I am getting a bit overwhelmed - I would like to get a basic level of "maker" capabilities at home for my kids but ... it's not the kit, not the hardware, it's the projects
I think I am looking for easy to follow instructions for dads
I think I am looking for easy to follow instructions for dads
I've learned more and had much more fun making little toys, programming basic displays, getting sensor data, etc with arduino and other microcontroller development boards. There is too much already going on in a raspberry pi for it to really be a "blank canvas" for maker projects. Hence you see all of these projects where they are essentially repurposing the existing rpi, not creating their own thing with it. Its not really a "maker" project. Its more like building a computer.
Plus, you will find way more true maker projects targeted for kids for microcontroller development than you would for raspberry pi.
Plus, Arduino has a specialized c/c++ library for it which makes things just awesome for starting out. It's like writing python - stupid easy.