Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids: Family-Friendly Projects for Exploring and Teaching Math, Science, History, and Culture Through Creative Building (Volume 7) (Lab for Kids, 7) Flexibound – Sticker Book, June 1, 2016

I bought this book for my 9 year old daughter, who is a Minecraft player and homeschooled and so far it has been a success! It includes six units or "quests", with four labs each. Each lab is completed by doing two separate activities that correlate: one "in game" and one "out of the game" or real life family activity. After completing both, you will earn a sticker badge. The activities are so fun and creative! She is fascinated and I am learning about Minecraft from her. It truly encourages parent-child interaction using this marvelous game as a point of connection.

The book is very cute. Lots of things to do. The scavenger hunt was our favorite part.

I think this book should actually be called Minecraft Lab for Kids and Their Parents. I'm both a teacher who has been around the obsessive nature of my Minecraft loving students and a father of an 8 year old boy and 10 year old girl who have been playing some version of Minecraft for the past 18 months. When I received a copy of this book my son told me that we would finally have to step and buy the official PC version of the game as he had been playing the iPad version since day one. We split the difference on the $26 version and he jumped right in, mostly putting the book to the side as he began to build with the expanded blocks like redstone and TNT.As a parent and a teacher what I value most about the book is that it throws me right into what is possible over a large range of projects, from growing a garden, to building a musical instrument to building an airplane. These are all things I personally want to try out myself. Giving parents a map to potential Minecraft projects gives me both the language and the direction to engage more deeply with this world that my son and daughter are so fascinated with. The simple and clean layout, images and chapters are also a plus.As someone who likes to engage in the physical world, and wants my children and students to move more easily between digital and physical projects, I can appreciate the "out-of-game" activities like planting seeds, building a matchbox guitar and folding a paper airplane. But as a connection to the game it feels like a bit of a stretch. My son didn't seem that interested in them and I wouldn't do them on my own. My son wants to jump right into the game itself. I think there are all sorts of opportunities to connect the game with the real world, but those work best when they interact with each other. There are a lot of interesting things being done with the Makey Makey to make the "in-game" interactive with the "out-of-game". [...]Overall this is a great tool for parents and teachers who want jump into the world of Minecraft.

What an excellent resource for parents and educators alike. This book is packed with endless tips and resources to let families jump into the world of Minecraft together. I was sold by page 11! Features of this book that make it a must-have include hands on activities to do with kids 'out of the game' that are followed by 'in game' challenges and experiences. I am an educator and plan to share this with families in our county. Kids will LOVE being able to share their Minecraft knowledge with others while learning math, science, history and culture. This would be a great gift for a child, a family or a teacher.

I purchased this book to find activities to bridge the gap between home and school, as well as virtual and physical worlds. I am a teacher of fifth grade students and have been using Minecraft in my classroom for over a year. This book is such a valuable resource for any teacher or parent looking to connect with their students or children. I really love this book and highly recommend it for any parent or educator looking to expand their use of Minecraft or simply connecting with kids.

Kids lost interest kinda fast

Got this for my son who loves Minecraft. Very neat book for the family. There are several different projects to do that are a lot of fun.

We enjoyed this book because it has simple cute ideas that the kids can do and relate them to things in minecraft. They really enjoy it.