Hands-on Science Activities!

Welcome. We teach hands-on science to kids. We show kids how to become creative, inventive and entrepreneurial through our Kids Invent program. In our hands-on science classes, kids invent toys.

We are a high-enrichment after-school program offered to public and private schools in Hawaii. In our classes, students use concepts of science and technology to invent toys and games. Kids learn all of this while having fun!

Each class introduces one or more concepts of science. The students learn key words and then create toys related to the concepts. These hands-on science activities help them visualize how the concepts work in the real world and how to apply them. 

We strive to use common materials so kids can continue experimenting on their own at home. We want them to be inventors and to enjoy science. To be an inventor, science is key. As a scientist, you experiment to learn and discover new things. Experimenting is also essential for inventors to make their inventions work better.

After each class, we provide the students with class summaries so parents can help reinforce concepts at home. Children become excited when parents show interest in what they do. 

In all our activities, kids invent toys because toys grab their interest and easily spur their imagination.

To view some of the activities available, check our after school program offering. We work with force, motion, energy, pressure, flexibility, among many other concepts of science. We are continually creating new hands-on science inventing activities.

Our Kids Invent Toys™ After School Program gets children to do what they love to do most – be creative! They rev up their imaginations and engage their hands and minds to invent. They have a blast and will be learning essential skills such as:

• creative generation
• problem solving, and
• how to put creative ideas into action

Kids Invent coincides with Hawaii education content and performance standards (General Learner Outcomes). While students invent toys through our classs activities, they also learn to become

• Self-Directed Learners: To be responsible for one's own learning
• Community Contributors: To work together
• Complex Thinkers: To get involved in complex thinking and problem solving
• Quality Producers: To work toward quality performance and quality products
• Effective Communicators: To communicate effectively
• Effective and Ethical Users of Technology: To use varieties of technology effectively and ethically 

Kids Invent activities also meet many of Hawaii's Grade Level Performance Indicator Progression criteria (Hawaii education standards) for science. View how our after school program relates to the criteria by checking out education standards. We also have hands-on science curriculum aimed at enhancing the teaching of specific areas of the education standards for grades K through 6.

Our after school program of science classes are offered through the school year at a number of public and private schools. We also offer special programs during summer and during school intersessions.

If you would like information on how to start a program at your school, please click on:  How to start a Kids Invent program at your school. 

For further information, contact us at

hawaii@kidsinvent.com

Kids Invent! (Hawaii)
4219 Puulani Place
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-5013
(808) 221-6455