The STEM Family Coding Bundle

You will need the base, which you need to purchase separately, before you can use this bundle. That being said, once you get the base... GET THIS BUNDLE! It really is great. It keeps all the kids from 5-9 occupied for hours. My 5 year old can almost play coding Awbie by themselves while the older two can definitely do so. There are so many "educational" toys out there that end up being disappointing... this is not one of them.

This bundle comes with 20 coding tiles and 11 yellow repeat action tiles (that have a number for how many times an action needs to be repeated). There are three apps they have that work with these coding tiles (so far):
Coding Awbie (beginning coding)
Coding Jam (coding music)
Coding Duo (advanced puzzles)

If you have two bases, the kids can actually sharing the coding pieces to both play at the same time. That being said, some of the pieces do get used more often and that can cause some fights if they are trying to use the same pieces at the same time.

This one is weird because there isn't a picture of it in the world app. I finally figured out that I should pick the coding starter kit and it will give me the three apps you should get use with it. I like the games that the coding kit has and my five year old really likes the physical manipulation. It does teach her some basic coding organizational ideas and it work well.
I got one of the cases used for cheap, and I'm not sure if we'd like the setup as much without the case because we don't want to keep the ipad out of a case! But I really like these learning games because it keeps my kids hands busy and they're not just tapping on stuff.

With all the software that I try out I am always super impressed by its quality and durability. I love that the software grows with your little learner so it's based off a wide age range of playability. My three year old may not quite understand the actual concept of "coding" but it helps him with up, down, left, right, and numbers, and how to use it to work towards a final goal. For the younger version of the downloaded apps it gives him a pictures to match a coding tile to and if he messes up something funny happens that help him learn that mistakes are okay but that's not what you need to do. We use it as more of a home-school type software that he isn't allowed to use it or play with the pieces unless he is willing to sit down and focus on what he decides we work on that day. That helps him know it's time to learn, it's not a toy even though it's fun, and helps him understand that it's time to stop, slowdown, and listen. Since he is still new to the concept we only work on for 30 minutes or one activity at a time until he can hold his attention for longer. The tiles are magnetic to one another and are stored in a heavy duty Tupperware like container. They are sturdy, durable, and easy to wipe down. I love all these world software and play pieces I just wish they were a little more affordable.

Our grandson got it form Christmas and it only came with one game and some letter tiles.

He’s been wanting to learn to code so this expansion set is perfect for him, since he already has the base and reflector.

This package includes:
* 31 tangible coding blocks (Walk, Jump, Hand, Magic, Rest, Quantifiers (Numbers), Repeat, Subroutines
* Stackable storage for game pieces
* 3 Game Apps: Coding Awbie, Coding Jam & Coding Duo

This is a system that uses your iPad with a base and reflector to read tiles. The tiles are actual pieces of plastic that you lay on the table in front of your iPad. The reflector reads the images on the tiles and interacts with the game.

Your kids are introduced to coding with the “Coding Awbie” game. This game uses coding blocks to help the character in the game reach a certain point. You can walk and jump a number of times in any direction. All you need to do is set the correct action tile with the direction the way you want the character to move.

This coding set is the one to get if you already have the base and reflector for your tablet. If you don't have the base and reflector, then the starter set is the version you'll need.
These coding games are our first experience with the products. I've seen ads for them on my FaceBook feed but I never really bothered to learn anything about them. But when I was offered the opportunity to try out the coding set, I decided to give it a go since my six year old son really seems to like coding games. We learned this during the school shut downs this spring when my son was breezing through all of the puzzles for the Foos program his school used for his computer class. My son was very excited about the coding games and has been playing with this every day since it arrived for about an hour at a time. We got the starter coding set first and liked it enough to get a second coding set so two of our kids can play with the game at the same time for our home-school technology class.
This coding set was our first experience with it, but it got us hooked and we have picked up a few other games for the kids.
I would absolutely recommend this coding set if you have a child who is interested in learning to code. It's also a fun game for the child who likes to figure out puzzles. It's a bit pricey, but compared to the cost of a subscription for some coding games for kids online, this is actually pretty reasonable.