Lego-based Robotics for Preschoolers
The Lego WeDo 2.0 robotics course for preschoolers introduces children ages 5-7 to design and basic programming skills.
Format
Face-to-face group sessions at a selected time according to the group’s schedule
Structure
The course consists of modules. Modules include 12 lessons of 90 minutes each.
Group
Groups formed by age of students
Age
For children and teenagers from 5 to 7 years old
The level
The course is suitable for beginners and advanced users
Who is the course suitable for?
- Your child always sits at the computer
- This course will help you learn basic programming skills
- Your child loves to play games and has always dreamed of making his or her own.
- If your child is unfamiliar with the programming environment, start at the beginning of the course
- The child is already into programming
- If your child has been in another school before, start at an advanced level
Syllabus
The program includes: theory, practice and problem solving. We regularly collect feedback and continually improve our program
Gamification of the learning process
The student is rewarded for results in the learning process. Further motivation to learn
Course program
Module 1. Robotics for children Kinder M – mechanics in life
In this module your child will master all simple mechanisms, learn how to build them independently, and have a basic understanding of how complex mechanical devices such as a gearbox work. The children will learn what gear, worm and cam gears, crank mechanism and how they work.
The knowledge and skills acquired in these classes will help to develop fine motor skills and associative thinking in constructor assembly, to understand such subjects as physics and computer science, knowingly raising the child’s interest in them. After completing the course, children become more oriented in what surrounds them and show interest in further development of their knowledge and skills in the future.
Module methodological plan:
- Lever mechanism;
- Belt transmission, part 1;
- Belt transmission, part 2;
- Cam mechanism;
- Rack and pinion gear;
- Worm gear; Increasing gear;
- Reduction gear;
- Crown gear, part 1;
- Crown gear, part 2;
- Idle gears;
- Neutral gear.
Children work in pairs.
Module 2. Robotics for children Kinder F – flora and fauna
Robotics is inextricably linked to living nature. Many devices have already found their way into this world and still today, many decades later, engineers from different countries are trying to recreate some of the mechanisms that are found in various plants and animals.
Children will learn to notice the different mechanisms that abound in wildlife around them, taking them apart with concrete examples.
In each activity, the children will learn about a new member of the flora or fauna, its habitat, and its possibilities in terms of technology. Thanks to the Lego Education WeDo 2.0 set, they will be able to recreate some of the movements of the creatures that will be discussed in the class, using the knowledge they already have.
Module outline:
- Caterpillar;
- Venus flycatcher;
- Cat; Dog;
- Bird;
- Dragonfly Frog;
- Turtle;
- Turtle;
- Shrimp;
- Whale;
- Triton;
- Dinosaur .
Children work in pairs.
Module 3. Robotics for Kids Kinder K – Journey into Space
In this module, children will learn about space! With how astronauts live, what they do at work. Who was the first astronaut in human history. What is the solar system and what place our planet has in it. Children will learn about this and much more at this stage.
Children will be able to assemble different spacecrafts, satellites, stations and even a model of the solar system! Learn a lot about space and about what surrounds our planet.
Module outline:
- Solar system and planet Earth;
- Cosmodrome;
- The first satellite;
- Dangers in Space;
- Preflight training;
- Man’s first flight into space;
- Exit to outer space;
- Flight to the Moon;
- ISS;
- Flight to Mars;
- Walk on Mars;
- Return to Earth.
Children work in pairs.