Jessy loves the
mail lady,
but the mail lady
doesn't always love Jessy,
especially with the VERY HEAVY boxes of rocks
from all over the world!!!
Jessy and her
Dad digging for Devonian
fossils at the Sylvania Fossil Park in Ohio
Our
Rock and Mineral Kits are all supplied by
Dragon Mountain Treasures - A kid-owned company!
Jessy Chekal started this
delightful company in 2002, after she visited a rock
and mineral show to start a basic collection of her
own. She and her family had been studying Earth Science
in their homeschool and she fell in love with the
bits of earth! Excited,
she began to look for kits to help her get started
economically, however, she only found expensive kits
with little bits glues to cardboard from some third
world country. The specimens were of poor grade and
the kits lacked excitement.
She began to investigate
purchasing large amounts of rocks and designed several
great kits for families to enjoy the art of rockhounding.
She owns and operates her own website, www.RockHoundKids.com
and she also writes a monthly newsletter for kids,
free!
Jessy designs,
creates and assembles all her own kits. She purchases
her own specimens by searching for wholesale large
purchases and also, rockhounds her own materials (wth
permission from land-owners of course!) and also hunts
on eBay to buy up collections from those selling off
their mineral collections.
She will be graduating
from her homeschool studies in 2008 and plans to attend
a local college for her first year of college and
then progress on to a great geology college... she's
thinking about the University of Kentucky, or the
University of Michigan!
Of course, she
loves creating and offering these great Earth Science
kits for kids to help develop the love of rockhounding
and mineral collection that she so loves!
One
of Jessy's Rock Kits....
only $15 postage paid in the USA
We are SO Excited to Announce Jessy's NEW Rock and Mineral Website!
All her rock and mineral kits are now located on the new site!
And she's got some new products as well as some really great deal!
If you’re looking for rocks and minerals for kids, you’ve come to the right place. Kids really seem to love rocks, minerals, and fossils and enjoy collecting them, and sometimes trading them with their rock hound kid friends. It’s educational and fun for the whole family. The great thing about collecting rocks and minerals is that it’s a fun way to learn about earth science, as well as how rock and mineral specimens are formed.
Are you a Grandparent looking for a great gift for you grandchild? You might want to consider a rock and mineral kit for your rock hound grandchild. Fossil kits also make a wonderful gift that will encourage and drive children’s curiosity about geology and earth science. Imagine the look on their faces when they open a rock kit and find gorgeous specimens like amethyst, calcite, geodes, and quartz. The study of rocks and rock formations are fun for kids and adults alike.
You don’t have to have a degree in geology or earth science to be a rock hound. Rocks, minerals, and fossils can be studied and enjoyed by kids of all ages. Each rock kit comes with a booklet or fact sheet of information on the specimens contained in the kits. The various rocks and minerals make for interesting discussion pieces, and you’ll have great samples to show your friends, and fellow rock collectors.
Fossils are rock treasures that kids love to show off to their friends. Rock hounds love to have fossils in their collection along with more attractive rocks and minerals. Fossils have started many a child off to a lifelong study of geology, archaeology, and marine biology. It’s fascinating to find rocks that contain the skeletal frames of marine life, plant life, insects and animals millions of years old.
Are you a school teacher looking for great teaching aids? Rock hound rock and mineral kits are a great way to motivate your students to take an interest geology and earth science. Perhaps you’re planning a science fair, or have a science club, if so, then consider these rocks and minerals for kids at your next fair or meeting.
Kids love to hunt for rocks and fossils, but often there are no places for them to dig, and even if there are, often they are on private property. Rock and mineral kits, and fossil kits are a great way for kids to actually get their hands on these specimens. Rock hound kids will be able to have a collection of rocks and minerals including amethyst, quartz, pyrite, geode, calcite, and many others. Fossils include ammonite, dinosaur bone, turritella, and petrified wood.
Have you ever thought about starting your own rock hound club? A club for adults and children, as well as a great educational hobby for families to share. Rock kits are a wonderful way to get a start in rock collecting, and kids love to trade rocks and minerals with other kids. There are plenty of species of rocks and minerals, and they are not that expensive, and well worth the investment.
If you’re looking for inexpensive rock and mineral specimens for kids, then you need not look any further. We’ve assembled a great variety of rock, mineral, and fossil kits for kids that are inexpensive, yet good sized specimens. If you have a rock hound kid in your house, and you want to encourage them to study rocks and minerals, then we have what you need for you rock collecting little geologist.
Most people struggle with terms like metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous, and rock cycle, and why not, these are terms that scientists use in the field of geology. It’s important to know these terms for sure, but you can still enjoy, collect,, and appreciate rocks, minerals, and fossils. Many a child started their career in geology through collecting rocks and minerals.
If you’re looking for great gift ideas or stocking stuffers, rock and minerals kits are a great idea for you little geologist. Imagine them waking up on Christmas morning to a socking filled with geodes, or amethyst.
