Zane & His Robots

I love this robot.  Zane and Zach have so much fun working on projects together with it.  I can see it developing into so much more as the years go by too.

We are still in the phase where he wants to build already designed robots, but he finds the projects on his own, and does most of the building.  He does ask for help with pieces that he can't get together (some of them are really tough to get together, even for me).  Zach helps him troubleshoot when he runs into problems or wants to modify something.

These are no small projects either.  Zane started this particular robot in the early afternoon, and he was late to bed by the time he got it up and running.  It is worth it though.

Marble Runs

One of Zane's favorite things to do is build and play with marble runs.  It has been his favorite since he was just a little guy.  We used to use it during his ST, with each piece being the thing he was working for during ABA therapy.  Over the years his collection of blocks and marble run pieces have gradually increased, and Zora has decided that she also enjoys marble runs.  Over time, it has become a family activity to pull out a portion of the blocks and start building, combing multiple sets of runs and blocks to make new and interesting marble mazes.