Introducing HTML – or why websites look like
E.A.K. (Erase All Kittens) is a very bizarre online platform game that teaches children how to code in HTML and CSS by encouraging them to hack into the game’s levels to solve puzzles. The ...
Category Archives: Reviews
Cubelets
Quite simply, the best bit of kit we have ever used for introducing children to the maker culture, control technology, robots, coding and the rest. Cubelets are horrifically expensive but ...
Introducing Dash and Dot
Dash and Dot are absolutely our favourite robots for use in a primary school. They are expensive but worth every penny and we have always bought them on eBay for approximately 50% of the RRP for ...
Best apps for teaching programming
Big thanks to teacher Melissa Taylor for her review of her favourite coding apps. We tried them all out and think she is spot on with her comments. We have added ours in italics!
Writing Programs: Teaching Basics (Age 5+)
Lightbot Jr is a program that develops coding skills incrementally. Here we focus on Level 1 (Basics)
Dash +Dot (all ages)
We think these are some of the best robots around for 4-8 year olds and even older children love them.
MaKeyMaKey – What’s the point?
This is a question I’ve been asked a few times by teachers. It’s lots of fun but what are the kids actually learning? Well for a start setting up the MaKeyMaKey is like setting up a ...
Daisy the Dinosaur
Introducing younger children to using simple programming commands on a computer to make a cartoon dinosaur move and negotiate obstacles. Daisy the ...