Learning while playing is a beautiful way to acquire knowledge for everyone. But it is even more true for our little ones regardless of age. When you play, you free yourself from the stress that hinders learning through other methods. That’s why manufacturers have invested in coding toy construction.
Coding toys allow us to learn at a gradual level of difficulty. Everyone knows that each age has its abilities and ways of learning; it is no exception when we talk about programming, and that is why every toy is designed with a group of kids in mind.
Let’s align expectations first. With these toys, will our kids be able to create large systems? Of course not.
So what will we learn? First, we will be able to create computational thinking from a very young age through games that teach us to sequence activities, simplify big tasks, divide into smaller tasks, evaluate decisions for the execution of different actions, identify patterns, create iterations, and much more.
Let’s begin to analyze the most popular coding toys available, and for this, we will divide them into large groups that cover from 2 to 11 years of age. First, we will mention some of the most popular, for what ages they are the best, and their characteristics.
- Coding Toys for kids 2-4- years of age
- Coding Toys for kids 5-7 years of age
- Coding Toys for kids 8-11 years of age
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Here we can find some important activities to share with your kids, they are related to coding and use free Scratch platform:
- ScratchJr Interface
- Easy Games to Make on Scratch
- Motions and Drawings
- Easy Scratch Project: Let’s do it
- Easy games to create on Scratch step-by-step
Most of the ideas expressed in this article are from a lesson in the course Teaching Programming to 5- to 11-year-olds.
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