Gears! Gears! Gears!® Glowing PatternGears™

Encourage hands-on STEM exploration with Gears! Gears! Gears!® Glowing PatternGears™ from Learning Resources. Designed for children aged 4 and up, this interactive set lets kids create and spin gear-powered patterns, adding glow-in-the-dark stickers to see how their designs transform in light and dark.

This STEM construction set promotes critical thinking, sequencing, and understanding of cause and effect as children turn the crank to set patterns in motion. By combining engineering principles with visual discovery, the set makes learning about motion, symmetry, and design both engaging and intuitive.

Children can mix and match gears, quarter circles, and glow-in-the-dark stickers to create new patterns repeatedly, testing and redesigning their creations for endless creative play. The 58-piece set includes 18 gears, five bases, a crank handle, 32 quarter circles, three sets of glow-in-the-dark stickers, and an Activity Guide with pattern ideas to support guided or independent exploration.

• LEARNING OUTCOMES: Children explore cause and effect and early engineering as they build glowing gear patterns. Turning the crank shows how connected pieces move together, supporting early mechanical understanding.
• DEVELOPMENTAL FIT:Designed for ages 4+, the pieces offer a gentle challenge suited to growing fine motor skills. Children can use the set independently once they understand how the gears connect and turn.
• CHILD USAGE: Children build flat patterns on the bases, add glow in the dark stickers, and turn the crank to see the design move. Patterns can be viewed in light or dark for added observation and comparison
• PARENT REASSURANCE: This manual turn set contains small parts and is not suitable for children under 3. Builds work best when kept flat on a table, and glow effects appear once stickers are charged under a light source.
• CONTENTS & MATERIALS: Includes 18 gears, 5 bases, 32 quarter circles, a crank handle, and 3 sets of glow in the dark stickers. Pieces are compatible with all Gears sets for extended building options.