Thames & Kosmos 567012 Kids First Coding & Robotics | No App Needed | Grades K-2 | Intro To Sequences, Loops, Functions, Conditions, Events, Algorithms, Variables | Parents Choice Gold Award Winner |

One must be very careful with the carton pieces as these are subject to damages. Not fully understand how much damage could thes carton take before it will not work properly anylonger. Good luck!

Fun and enjoy, but the quality of those card board puzzle and coding card can further improve

First of all, I took a bit of a leap on this one because we had mixed results with another kit from the same company (the candy claw machine). It was VERY complex and it ended up my wife and I had to do the bulk of the construction. I worried this would be similarly challenging, bit it is PERFECT for younger kids (I'd say < 8 but even a 10 year old would probably have a blast). And once the physical construction is done that's where the real fun begins. The kit comes with two different types of cards that fit together like jigsaw pieces: programming cards and map cards. You use the former to "program" the bot and the latter to let it "execute" that program from its memory. It's worth mentioning I've had a number of false starts getting my kids (7 and 5) into the basics of coding. Typically the teaching tools I've found are either non-intuitive to a kid, or if they are the principles they impart are often non-transferable. If the lessons gleaned are entirely internal to the game or tool, what good is that? Within 20 minutes of beginning to lay out their programs, my kids were immediately learning highly transferable lessons about syntax, object orientation, debugging, trimming sequences to make them shorter without sacrificing functionality, etc. And all without the need for a complicated tablet app or any such thing. Everything you need comes with the kit. The construction feels hardy enough to withstand even the most brutish kids and the whole thing has the feel of a toy to them. Both of my kids are on Scratch almost every day (haven't quite made the leap to Python with my oldest), but I dare say this kit more efficiently taught them the most foundational and transferable principles of coding of any tool I've seen yet. Don't be scared of the price tag. Many dozens of lessons and experiments will keep the insights running for quite a while. This thing is worth every penny! My sense is if your kid is in Grade 4+, you can probably just skip straight to a real language. There will be struggles, but they may as well learn a real language at that point. The insights about syntax and debugging and such will just come from experience. But for younger kids this is the best tool I've ever seen for teaching the foundations of coding, bar none.

Excelente juego para iniciar niños pequeños en programación. Lo recomiendo especialmente para niños o niñas curiosos que estén interesados en tecnología (robots) y/o construcción de bloques tipos LEGO. La edad que menciona el fabricante me parece adecuada, siempre y cuando haya un adulto que vaya guiando la actividad. El manual donde están todas las actividades de programación está en ingles, asi que se necesita cierto dominio del idioma. Personalmente me gusta que no se necesita dispositivos electrónicos (tablets, pcs, smart phones) adicionales para jugar , ya que toda la programación se hace en base a fichas de carton que representan diferentes comandos (avanzar hacia delante, girar hacia la izquiero o derecha, encender luz, iniciar, terminar, etc) que se colocan uno después de otro que posteriormente el robot leerá. El único "pero" que le pondria es que el material de esas fichas es delgado por lo que se debe tener mucho cuidado de no doblarse y lo hace un poco dificil de manejar para niños muy pequeños. Aún con ese pequeño "pero" le doy 5 estrellas.

I completely LOVED it! Bought it as a gift for my nephews and they are thrilled with it . I recommend it at 100%.