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K'NEX: The Best Gift
I had never heard of K'NEX prior to Christmas 2006. My 4 year old received a set from his grandma as a gift and I have to say it was the best gift he opened. PlayStations, DVDs, or remote control cars don't measure up to the set he received. Everyday we build a different model and he loves it. We've downloaded model instructions off www.knex.com and have purchased new K'NEX building sets. I just wanted to say "thank you" for making a product that does not involve electronics and promotes family fun time.
A Cherished Memory on a Horrible Day
Last February a tornado came through our community, taking with it much of our home. I started my child on K'NEX a very long time ago, he has always been interested in building things and would like to go to college to be a designer. When this tornado came though our home it took with it my 16 year old's TV, Xbox ®, MP3 player, CD player, radio, and quite a few other things he thought were important. As we were picking up his room, we noticed under the rubble was a blue container, it was full of water, but it also had the K'NEX we had bought him through the years in it. He pulled that box out got a towel and started wiping the K'NEX pieces off. He looked at me, quite surprised and smiled and said, "you can't ruin K'NEX." After 14 hours of hard labor patching and tarping and picking up, my 2 sons and their father sat down on the couch exhausted and began to play with the K'NEX. It was like they were all young again, and I began to thank God that my sons could sit there and play with their father. Thanks for giving me a very cherished memory on a very horrible day.
K'NEXpert Challenge helped me see my son in a different light
I want to thank you for the KNEXpert challenge. Your having the KNEXpert challenge has led me to see my now 8 year old son in a different light. When I bought my 3 children a 275 Tub at a garage sale the first of July 2007, I thought I must have been out of my mind. I looked at the pictures and thought what have I done, instantly my 3 children ages 7, 6, and 4 started building. My oldest opened the book and went to the windmill and started building it. He never even asked for help. Learn more about Christian's story...
Hannah's Enthusiasm and Interest in K'NEX
Hannah decided that the theme for her Bat Mitzvah party would be K'NEX.
Hannah is the youngest of 3 girls and has been building with K'NEX since a very early age. In late 2006, she needed to build a model of Skylab for a school science project and decided that K'NEX would be the perfect material for building the project. As luck would have it, just after presenting her project in class, a fellow student noticed an advertisement for the 2007 K'NEXpert search and her teacher and friends all encouraged her to enter the contest. Learn more about Hannah's story...
Keep Up The Great Work Andrew!!
12 Year old continues to amaze with K'NEX creations!.
I would like to personally thank you for designing a very fun, educational, physical, motivational toy for kids of all ages and especially for kids with disabilities. My Son was diagnosed at age 2 with Hypotonia, (weak muscle tone) and early gross and fine motor skills disorder. He started playing with K'NEX when he was 4 years old and became very addicted to this amazing toy. Andrew is now 12 years old and still spends hours and hours on the floor of his playroom and builds these amazing structures from buildings to robots to characters from a movie or cartoon straight from his imagination. The models he comes up with astonishes my husband and I and the rest of our family and of course his friends. Andrew's fine motor skills have developed through years of physical and occupational therapy but his therapists very much agree that the amount of time Andrew spends playing with K'NEX has helped him tremendously. Andrew has accomplished so much physically and mentally though his young life and it's great to know that K'NEX is and always will be a good tool for our son. He wants to be an engineer and build a real skyscraper one day! We are so proud of you Andrew! Thank you K'NEX!!
Way to Go, Chris!
Child finds motivation through building with K'NEX.
When my son was three months old he was diagnosed with having had a substantial stroke, affecting a major part of his brain. Due to this he has struggled to overcome a right-side weakness and has had intensive therapies to overcome gross and fine motor deficits. His uncle gave him his first tub of K'NEX when he was four years old. We thought, "There's no way he'll be able to use that toy!" But something about the K'NEX struck a chord within my son and he was determined to play with them despite his physical challenges. When he was seven years old he was further diagnosed with autism. He is now in a special school and his teachers and therapists have continued to use K'NEX to motivate him and improve his physical and educational progress. My son makes very complex structures that he's very proud of! Thank you for a fantastic toy!
Merry Christmas, Pablo!
Special 4 year old finds focus and reward in KID K'NEX building.
I was introduced to KID K'NEX on Christmas of 2004. I was having a lot of trouble with my child who had just turned 3 and this was really the only game that he fell totally in love with and kept his attention.
In February of 2005, we came to realize that my son had a form of autism. The one thing that kept my son motivated and focused and actually helped us through difficult situations was the KID K'NEX set.
Big "Hassle" No Big Deal for Louisville Student
Student-built mini coaster demonstrates physics.
LOUISVILLE - A 75-foot-long winding and looping fast track is the result of Justin Bair's pursuit of fun and desire to "toy" with the laws of science.
Called "The Hassle," the plastic miniature roller coaster sits as sort of a backdrop in a Louisville High School physics classroom. Its academic value is demonstrated as the small, four-wheel cart travels the track, illustrating how velocity, friction and gravity govern motion.
