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Attention span varies considerably from one child to another. The 'How to Train your Robot' game appears to be aimed at a 2.5 year old and as the mother of a 2
by jvvw 11y ago
Attention span varies considerably from one child to another.
The 'How to Train your Robot' game appears to be aimed at a 2.5 year old and as the mother of a 2.5 year old myself, it seems ludicrous to try to get a child that age into programming.
On the other hand, my 5 year old needs something more than directing robots around - Robot Turtles is too easy now for example, but he does enjoy playing with ScratchJr on the iPad, sometimes for quite long periods of time. It also of course has the big advantage at this age of not requiring literacy.
- harryf 11y ago> The 'How to Train your Robot' game appears to be aimed at a 2.5 year old and as the mother of a 2.5 year old myself, it seems ludicrous to try to get a child that age into programming. I've found it works best as a party game with a group of kids where it can have a competitive dimension - whoever can "write a program" to get the "robot" to achieve some goal fist e.g. navigate an obstacle course and pick up an object. Even better when kids are in pairs; one pair might focus on winning, another pair might get absorbed on getting the adult to do stupid things which is hilarious etc. And from what I've seen it can be fun for kids up to 10 at least, if you add some additional dimensions e.g. "robots" that can "fight" by throwing rolled up paper balls at other.
- progressive_dad 11y agoSimilar to ScratchJr, you might want to look at Hopscotch, Tynker, and Codea as well.