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    Friday
    Jan172020

    Chad meets some Playful Coding Critters.

    Chad visits Learning Resources, a leader in screen-free coding robots for kids 4 to 9 years of age. The first gadgets he sees are the Coding Critters. They use simple buttons sized for little hands, preschoolers learn early STEM concepts through 100% screen-free coding challenges! These pets are ready to code right out of the box! (Probably with a bit of adult help at first, send the Coding Critters on their storybook adventures, as you code them to play fetch, hide and seek, and more. As kids learn they can even design their own challenges! MSRP of Coding Critter Playsets are $39.99.

    Info on the Coding Critics: https://www.learningresources.com/coding-critters-your-first-coding-friends

    But wait, there's more!

    For kids 5 and older, there's the new Botley 2.0. The brand new six-direction remote programmer allows kids to control Botley’s movement as he rolls back, forth, and now diagonally as well. It also includes interactive features, like a “Botley Says” game and secret codes to program a colorful light show with Botley’s light sensor, or turn Botley into a train, ghost, police car and more. Using up to four Botley 2.0s in one room, siblings, friends or students can conduct multiplayer races and competitions, perfect for larger families and classroom activities.

    Botley 2.0 will be available in different sets for purchase starting in April 2020 for a suggested retail price of $64.99-$84.99 (depending on the set).

     

    All the Botley Kits: https://www.learningresources.com/shop/collections/botley  

     

    See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1762

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