Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#1

Post by mquarks » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 6:38 AM UTC

It's the start of the holidays. My daughter is 11 y/o and I'm currently unemployed. I would like to do some projects with her that may interest her/us while enjoying the time together. Any suggestions/ ideas would be great!

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#2

Post by stefanos82 » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 6:45 AM UTC

Ask her what she finds interesting and based on her answer(s), find the most appealing to you and start designing a logic based on it, a prototype if you will.

Tell her that for this project she will be your project manager that would lead to the fruition of the end product; that would be enough to keep her engaged with the whole process.

Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#3

Post by brudgers » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 12:18 PM UTC

Ask her what she wants to do.

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#4

Post by sandreas » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:15 AM UTC

Build a phoniebox with her (see https://pilabor.com/projects/labelmaker/)

- Some crafting

- Some electronics

- If you wish some programming

- A lot of fun afterwards...

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#5

Post by AutomatedChaos » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:30 AM UTC

https://makezine.com/ https://www.adafruit.com If looking for mini tech projects :)

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:35 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#7

Post by leetrout » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:39 AM UTC

sandreas wrote: post #4

Build a phoniebox with her (see https://pilabor.com/projects/labelmaker/ ) - Some crafting - Some electronics - If you wish some programming - A lot of fun afterwards...

Saving the next person some immediate confusion an extra cliks :) :)

http://phoniebox.de/index-en.html

https://github.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#8

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:40 AM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #3

Ask her what she wants to do.

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Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#9

Post by wahnfrieden » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:43 AM UTC

Swift Playgrounds

Re: Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity

#10

Post by sandreas » Mon, Jul 04, 2022, 11:49 AM UTC

leetrout wrote: post #7

sandreas wrote: post #4

Build a phoniebox with her (see https://pilabor.com/projects/labelmaker/ ) - Some crafting - Some electronics - If you wish some programming - A lot of fun afterwards...

Saving the next person some immediate confusion an extra cliks :) :) http://phoniebox.de/index-en.html https://github.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID

Thanks... I did not think about the confusion, but you are right. My article contains the hint, that I build an RFID based music box for / with my daughter... and of course my programming effort to print labels for the RFID stickers ;)

She is SO happy with this thing, it is a pleasure to look at her still using her wooden RFID tags to play "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book and dancing in her room nearly every day - she is 3 now.