STEM Programmable Code Roller

Great educational "toy". My son is learning so much about coding and how it works. Most days were cad th get him to put it down long enough to charge it. Great buy, great price, great choice!

I have to say there are a lot of junk "robots" out there but this one is great. Very well made, you can be rough with it and it helps the kids learn how to program.

My 6 (now 7 year old) took a Programmable code roller coding class at our local Apple store. She loved it. So for her 7th Birthday we bought her this. I homeschool her so she works with her Programmable code roller about at least once a week. She gets better and it every time. It is building great necessary skills that will enable her to go far in life! It’s fun and doesn’t feel like “school” when she is coding her robot through the path around our house. My husband creates patches using blue painters tape on our hardwood floor throughout the house.

Have also found it great with adding and estimating for the time, we try to set it all to the same speed then have her figure out how many seconds it will take to go the different lengths.

These days, learning never ends. Even for adults. This robotic ball is an excellent way for us to learn what wasn't available when we were kids. The best thing about the this is that it makes learning "Fun" and "Exciting".

I use this in my Physics class to help teach coding basics along with physics principles. Instead of just talking about distance, velocity, and acceleration, I place X's in the hallway and the kids have to measure to them and create the code required to get there. They have to work out the coding blocks (which are really easy), and they can use whatever speed and time they want to get the desired distance. It works great, and the kids love using it.