The programmable friendship bracelets fromJewelbotsaim to make coding accessible to pre-teen girls. Check outour interviewwith cofounders Sara Chipps and Brooke Moreland and find out how they landed a surprise endorsement from Bill Nye.
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TheKanolets kids assemble their own actual computer, using a Raspberry Pi-powered board, basic wiring, and modular display unit.
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One of the biggest players in bringing STEM to girls,GoldieBloxhave outgrown theirfeud with the Beastie Boysto focus on bringing erector set-like toys that aim to close the gender gap in engineering.
Pairing with a tablet or computer,Puzzletslooks like an old-fashioned tile game but actually introduces complex coding and programming challenges. Kids use the tiles to move characters through 120 progressively more difficult levels.
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The Cubetto fromPrimo Toyscombines old fashioned wooden block toys with robotics. Without using words, or screens, the Cubetto robot hopes to make abstract programming ideas accessible to all.
The one-eyed, talking robotsDash and Dotintegrate with iOS and Android devices to help teach kids ages 5 and up coding skills. Responding to light and sound, and sensing objects around them, the devices must be programmed to interact with the world around them.
Were old enough to remember when educational games were limited to the back of a box of cereal. But a whole new generation of kids are lucky enough to have access to teaching toys, games, and gadgets that are actual fun. Weve got 11 of the best toys around that help children learn coding and tech skills.
Yes, an old-fashioned board game can actually teach coding de Monkey Islanduses the logic required to do basic programming while helping your monkey score more bananas.
After a successfulKickstarter campaignin 2016,Mover Kitis now available to all. Its an unassembled wearable that allows kids to create their own integrated apps, accessing the devices accelerometer, magnetometer, and LEDs.
You may recognizeSpherofrom their 2015 holiday hit BB-8, but its not all fun and games.The SPRK+promises to teach robotics, coding, and STEM principles through a C-based kid-friendly language called OVAL.
Kiwi Crate offers a series of subscription boxes for kids, and theirTinker Crate, intended for ages 9 16, includes a new STEM project every month.
Not to be confused with the teenage mutants,Robot Turtlesis a board game and ebook that teaches the fundamentals of programming to kids aged 3 8.
