About K'NEX

K'NEX is one of the most successful construction kits in the world, second in popularity only to Lego. It is based around a series of "Rods", which can be joined together by "Connectors" such as the one shown in our logo. Once they have mastered using these simple components, children (and even adults!) can use their imagination to make potentially millions of different working models.

It is ease of use and versatility that make K'NEX such a good investment for educational purposes, whether at home, or in schools, clubs, family learning or post-16 education. You will find that there is no upper age limit for enjoying K'NEX - it is suitable for all ages from 5 to adult. There is also a version of K'NEX with bigger components for under 5 year olds, called Kid K'NEX (see below).

Building K'NEX models helps children and adults to understand subjects such as structures, forces and simple machines, in the way that Meccano educated an earlier generation. However, Meccano was aimed and advertised exclusively at boys, whereas both girls and boys find K'NEX easy and enjoyable to use. K'NEX can also often be used effectively by children with learning difficulties, once they have mastered the basic techniques for joining Rods and Connectors together.

A further strength of K'NEX is that, when used to set Challenges, it can help both children and adults to develop skills such as innovation skills, problem-solving skills and team-working skills. These are skills that will be much sought after by employers, whether the child grows up to become an engineer or an artist.

The most recent developments in the K'NEX world are Micro K'NEX and K'NEX bricks, as explained below.

About K'NEX
About Kid K'NEX

About Kid K'NEX

The original K'NEX can be used successfully by some children aged 3 and 4, with supervision, but some children may find that their fingers are not strong enough to join K'NEX Rods to Connectors.

The manufacturers of K'NEX recognised this problem, and in 2003 brought out the Kid K'NEX range, as seen in the photo opposite. This is suitable for children aged 3 to 7, so there is some overlap in age range with traditional K'NEX.

Kid K'NEX is a version of K'NEX with larger, chunkier Rods and Connectors that small hands can more easily join together. The bright, almost fluorescent colours appeal to young children, but undoubtedly the most attractive feature of Kid K'NEX are the extra components such as eyes and wheels, as the photo shows.

In our view, the new Kid K'NEX fully upholds the K'NEX tradition, of being a product that children love to play with, but from which they can also gain significant educational benefits.

About Micro K'NEX


A further development in the last few years has been Micro K'NEX. This is a system that includes all the rods, connectors, gears etc that will be familar to users of traditional K'NEX, but manufactured to a smaller scale.

As the photo shows, Micro K'NEX can be connected to traditional K'NEX via "transition rods".		About Micro K'NEX
About K'NEX bricks

About K'NEX bricks

The most recent development is K'NEX bricks. The bricks are compatible with the building blocks made by other manufacturers, but the have holes in.

This enables any K'NEX brick to be connected to traditional K'NEX via "adaptors", as shown in the photo.

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