Osmo -Coding Starter Kit
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Introduction:
These days, with the focus on STEM education, teaching children coding is not an unusual thing to do. The question is: Out of all the possible learning tools out there now, which tool is the right one for your child?
We believe the concept of coding is important even if your child doesn’t have a desire to pursue a professional career in any coding fields. We recommend starting with Coding Starter Kit, it comes with a tablet base (iPad and Amazon fire table), a reflector that you place on the camera, and a box with code blocks.
Inside of OSMO Coding Starter Kit
Screen capture from OSMO website, “How Osmo works”
Discussion points while playing OSMO:
How do you fix the problem?
It may be tempting to correct your child’s mistake, but try to allow them to but try not to reveal the answer right away, don’t show them the answer right away. Instead, allow them to make their mistake. When the code is not working, ask, "what do you think we should do to fix the problem?" Help guide them, of course, but allow them to reach the solution on their own as often as possible.
5 years old playing OSMO Coding Starter Kit
How could you earn more points? (motivate them to build longer, more complex code
Naturally, kids will start with shorter codes when they are learning the concept as they develop familiarity with the system and the idea you can challenge them to code more steps. It might help to point out that the more steps your child achieve in one code play, the more points they will get. This may help motivate them to build extended and more complex coding lines.
5 years old playing OSMO Coding Starter Kit
35 years old playing OSMO Coding Starter Kit ;)
Here is a YouTube video on how kids are using Osmo Coding Starter Kit for your reference.
Plus points:
Expandable: Once your kid is ready to play with more advanced options, you can easily add other education games by ordering Detective Agency and Essential Math Bundle. Check out add-on options here.
Community: Osmo partners with other organizations to provide summer boot camps and they also provide Osmo Live : A live, 1:1 tutoring service for 1st grade math for kids ages 6-7. Follow them on Facebook, or on their blog to get news on those special activities. Osmo also provides a parent and teacher group with a question/answer forum.
