In this post we show you a list of the Best Arduino Books for Kids. The Arduino is a great tool to inspire and get kids interested in the world of electronics and programming. It allows them to build their own gadgets, toys, tools, or any creations they have in mind.
With the right resources, learning Arduino can be a piece of cake. In this post we provide a list of the best Arduino books for kids, that can also be a good resource for parents and educators.
Arduino Project Handbook: 25 Practical Projects to Get You Started
$15.47 in stock
Arduino project Handbook is a compilation of 25 fun and interactive projects to get started with the Arduino. This is a project’s book with a learn by doing approach that starts with simple LED projects and evolves into more complex and interesting ones as the book proceeds, like an intruder alarm, a weather station, plant monitor, and much more.
The book gives you all the resources to build the projects like schematics, downloadable code, and places on where to find the needed parts. Mark Geddes wrote this book to help him teach his 10-year-old building projects with the Arduino. However, the book is suitable for kids of all ages: beginners, hobbyists, parents and educators.
There is also a second volume of this book with plus 25 new projects.
Sylvia's Super-Awesome Project Book: Super-Simple Arduino (Volume 2)
20 used from $2.64
Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Project book is a book written by a kid for kids. This is a fun, simply written, beautifully illustrated, and very approachable book for children that want to start learning Arduino. This book is a great way to get children involved and curious about electronics, coding, science and engineering.
Kids will learn by building projects like an adjustable strobe light, digital musical instruments, and much more. The book doesn’t go too deep into the topics, so that it easy for children to follow along. This book is suitable for kids with ages from 8 to 12.
Getting Started with Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform (Make)
$18.99 in stock
This book was written by Massimo Banzi (co-found of the Arduino project), and Michael Shiloh. The book covers all the basic information you need to get started in a way that is easy to understand. This is a great way to learn how to do simple stuff like blinking an LED, or using a pushbutton to turn something on. You’ll also learn how to build simple circuits on a breadboard and how to use LEDs, button switches, photoresistors, and temperature and humidity sensor.
Adventures in Arduino
17 used from $6.00
Adventures in Arduino is a beginner’s guide directed to 11-to-15 year old kids. The book teaches Arduino to kids by building 9 exciting projects. It starts by explaining the basic concepts like installing the Arduino IDE, and uploading code, and then jumps into the projects. The projects include working with LEDs, breadboard, shift registers, sounds, motors, and much more. This is also a great resource for parents and educators.
Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches, Second Edition
$7.99 in stock
37 used from $2.20
Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches is an Amazon best seller. This book focus on programming the Arduino step-by-step using the C/C++ programming language. This is a great guide and suitable for anyone who is just getting started into the Arduino world.
This book assumes you have no previous knowledge, and does a great job explaining what each section of code does, so that you can really understand what the code does, instead of just copy/paste code.
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Wrapping Up
In this post we’ve shown you the Best Arduino Books for Kids. Some of them are also suitable for grown-ups, or basically anyone who is just getting started into the world of digital electronics and programming.
Giving one of these books to your children, alongside an Arduino Starter Kit, can be a good way to get them involved in electronics and coding, while building cool projects together.
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