Do you want to introduce your younger child to STEM topics? While there are tons of great books and documentaries, nothing beats hands-on application. Engineering Ants combines fun with engineering and problem-solving for young kids.
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Engineering Ants is, in theory, an excellent game. It says for ages 5+, but I think as long as your kids aren’t swallowing small pieces anymore, it would be great for younger kids. Do note, though, that if you have toddlers or crawling babies underfoot, this might not be the best game.
This is a cooperative, creative thinking/engineering game. Like I said, in theory, excellent, and we love cooperative games, particularly for younger kids. My problem comes in that most of the obstacles can either just be walked around, or flown over. Or walked over. As my husband said, my logic gets in the way of having a good time. When we played, everyone that had ideas could build, and we tried to build something new for each obstacle.
We were running into problems having enough pieces for our builds. We usually had to build one creation at a time before taking it apart for the next build. In some builds there just weren’t enough connectors or caps.
Engineering Ants gameplay is all luck
As far as the luck vs strategy factor goes, the actual gameplay is all luck. The strategy generally comes in only in building the creations. I did have to explain to my son that he didn’t want to land on the anteater. We were trying to get all the ants back to the anthill before the anteater got to the ant hill.
Overall, if my kids were younger, we’d keep Engineering Ants. We also have other creative thinking, engineering, and STEM toys, so it didn’t really fill a unique need for us. But if you’re still not sure, head on over to our YouTube channel and check out our play-through.