Gather your materials. You will need some Hexbug Nanos , habitats, and bridges. I have links to the exact toys we have at the end of the post. If you want to take a more hands on approach you could try making your own bristle bots and make your own mazes with Lego! With a little extra planning there is no reason you have to use these exact toys.
Set up the course. We don’t have a ton of tracks so our courses were short but we made two identical ones with what we had. You could do this with one track and a stopwatch too, just send the bugs in one and a time and time them.
After you set the courses turn the bugs on and the first one to do the whole course and find the exit wins.
We turned the races into a championship having the winners of each race go head to head until we had a grand champion. My son decided to make the winner a medal with a pipe cleaner and bead.
Some activities have a clear academic goal,some are about creating something together, some are for physical development, and some are just about having fun with your kids. They are all important.
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Hexbug Nano Hex Cells
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