Construct and create for kids
Text via Zeit Online:
STOCS is happy to announce that we are nominated for Das Goldene Schaukelpferd, Toy of 2011. STOCS is nominated in the category "For artists and architects. The Goldene Schaukelpferd award is the leading German Toy award for the best toy of the year.
STOCS, the clever cords construction system consists of stiff ropes with flexible ends. STOCS can create stunning structures, made from all sorts of shapes - squares, triangles, pentagons and more. They can beconnected to one another at any point and any angle so the possibilities are endless. STOCS can create small structures or life-size ones - imagine what happens when you take a few small structures and connect them to one another. Really impressive creations come to life! Stocs is designed by Bram van den Haspel.
When creating a structure with STOCS children learn about lines, angles and shapes. This makes STOCS an exciting, engaging way of teaching children about maths, technology and architecture.
- What are triangles, squares and pentagons?
- What does an architect need to think about when he plans a building?
- What’s the best way to build a tall structure?
- What are crystals?
In January 2011 STOCS-XL received the Spielgut recommendation. This spiel gut (good toy) recommendation signifies that this toy has been tested with children and examined by experts with a positive result. Their criteria: play value, material, workmanship, construction, durability, safety, design, size, quantity, quality of the instructions for playing or making and suitability for the appropriate age group.
Via: Zeit.de
