Best Add-on for the Sparkfun Inventors Kit

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My nephew is getting the Sparkfun Kit RTL-11236 for his birthday and I wanted to know what a good add-on for it would be. He is 11 years old, started with the Lego Mindstorms product a while ago and last year joined a robotics team, so I expect him to be pretty comfortable with most of the concepts. I’ve found several ideas looking across the forums and store, such as the LCD Add-On as well as a couple of suggested arduino programming books.

Since I am not as familiar with these things, is there any must have add-ons or tools that would go with the kit best?

Thanks.

JB

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It really depends on what interests him. Does he like making things move, or does he like reading sensors (LCD), or music. I am guessing since he joined a robotics team that he likes to make things move. Which would say maybe a robot chassis with motors and servos.

Maybe something like https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10336