When are children ready for Zome?
Children from age 6 love to play with Zome. They start by building simple designs of animals, houses, and free-form designs. Older children and teenagers use the same pieces to build much more advanced designs of rocket ships, crystal flowers, DNA molecules, and architectural designs. Kids get excited about Zome because it’s fun. It is a great way to introduce challenging ideas in math and science. It is helpful in visualizing abstract concepts. Zome enhances creativity and understanding of spatial relationships. Many adults enjoy Zome both as a relaxing modeling tool and for serious exploration of science and math concepts. This is especially true for people interested in art, engineering, mathematics, computers, and architecture. Some children younger than 6 can play with Zome. In order to be able to fit the struts into the holes in the nodes they need to have the same manual dexterity needed to write their name with a pencil. Because of small pieces, Zome is not for children 3 and u
