PreK

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Sequencing_PK 

After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Impatient Caterpillar, students participate in floor robot or unplugged activities to practice sequencing and algorithms while review the butterfly life cycle. 

Nursery Rhymes: Sequencing_PK 

Students will listen to popular nursery rhymes. They will also learn about sequencing. Then, they will create algorithms to code floor robots to travel across images of popular nursery rhymes in sequential order. 

Colors: Algorithms_PK 

Students will listen to read-aloud stories about colors. Then, they will use their knowlege of colors to learn how to control their Indi robots. (Note: This lesson can be adapted to use other floor robots such as Bee-Bots.) 

Letter Recognition: Sequencing_PK-K 

Students will use a floor robot to review letters and sight words. Students will move the robot to the correct letters by creating a set of instructions. 

Floor Robot Introduction: Coding_PK-K 

Students will review algorithms after a read-aloud by putting steps from the story in order. They will transfer their knowledge by coding a robot to follow the same steps.  

Friendship: Algorithms_PK-K 

After reading and learning about making friends, students will complete an introductory lesson on using BeeBots. They will program the BeeBots to meet their favorite stuffed animal and introduce it to the group. 

Not Quite Narwhal:Algorithms_PK-K 

Students will read and discuss Not Quite Narwhal to discuss problem solving. After using a nonfiction resource to learn about narwhals, they will learn to program the BeeBots to travel back and forth across a mat to represent the book character. 

Weather and Seasons: Algorithms_PK-K 

Students will learn about weather and seasons and how it impacts what we wear. Then, they will create algorithms to match seasons with appropriate clothing. They will use the BeeBots to travel between matching sets to demonstrate understanding. 

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Conditionals_PK-1

Students read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to learn about conditionals (If-Then Statements). Afterwards, students create a game that utilizes If-Then statements to get participants to move in certain ways.