This is our first review of Superpower Academy! I am a big fan of kids subscription boxes, especially those that get my kids off their iPads and the TV! Superpower Academy is one of those boxes – packed with activities while also encouraging kids social and emotional development.
What is Superpower Academy?
Superpower Academy is an award-winning educational subscription box for kids ages 5-10. Each month, you'll get STEM, Social-Emotional Learning & Literacy for the next generation of heroes. Monthly “Secret Missions” with hands-on maker projects, comic books and stories of real heroes promote a growth mindset, mindfulness, and skills like resilience, courage and empathy.
Price: $29.95/month or as low as $27.08/month
Shipping: FREE (US)
Ships to: US
DEAL:
Save 10% off any subscription or gift with this link and coupon code SPRINGFUN.
Subboxy received this box for review purposes. All opinions are our own.
Superpower Academy “Flight” Welcome Box Review
We are reviewing the Flight Welcome Box which is designed to promote a Growth Mindset, Perseverance, and Resilience.
This Flight Welcome Box shipped in a black box with wording that says “Someone Thinks You Are Super”. It also has a message that says this is a “Super Secret Delivery – For Kids Eyes Only”. This adds to the mysteriousness of what's inside the box, all at the same time is a confidence booster for kids. I love that.
Here is our first peek into the box! The wording on the top of the box is really important. You can also see there is a super secret message box that also says to press here. When we pressed the button we got a really cool recording from “Coy” who is the Mentor to Everyone Super. He tells you about the missions that you need to complete on the right side of the box.
Here are a couple of the informational booklets that were in the box. One is a newspaper talking about how “The World Is In Trouble”. The other is a “Crash And Learn” comic book that has a story about a boy who crashed and learned on making rocket wings so he can fly, but kept trying and finally found flight.
This is an all color comic book with some awesome life lessons on growth mindset.
We also got a “Do Not Disturb” Sign. My eight year old son really love this sign and immediately put it on his bedroom door. He is often very busy “saving the world”, so this door hanger was perfect for him.
We also got a box with a Superpower Toolkit.
Inside this Superpower Toolkit were some stickers, decorated blue tape, rubber bands, and metal washers.
We also got a retractable measuring tape. I think my son enjoyed this to all the most oh, because he started measuring everything in our family room. 🙂
The activity and ask it is making Freddie's Glider. This booklet has instructions on how to make the airplane activity in this kit.
My kids love assembling things using pictures, so I really appreciated the pictures and instructions in this booklet.
The booklet also included some areas to make flight notes and also encouraged my son to draw some pictures. This was nice because it helped to spur some creative thinking for him.
We got three wooden glider bodies that will serve as the base of our planes. These glider bodies were carved with an amazing amount of detail and precision.
We also got heavyweight sheets that had the wings with lines telling you where to cut (dotted line) and fold (red lines).
Here's a look at everything that we got in our box!
I'll show you now some photos that my son and I took while we were working on reading, learning, and creating together.
My son was really into a comic book oh, and I made sure that he told me what he learned in the story. The moral that he came up with was “Don't Give Up”. This is a lesson that sometimes even adults need to remember. 🙂
Then we started working on Freddie's glider activity.
My son and I started by cutting out the paper wings.
Then, as directed by the instruction booklet. He started taping the wings together.
Once he folded the wings and added them to the glider body, this is what the plane looked like.
My other two kids, who are age 12 and 10, also got to create a plane for themselves. The rubber bands were used to hold the paper wings in place on the glider body. The washers were used to help weigh the nose down.
I've heard a lot about growth mindset at my kids' school. When kids have a growth mindset they think they have potential to succeed, which makes them put in more effort. This usually leads to higher achievement.
In Summary
Our first review of Superpower Academy was delightful! The glider activity itself was perfect for my eight year old son and me to spend some quality time together away from his iPad and our TV. While I can say Superpower Academy is somewhat similar to Kiwi crate, it also includes life lessons that will help make kids more confident and successful in general. Given all the outside influences on my kids today, I think Superpower Academy is a great choice to help supplement my parenting to help set my kids up for success in the future.
What did you think of the Superpower Academy Flight Welcome Box?
DEAL:
Save 10% off any subscription or gift with this link and coupon code SPRINGFUN.
Superpower Academy
Superpower Academy is an award-winning educational subscription box for kids ages 5-10. Each month, you'll get STEM, Social-Emotional Learning & Literacy for the next generation of heroes. Monthly “Secret Missions” with hands-on maker projects, comic books and stories of real heroes promote a growth mindset, mindfulness, and skills like resilience, courage and empathy.
Save 10% off any subscription or gift with this link and coupon code SPRINGFUN.
