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brumbarchris:

--- Quote ---Work with, not against, the grain here. Make the first project something that gives (almost) instant gratification.
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Yep, that is what I am considering. Make the work towards the goal faster, at least in the first stages, by using "effortless" connectors. So we can "light the LED" faster, or "ring the buzzer" faster.
I am hopeful in time he will get the ability to work longer for a goal and feeling the inner reward for it.

Regards,
Cristian
ataradov:

--- Quote from: phil on May 08, 2018, 10:15:53 am ---Careful with the WAGO lever connectors. They require quite some force to open and they can hurt pretty bad if you get your finger in the way of the lever when closing the connector.
Might not be ideal for a child.
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They do require quite a bit of force to fully open, but I never do. They have a bit of travel at the beginning of the opening cycle, which opens the contacts enough to put in a single stranded hookup wire. So there is no need to fully open them.

I have not tried the transparent ones, but I ordered some, they seem to be more compact.

Also, 8 years is not all that young. I was soldering things on copper clad boards at 8 years with a mains-connected unregulated soldering iron.
bob225:
A simple button cell light, 2 bits of plastic, a piece of foam in the middle

eg. https://www.kitronik.co.uk/2148-squeezy-torch-kit.html
sokoloff:

--- Quote from: brumbarchris on May 08, 2018, 02:05:49 pm ---So we can "light the LED" faster, or "ring the buzzer" faster.
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You might want to look at SnapCircuits or LittleBits or similar then.

I find the pricing of those things unacceptably high for their likely useful lifetime at my house, but the kids have played with them at a local makerspace and enjoyed them for an hour or so. I suspect they'd be fun for 10 hours or so, max, which makes them a "go find a way to borrow" rather than "buy it for life" type of purchase in my book.
sokoloff:
Kids also liked the Makey Makey at a school maker night. I suspect that was more about the video game aspect than the playing a game using odd things as a keyswitch, but it was at least a  little interesting to them. (Here again, I'd try to borrow.)
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