Year Olds

Build your very own custom race car and learn all about mechanics? Sounds like fun! Just follow the simple step-by-step instructions to assemble the 34 parts. Along the way, you’ll get to use real tools to fix bolts and snap nuts onto the flexible plastic parts. Put your own stamp on the car with the included stickers. Zoom zoom!

This STEM toy is as mesmerising as it is educational. Learn all about kinetic energy by taking the magical steel coil, slipping it over your hand and letting it flow across your arms. This incredible spring will cascade around just about any object—or pass it from your arm to your friend’s. It’s like a slinky, only much cooler!

Six-year-old inventors, listen up! The three experiments in this fun kit teach kids all about the scientific principles of momentum and energy. Create a mechanical grabber, build a crane with a pulley system, and animate a frog that climbs along a piece of string. The perfect gift for a budding designer, engineer or entrepreneur!

Young scientists will discover hours of entertainment in this all-in-one digital microscope that magnifies up to 54x. The egg-shaped microscope is perfectly sized and shaped for little hands. Angle Zoomy over objects and focus in with a simple twist. Coolest of all, Zoomy can connect to both PC and Mac via a simple USB connection, which means you can take photos and videos of your discoveries. Seeing really is believing!

Looking for the perfect gift for an aspiring astronomer or astronaut? This kit fits the bill, as it’s full of easy hands-on, space-themed experiments. Construct a solar system, discover if plants can grow on other planets and so much more! A fun way to prepare for those future NASA job applications.

Kids love yucky bugs, which makes this grow kit a brilliant present. The box contains everything they need to bring carnivorous Venus Flytraps and Pitcher Plants to life—just add water. The kit also comes with a booklet brimming with bug-based puzzles. Wild, wonderful biological fun—and helpful for keeping the flies away!

Explore the wonders of the natural world with these top-quality, easily adjustable binoculars. Featuring 6x magnification and robust rubber armour, these binos are the ultimate adventure accessory. Best of all, they’re lightweight and come with a carry case. A brilliant way to encourage kids to enjoy the great outdoors!

Looking for a toy that combines science and concentration skills? Six-year-olds will be mesmerised by this wooden balancing game , which features magnetic discs that you must stack to solve. Each of the six disks rotate on a different axis, causing them to crazily spin and swivel every which way. The ultimate challenge toy, and a fabulous way to improve focus and fine motor skills!

Travel the world without leaving your house with this amazing high-tech globe. Touch the interactive smart pen against any point on the globe to learn 1,000 cool facts about continents, countries, animals, nature and more. The informative audio is voiced by wildlife conservationist, Bindi Irwin. Think you’ve learned it all? Test your knowledge with some fun games—a thorough geography lesson packed into a 12-inch globe! 

Learn all about lifecycles with this lovely, rewarding kit! The beautiful, reusable butterfly habitat comes with a feeding pipette, activity guide, instructions, and a voucher that you can redeem to receive a set of five caterpillars. Then, watch the caterpillars grow and transform into chrysalides. Soon, they’ll be beautiful butterflies that you can release into the wild. Fabulous fun!