First kids kit - CODING and ROBOTICS

Meet Sam. This cute little peanut butter and jelly sandwich is actually a robot that teaches kindergarten and early elementary school children coding principles and skills.

No tablet, smartphone, or computer is needed to program this robot; the programs are created simply by arranging the correct sequence of physical code cards. As the robot moves over the code cards, the OID optical scanner on the bottom reads the cards one by one and runs the corresponding program. Then, place the robot on the grid-patterned map cards, and it will execute the program. You can program the robot to move in different directions, activate additional mechanisms, light up its LED, make various sounds, and respond to different function cards. The integrated output equipment allows you to build simple robotic creations with arms or other moving parts that respond according to the programmed instructions.

Skills:

• Attention concentration
• Perseverance

Through a series of building and coding lessons, this robot kit also teaches physical engineering and problem-solving skills. All 30 lessons are aligned with computer science teaching standards developed by the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), as well as the Code.org curriculum. The lessons progressively increase in difficulty as you flip through the illustrated instruction book, making this kit suitable for very young children as young as four (with parental guidance) and older children up to eight. The lessons cover six core programming concepts: sequencing, loops, events, conditionals, functions, and variables.

Besides Sam, there are five additional stories, each presenting model-building and coding challenges along with related lessons: a mouse navigating a maze to find cheese; a penguin wandering around a zoo; a soccer player kicking the ball into the goal; a fire truck putting out a fire; and a factory robot performing tasks at the factory. The colorfully illustrated instruction guide serves as a roadmap, guiding young learners through coding lessons and helping them build various models.