Keep the curiosity going

Small projects. Big questions.

A starting point for families and educators who want to keep exploring coding, robotics and STEM between sessions.

Three activities to try together

Suggested home activities to support the habits of building, testing and explaining.

Sequencing and debugging

Give precise instructions

Paper and a pencil · No kit needed

Draw a simple route. Ask your learner to write instructions for another person to follow. Test the route, change one unclear step and try again.

Design, testing and explanation

Compare two designs

Paper, tape and a few coins · Adult supervision

Build two small paper bridges across the same gap. Add coins one at a time and compare the results. Ask which design change helped and why.

Systems thinking

Spot inputs and outputs

Paper and a pencil · Observation only

Choose an everyday device, such as a torch. Draw what goes in, what changes and what comes out. Keep devices closed and discuss the parts you can observe.

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Creative coding · Families and educators