If you don’t mind the kids making a bit of a mess then this is a great toy for teaching them about texture and construction and will get them building, turning and moulding the rocks into all sorts of shapes. Because I needed a new trainer that'd be reliable and provide enough resistance for hard efforts, I was already looking at Kinetic's options.

Sebby really enjoyed playing with this set, particularly manipulating the rock into different shapes and burying the poor workman – I think he could be an industrial accident waiting to happen. This post How to prepare for going back to primary school: An essentials list was written in collaboration with Very. Well, it works great, but it's necessarily a different ride than one would have on a Kickr or a Tacx powered 'smart' trainer, for example. When your careers adviser tells you at your post GCSE appointment that she thinks you should become a librarian, it’s pretty deflating.Since each rider inputs their body weight into the system, the actual or virtual power coming from their bike is translated into fairly realistic performance in the Zwift environment.

The side-to-side motion is not controlled by an app, but some testers found they would lean into turns when riding in Zwift. The Green Toys Build-a-Bouquet is brightly colored 44 piece set including 4 bases, 16 stem and leaf pieces, and 24 flower pieces.I find the phone somewhat difficult to see well when I do interval sessions (a number of which are programmed into the app) and need to keep an eye on the time and watts, but there is an immediate option - plugging the phone into a TV - and a forthcoming option - Chromecasting the app to a TV. I’ve written about how much we love Kinetic Sand before, the kids still choose to play with it regularly.