2nd grade students read, The World Needs More Purple People, by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart as an introduction to learning about algorithms.
What makes someone a purple person? The book outlines the following:
Step 1: Ask (really great) questions
Step 2: Laugh (a lot)
Step 3: Use Your Voice (and don't lose your voice)
Step 4: Work Hard (super- duper hard)
Step 5: Just Be (the real) You
Students made their own "baby blue bot" using bags of materials our volunteers prepared for us. They then practiced coding a sequence (an algorithm) using the Blue Bot program.
They received different challenges to move their baby blue bot on a game board.